Augsburg is a small unincorporated community

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 in Pope County, Arkansas

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, United States

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In 1883, the first German

German language

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-speaking Lutheran families began arriving in Pope County, 15 miles northwest of Russellville

Russellville, Arkansas

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Augsburg was named for the German

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 city of Augsburg

Augsburg

Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...

. 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

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