Neudorf (New Zealand)
Neudorf | ||
Geographical location | ||
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Coordinates | 41 ° 15 ′ S , 173 ° 0 ′ E | |
Region ISO | NZ-TAS | |
Country | New Zealand | |
region | Tasman | |
District | Tasman District | |
Ward | Moutere - Waimea Ward | |
Residents | few | |
height | 60 m | |
Post Code | 7175 | |
Telephone code | +64 (03) | |
Photography of the place | ||
Signs on Neudorf Road not far from Neudorf Vineyards |
Neudorf was a settlement in the Moutere Hills of the Tasman District near Nelson , in the north of the South Island of New Zealand .
geography
The settlement was about 3 km north of Upper Moutere and about 23 km west of Nelson . Today, only the names of Neudorf Rd, a country road, the west extending from the recall mutineers Hyw branches and km to 11 in Dovedale ends, the Neudorf Vineyards , one founded in 1978 winery, Neudorf Hall , a bed and breakfast -Accommodation and Neudorf Dairy , a Company that produces sheep's milk.
history
Around 1850 some of the scattered German settlers who came to New Zealand with the Sankt Pauli in 1843 and with the Skjold in 1844 returned after setbacks such as the Wairau tumult , severe flooding in the Sankt Paulidorf founded a year earlier and the bankruptcy of the New Zealand Company , which had sponsored the settlement of the area, back to the area around today's Upper Moutere . Together with other newcomers from Germany, they settled the area. They founded the village of Sarau, which was renamed Upper Moutere in 1915 , as well as the smaller settlements Rosental , now called Rosedale and Neudorf.
See also
Web links
- Upper Moutere . Tasman District Council,accessed January 9, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ James N. Bade : Germans - Early settlements . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand , July 13, 2012, accessed January 9, 2015 .