Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

City Marshal Hampe,
On today, the 140th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of New Braunfels.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

January 27, 2023

Rest in Peace

A fellow copper
St. Louis Police Department

August 16, 2022

Headstone of only City of New Braunfels law officer killed in line of duty cleaned up

Posted on August 3, 2020

NEW BRAUNFELS - Two hardworking volunteers from New Braunfels Parks and Recreation cleaned up the headstone for the only New Braunfels law enforcement officer to ever be killed in the line of duty.

Ron Hamel and Lynn Thompson took a course in how to clean a headstone and used what they learned from the class to give the gravesite of August Hampe a makeover.

August Hampe was a New Braunfels City Marshal who was killed during a gunfight on Seguin Avenue in 1883, and is said to be the only City of New Braunfels law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty.

Hampe was born in 1845 and made his way to Texas with his parents and brother from Bruggen in the Kingdom of Hannover when he was just ten years old. He enlisted in Wood's Cavalry Regiment at age 17 and served during the Civil War fighting for the South.

He was elected as City Marshal for the City of New Braunfels in 1877, a position he held until his death in January of 1883.

To read the full account of the gunfight that led to his death,
visit https://www.nbtexas.org//City-Marshal-August-Hampe-Memoria.

He was only 38 when shot and killed in the line of duty, leaving behind a wife and seven children, the youngest of which was only two-months-old.

Retired Police Officer
NYPD

August 3, 2020

To fully appreciate the heroes of the present, we must recognize our heroes of the past. Your heroism and service is honored today, the 135th anniversary year of your death. I am privileged to leave a tribute to you. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer who was murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered. Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Lasater Loya
mom of fallen Pittsburg Officer Larry Lasater, eow 4/24/05

June 25, 2018

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9

Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

May 29, 2018