Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills

The city tour was in the morning and in the afternoon we went out into the Adelaide Hills (which where covered in heavy fog) to a (at clear days) great lookout 'Mount Lofty'.

Can you see the bloody raindrops on the Information panel?!

Hahndorf is a German settlement in the Adelaide Hills and could have been transferred straight out of Bavaria. You have got your German beer, cakes and specialities… only thing missing where blond children in Dirndls but they where due to the weather conditions probably playing inside in front of a homey log fire…

Haus Detmold - I wonder what those people felt when they came out here. They had not chosen to. It was not the Holy Land for them as they were refugees...

Hahndorf is a small town about 30 minutes drive out of Adelaide, South Australia along the South Eastern Freeway (Princes Highway). The town was settled by Lutheran migrants largely from in and around a small village then named "Kay" in Prussia. The town is named after Danish Captain Dirk Meinhertz Hahn.

Hahndorf was named after Captain Hahn in honour of his efforts in securing good land, his superb interpersonal skills which settled many arguments on ship and his care of his passengers. Today, some German tourists are somewhat bemused by the name, to the confusion of local residents. This is apparently due to the most literal translation of the town's name being "rooster-village".

German influence is very apparent in Hahndorf and is seen physically in the traditional fachwerk architecture of the original surviving buildings. There are also many restaurants in the town serving German cuisine.

Jo - "Welcome!" and "Enjoy your stay!" are kinda out of fashion it seems...