Marananga

Marananga
The Lutheran Church
State :  Australia State : South Australia
Coordinates : 34 ° 29 ′  S , 138 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 34 ° 29 ′  S , 138 ° 56 ′  E Area : 6.4  km²
Residents : 104 (2016) Population density : 16 inhabitants per km²
Marananga

Marananga is a small village in the Barossa Valley , which lies between Tanunda and Seppeltsfield in South Australia about 70 km from Adelaide .

The place was formerly called Gnadenfrei and was founded by German immigrants of the Lutheran faith between 1845 and 1850. The place was closely connected with Tanunda.

There are wineries, a restaurant and a motel around the village. The town is dominated by the Lutheran Church of St. Michael from 1880, which is located on Seppeltfield Road .

The place was renamed at the time of the First World War in 1917.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Marananga ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
2. ↑ ohta.org.au : St Michael's Gnadenfrei Lutheran Church , in English, accessed on November 29, 2011