03/13/2026
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Some businesses are built on strategy — others are built on heart. This month, Medina County Women for Good is proud to highlight Erin Braden, owner of Harzheim Properties — a brokerage whose very name reflects what matters most: heart and home.
Harzheim Properties was established in 2022, but Erin has been serving clients in real estate for nearly a decade, most of those years right here in Castroville. When the opportunity arose to open her own brokerage, she wanted a name with meaning. Drawing on her Alsatian heritage and an Alsatian dictionary compiled by relatives, two simple words stood out: Harz (heart) and Heim (home).
Together they became Harzheim — a place where clients can feel at ease and truly at home during the real estate process.
Erin and her husband, Collin, married in 2016 and are raising three children — Guinevere, Juliette, and Jackson — who attend St. Louis Catholic School. In addition to Harzheim, the couple runs a landscape and construction business and recently began restoring a historic pioneer home in Castroville.
For Erin, serving Medina County is deeply personal. After leaving to pursue college, she experienced the full-circle moment so many locals know — realizing just how special this community truly is.
“We rally behind each other, support local, and genuinely want the best for one another. It feels like one big county-wide family.”
Giving back is simply part of who Erin is. Through her work and community involvement, she hopes to invest in the next generation and help keep Medina County a place families are proud to call home.
💛 Thank you, Erin, for being Powered by Good and for pouring your heart into our community.