Area guide
Living in Fischer.
What it’s like, what people love, and what to check before you buy: the well, the septic, the utilities and the area requirements, researched before you write an offer.
Comal County
Fischer
A German crossroads settlement on RR 32 between the Devil’s Backbone and the north shore of Canyon Lake, with its 1902 store, its dance hall and acreage all round.
- Settled
- 1853, by Otto and Hermann Fischer
- Post office
- 1876, as Fischer’s Store
- Fischer Hall
- 1897, dance hall and nine-pin bowling
- Fischer Store
- 1902, Texas historical marker
- Schools
- Comal ISD
What people love
- Dances at Fischer Hall, where Bob Wills and Adolph Hofner played
- The Fischer Store and the historic district around it, on the National Register
- Canyon Lake’s north-shore parks a few minutes south
- The Devil’s Backbone scenic drive on RR 32 toward Wimberley
- Big sky, dark nights and acreage
Good to know before you buy
- Fischer is unincorporated: county rules apply, and most homes are on wells and septic.
- The lake’s north shore (Hancock, Cranes Mill, Startzville) is close, and each has its own water and road situation.
Neighborhoods she sells in Fischer
Around the store
The old crossroads on RR 32 and Fischer Store Road, with the hall and the historic district.
Acreage
Ranchettes and tracts off FM 484 and RR 32, many on wells.
Toward the lake
Hancock and the north-shore communities, minutes from the Canyon Lake parks.
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