Karl Fredrick Darensbourg Image Gallery

Site of first German settlement in St. Charles. Located in Killona on La. 18 (River Road) at the St. Charles/St. John boundary line. German immigrants led by Karl Darensbourg in 1722 joined other settlers on Law’s concession in the Villages of Hoffen, Augsburg, and Mariental. The chapel was erected by 1724. These industrious German farmers saved New Orleans from famine. (Erected by German-Acadian Coast Historical & Genealogical Society)

(Photo courtesy Tulane University, Special Collections, Kuntz Collection)

Father of Louisiana Jean Baptiste le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville. (Sketch by Janis Blair)