KRONDORF

last modified 30 January 2004

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Brief History

    Krondorf is approximately 4 km south of Tanunda.  The area was first settled in 1847 by germans from nearby Bethany.  
Under the Nomenclature Act of 1917 many german placenames in the Barossa Valley were changed.  In 1918 Krondorf changed to Kabminye.  The name Krondorf was restored in 1975.
    The Zum Kripplein Christi Lutheran church was built at Krondorf in 1864 and ceased in 1955.

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Early Residents

The following list of heads of families, many from Bethany, established the Krondorf settlement.  Their names appear on a memorial seeking preservation of water rights [2].

GROCKE, J H
HENSCHKE, Johann Martin
HENSCHKE, Christian
HEPPNER, Daniel
KLICHE, Johann Gottfried
LEHMANN, Gottfried
NICOLAI, Johann Christoph
NITSCHKE, Georg Friedrich
SCHULTZ, Gottlieb
SCHULTZ, August
SMITH, John F
TSCHIRPIG, Gottfried


References

Krondorf Families
[1] Mattner, M.; Ross, D.; Coleman, L. The Mattners in Australia 1839-1980 Mattner Family Reubion
Committee: Adelaide, 1981.
[3] Henschke Heritage Henschke Heritage Group Inc.: Adelaide, 1995.

Krondorf
[2] Proeve, H.F.W. A Dwelling Place at Bethany Lutheran Publishing House: Adelaide, 1983.
[4] Munchenburg, R.S., Proeve, H.F.W., Ross, D.A., Hausler, A., Saegenschnitter, G.B. The Barossa - A Vision Realised  Barossa Valley Archives and Historical Trust: Tanunda, 1992.

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