Augsburg, Arkansas

Augsburg is a small unincorporated community in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.

In 1883, the first German-speaking Lutheran families began arriving in Pope County, 15 miles northwest of Russellville.

Augsburg was named for the German city of Augsburg. In 1884, they built their first church, Zion Lutheran Church. In 1907, it burned and a new one was built which also burned in 1978, and replaced in 1979-80. Rev. F. W. Herzberger was the first Pastor and Rev. Thom Lasko is the current Pastor.

List of Augsburg Zion Church pastors from 1883-2009

F.W Herzberger 1883-1885 Henry Koch 1885-1887 C. Burkhart 1888-1895 Gerhardt V. Toerne 1895-1896 August F.Graebener 1897-1905 W.J Kaiser 1905-1906 H.M Schreiner 1906-1917 B.F Noack 1917-1919 H.F Meyer 1919-1920 Alexander Wagner 1921-1923 H.M Hanson 1923-1925 Henry D. Wagner 1925-1929 C.H Neuhas 1929-1930 Albert Behnke 1930-1933 M.L Rothe 1931-1932 M.L Cook 1933-1936 H.M Hanson 1936-1940 Adolph Kollmorgen 1940-1949 Martin Gassner 1949-1951 Julius Dahms 1951-1953 D.D Schiebinger 1953-1955 E. Schroeder 1955-1956 R.C Jahn 1956-1957 John C Kaiser 1957-1960 W.E Griesse 1960-1963 Jack Robinson 1963-1966 William Couch 1966-1967 W.H Ringhardt 1967-1991 Loren E. Famuliner 1992-1999 Herbert Swanson 2003-2005 Thom Lasko 2005-Current

Pictures of the church

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Coordinates: 35°24′52″N 93°14′18″W / 35.41444°N 93.23833°W