Tanunda, South Australia

Tanunda is a town in the Barossa Valley, South Australia, 69 kilometers north-east of Adelaide.

The city lies on the Barossa Valley Highway. The city's name comes from an Aboriginal word meaning something like " water hole". Of 2007, the place 4200 inhabitants. Tanunda is part of the Barossa Council.

History

Prior to the settlement of European Einwander lived a small number of Aboriginal people in the area.

The first European explorers arrived in 1838 under the leadership of Colonel William Light through the Barossa Valley. The first settlement in the present-day Tanunda emerged, was the site of Bethany. Settled there in 1842 Prussian immigrants who had recently arrived by Pastor Gotthard Fritzsche on the Skjold. The next colonization followed in 1843 as further Prussian immigrants from Klemzig (today Klepsk ), where they lived in 1838 with the Pastor August Kavel, moved into the newly founded Langmeil. The village Tanunda was established some time later. For a long time took the people that Tanunda is a German word. It was not until in 1859 the local newspaper " The Register " includes reference to the Aboriginal ago.

Langmeil and Bethany were to exile during World War II while trying the German names from Australia, renamed Bilyara and Bethany. Langmeil changed his name back in 1975. The villages grew together over the years, so that today the entire city Tanunda is called.

The legacy of German immigrants is felt even today. So there is in Tanunda an existing since 1868 Men's Choir, the Tanunda Liedertafel, and a bowling club. In addition, can be found in the town of German butchers, bakers and restaurants. The town itself is surrounded by vineyards in 2009.