Lobethal

Lobethal
State :  Australia State : South Australia Founded : 1841
Coordinates : 34 ° 54 ′  S , 138 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 34 ° 54 ′  S , 138 ° 52 ′  E Area : 3.8  km²
Residents : 2,135 (2016) Population density : 562 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : ACST (UTC + 9: 30) Postal code : 5241 LGA : Adelaide Hills Council
Lobethal

Lobethal is a village in South Australia (South Australia) with 2135 inhabitants. It belongs to the capital Adelaide and is located approximately 33 km from the city center in the Adelaide Hills Council administrative area .

history

The place was founded in 1841 by 18 Prussian - Lutheran emigrant families in the Adelaide Hills , 17 km from Hahndorf . These had arrived in the port of Adelaide a few months earlier on the emigrant ship Skjold , coming from Hamburg , on October 28, 1841 . Some of the emigrants founded Bethany in the Barossa Valley .

On May 4, 1842, Pastor Gotthard Daniel Fritzsche , the leader of the group, held an outdoor service. He quoted from the Bible (II. Book Chronicles, Chapter 20, Verse 26), but on the fourth day they came together in the Lobethal; for there they praised the Lord.

That is why the newly founded settlement was given the name Lobethal.

Like Bethany, Lobethal was also laid out as a Hufendorf in the typical Silesian style. The long main street was called Mühlstrasse (Mill Road). Although the place has grown since its foundation, some of the hoof divisions can still be seen today.

Memorial stone in honor of Pastor Gotthard Fritzsche

The first noteworthy industrial company was FW Kleinschmidt's Brewery, which, however, stopped production after about 20 years and concentrated on growing hops. Hops then also became one of the most important economic goods in Lobethal. Another important company was the Onkaparinga Woolen Company , which until a few years ago produced textile products that were very well known throughout Australia. There was also a brick factory and a fruit drying plant.

In 1917 a law changed the place name to Tweedvale to protest Germany's role in World War I. In 1935 the old name Lobethal was reintroduced.

In the 1930s attempts were made to establish a motorsport event, the Australian Grand Prix, but this soon lost its importance.

Some of the buildings around the church still exist today. Including one in which the first Lutheran theological seminary was established. The buildings are now used as an archive and a museum; the Bible from 1641, which once belonged to Pastor Fritzsche, is also exhibited there (Lutheran Church Complex).

A special tradition is the Lobethal-Licht (The Lights of Lobethal), a Christmas festival of lights that attracts many visitors every year.

Another museum is in the old textile factory. A clothing exhibition can be viewed there.

Vineyard on Adelaide-Lobethal Road a little west of Lobethal

Sons and daughters of the village

• Julie Bishop (* 1956), politician (LP)

Web links

Commons : Lobethal  - album with pictures

• History of the site (English)
• on naming ( memento of August 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
• Lobethal at www.smh.com.au (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Lobethal ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2020.