Lobethal (34°54′S 138°52′E, postcode 5241) is a town in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia, about 30 kilometres east of Adelaide. It is nestled on the banks of a creek between the hills and up the sides of the valley. It used to have a large wool processing mill, but that has now closed. The mill buildings are now used by a number of cottage industry and handcraft businesses. The Adelaide Hills is part of the Mount Lofty Ranges, east of the city of Adelaide in the state of South Australia. ... Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of South Australia. ...

Lobethal was settled in 1841 by Prussian immigrants, who came out with Pastor Gotthard Fritzsche. They named the town after the village they left in Prussia. Many of their traditions remain to this day. Due to the Great War in Europe, in 1917 the Federal Government changed many Germanic place names. The name Lobethal was changed to Tweedvale, and this remained until 1935. take you to calendar). ... A stereotypical German The Germans (German: die Deutschen), or the German people, are a nation in the meaning an ethnos (in German: Volk), defined more by a sense of sharing a common German culture and having a German mother tongue, than by citizenship or by being subjects to any particular... Gotthard Daniel Fritzsche (20 July 1797 – October 26, 1863) was one of the first founding pastors of Lutheranism to emigrate to Australia. ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... á 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Lobethal is in the Adelaide Hills Council, state electoral district of Kavel and the federal Division of Mayo. Adelaide Hills Council was established in 1997 by the amalgamation of four smaller district councils (East Torrens, Gumeracha, Onkaparinga and Stirling). ... The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of South Australia. ... Kavel is an electorate for the South Australian Legislative Assembly in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. ... Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ... The Division of Mayo is an Australian Electoral Division located in the hills, east of Adelaide, South Australia and currently includes the towns of Lobethal, Mt Barker, Strathalbyn and Woodside. ...

Lobethal was the host town for the 1939 Australian Grand Prix motor race won by A. G. Tomlinson driving an MG. The Australian Grand Prix is a Formula One race held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park as part of the annual Formula One championship season. ...

It is famous around Adelaide for holding a Christmas lights display along its main street in December. Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of South Australia. ... Section of a string of Christmas lights Christmas lights (also sometimes called fairy lights or twinkle lights) are strands of electric lights used to decorate homes and Christmas trees during the holiday season. ...