A Stirling coincidence – silverfox175

We decided to visit Hahndorf, which is in the Adelaide hills, and a short drive from Adelaide in South Australia. The town was original settled by Prussians from Europe. They arrived in 1838 off the ship ‘ Zebra’ under the command of a Dane called Dirk Meinhertz Hahn. The voyage out was very unpleasant, but once they arrived in Australia Captain Hahn stayed with his passengers and helped them to settle in their new country. In honour of his help and assistance they named the town after him.

Obviously the town still has a strong German ‘flavour’ via the meat, bakeries and wine that is produce in the surrounding area.