Hahndorf, South Australia

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Hahndorf
South Australia
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Hahndorf
Coordinates 35°01′49″S138°48′28″E / 35.030267°S 138.807646°E / -35.030267; 138.807646 [1]
Population2,313 (UCL 2021) [2]
Established1839
Postcode(s) 5245
Location
  • 28 km (17 mi) from Adelaide's CBD
  • 7 km (4 mi) from Mount Barker
LGA(s)
State electorate(s) Heysen
Federal division(s) Mayo
Localities around Hahndorf:
Bridgewater Verdun Balhannah
Mylor Hahndorf Totness
Biggs Flat Echunga Paechtown
Footnotes [3]

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.

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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 German 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. [4]

German influence

German influence is apparent in Hahndorf and is seen in the traditional fachwerk architecture of the original surviving buildings. There are also many restaurants in the town serving German cuisine.

Due to the First World War in Europe, in 1917 the South Australian Government changed many German place names. The name Hahndorf was changed to Ambleside after the nearby Ambleside railway station. [5] Hahndorf was re-instated as the town's name with the enactment of the South Australia Nomenclature Act of 1935 on 12 December 1935. [6] There are still references to the name Ambleside in and around the town today.

Demographics

Hahndorf
population by year
20061,806
20162,670 [7]

At the census 2006 the population was 1,806. In 2016 the population was 2,670.

Government

Located in the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Heysen, [8] and the local government areas of the District Council of Mount Barker [1] and the Adelaide Hills Council. [1]

Churches

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St. Paul's Lutheran Church

There are two prominent churches in Hahndorf. St Michael's is the oldest Lutheran church in Australia to still have a worshipping congregation on its original church site. It was founded in 1839. St Michael's is a member of the Lutheran Church of Australia. St Paul's was founded in 1846, as a result of a schism between the Pastor Kavel, and Pastor Fritzsche. This schism is closely linked to the formation of two original Lutheran synods in Australia which coexisted until their merger in 1966.

C3 Adelaide Hills

C3 Adelaide Hills is a church part of the C3 Church Global movement. Previously located in Nairne it moved to Hahndorf around 2007 [ citation needed ].

Geography

It is accessible from Adelaide, the South Australian capital, via the South Eastern Freeway.

Climate

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

Climate data for Hahndorf
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)28.0
(82.4)		28.0
(82.4)		25.0
(77.0)		21.0
(69.8)		17.0
(62.6)		14.0
(57.2)		13.0
(55.4)		15.0
(59.0)		17.0
(62.6)		20.0
(68.0)		23.0
(73.4)		25.0
(77.0)		20.5
(68.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)20.5
(68.9)		20.0
(68.0)		18.0
(64.4)		15.0
(59.0)		12.0
(53.6)		9.5
(49.1)		9.0
(48.2)		10.0
(50.0)		11.5
(52.7)		14.0
(57.2)		17.0
(62.6)		18.0
(64.4)		14.5
(58.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)13.0
(55.4)		12.0
(53.6)		11.0
(51.8)		9.0
(48.2)		7.0
(44.6)		5.0
(41.0)		5.0
(41.0)		5.0
(41.0)		6.0
(42.8)		8.0
(46.4)		9.0
(48.2)		11.0
(51.8)		8.4
(47.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches)24.2
(0.95)		21.8
(0.86)		30.4
(1.20)		54.2
(2.13)		73.0
(2.87)		89.5
(3.52)		108.5
(4.27)		101.6
(4.00)		82.5
(3.25)		55.8
(2.20)		33.6
(1.32)		38.6
(1.52)		713.7
(28.09)
Average rainy days324691112131075587
Source: NOAA. [9]

Sports

Hahndorf's sporting clubs including basketball, bowls, netball, cricket, football (Australian rules and Association Football), tennis and softball. The football (both codes), netball and softball clubs are nicknamed The Magpies.

The Hahndorf Bowling Club was established in 1976 and has a full size (nine rink) green, which is a woven carpet surface enabling all weather competition, and a large clubhouse.

The (soccer) Football Club was formed in the early 1980s and plays home games at "Pine Avenue". The senior men compete in the South Australian Amateur Soccer League. They won the 1996 Newsfront Cup and the 2004 Amateur League Division Two title. However, a gradual decline in player numbers from 2013 have seen the side drop to one team, competing in Division Seven, by 2019.

Hahndorf was the start point of the 2024 Women's Tour Down Under.[ citation needed ]

Notable residents

See also

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