Hoffnungsthal (South Australia)

The small town Hoffnungsthal was founded in 1847 by German emigrants in South Australia about 70 km from Adelaide in the Barossa Valley. The place was destroyed as a result of violent flooding in October 1853, and had to be abandoned.

214 immigrants, including 40 farmers and 14 miners who came on March 17, 1847 in Port Adelaide in Australia on the ship to Heloise, which had been chartered by the South Australia Company, and had taken in Bremen. The immigrants were Lutheran faith and of them had chosen 30 for a lease of land in the hope valley.

Within a short time the new settlers had built there huts, turned about 200 acres to farmland and built a church in October. They settled in this area, although the Aborigines living there should have warned of floods occurring. The place had in his wedding 37 farm houses with outbuildings, a church, school and cemetery.

The church, which was built on a site increase and therefore survive the flood, was used until 1867. The original settlement area was attributed to 1862 Gottlieb Miebus from 14 November.

During the First World War, the area was named Karrawirra and in 1975 again changed back in Hoffnungsthal.