Wrede School is located at 3929 S. State Highway 16, Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas.

He helped settle New Braunfels, and was one of the group who accompanied John O. Meusebach on the trip to make the 1847 Meusebach–Comanche Treaty.

[4] Friedrich Wilhelm von Wrede Sr. (1786–1845) was the author of Lebensbilder aus den vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika und Texas (Sketches of life in the United States of North America and Texas) first published in 1844 and later reprinted in English in 1970.

He and New Braunfels botanist Oscar von Claren were scalped and killed by a tribe of Comanche Indians while camping about ten miles from Austin.

The Friends of Gillespie County Country Schools has included Wrede in their preservation efforts.

[8] Wrede school was added to the National Register of Historic Places in Texas on June 1, 2005.