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Bethel

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Light Regional Council SA, PO Box 72, Bethel, SA 5373
08 8525 3200

Description

Bethel is a locality and former settlement in South Australia, west of Kapunda.

Bethel is a locality and former settlement in South Australia, west of Kapunda. Its name means Place of God.

Bethel was settled by German-speaking people in around 1854 seeking to establish a Moravian Brethren community. From 1856 there was also a group of people of Wendish origin. They also spoke German. Some of these settlers initially worshipped with the Moravians, however a new church was built named Steinthal and many worshipped there instead. The Bethel congregation severed its links with the Moravians and called a Lutheran pastor in the 1890s. The Steinthal church closed and combined in 1906. The school was closed by the state government in 1917 along with many others that taught in German.

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Type: Rural areas

Population: 1-100

Time zone: UTC +10:30

Area: 54.418 km2

Elevation: 201-500 metres

Town elevation: 287 m

Population number: 54

Local Government Area: Light Regional Council

Location

Light Regional Council SA, PO Box 72, Bethel, SA 5373

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Bethel, South Australia

Bethel - Localista

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