Hahndorf

Historic town · Adelaide Hills

Hahndorf in Adelaide Hills
Photo: Yeti Hunter / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Australia's oldest surviving German settlement, founded in 1839, its Main Street planted with cork elm, oak and chestnut in 1885 on the advice of Adelaide Botanic Garden director Richard Schomburgk, chosen to blaze red each fall. A block of 54 Autumn Blaze maples at the town's edge honors the settlement's founding families.

Best for: a walkable heritage town with reliable color

Don’t miss

  • Main Street planted 1885 for autumn color
  • 54 Autumn Blaze maples for the founding families
  • Australia's oldest German settlement, 1839

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At 343 m, it turns before the lower ground nearby.

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