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Hahndorf

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Mount Barker District Council SA, PO Box 54, Hahndorf, SA 5245
08 8391 7200

Description

Hahndorf is a small town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia.

Hahndorf is a small town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. Currently an important tourism spot, it has previously been a centre for farming and services.

History

The town was settled by Lutheran migrants largely from in and around a small village then named Kay in Prussia and now known as Kije, Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland. Many of the settlers arrived aboard the Zebra on 28 December 1838. The town is named after Dirk Meinerts Hahn, the Danish captain of the Zebra. It is Australia's oldest surviving German settlement.

Early German settlers

During the British colonisation of South Australia, the settlers were mostly British, but some German "Old Lutherans" also emigrated in the early years. The first large group of Germans arrived in 1838, with the financial assistance of the Emigration Fund. Most moved out of Adelaide and to the Barossa Valley and settlements in the Hills such as Hahndorf, living in socially closed communities, by 1842, and did not participate in government until 15 years later.

Weather

Hahndorf has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate abbreviated Csb on the Köppen climate classification scale.

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Details

Type: Towns

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +10:30

Area: 21.614 km2

Elevation: 201-500 metres

Town elevation: 336 m

Population number: 2,670

Local Government Area: Mount Barker District Council

Location

Mount Barker District Council SA, PO Box 54, Hahndorf, SA 5245

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Attribution

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

Hahndorf - Localista

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