Paechtown, South Australia

Paechtown is a historic locality in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. It is now on the southern side of the South Eastern Freeway almost opposite Hahndorf.

Paechtown South Australia
Paechtown
Coordinates	35.05°S 138.82°E / -35.05; 138.82
Population	204 (SAL 2021)[1]
Location	2 km (1 mi) south of Hahndorf
LGA(s)	District Council of Mount Barker
State electorate(s)	Heysen
Federal division(s)	Mayo
Localities around Paechtown: Hahndorf Totness Paechtown Echunga Mount Barker
Footnotes	[2]

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Paech had bought thirteen 80-acre sections, named Friedrichstadt, with the name particularly applied to a subdivision of section 3913, Hundred of Kuitpo.^[3] The name Friedrichstadt was replaced by Tangari in 1918 as part of renaming many places with German-origin names, however neither name is used today.

Paechtown is named for another early landowner, Christian Paech (unrelated to Johann Friedrich). The village was established in subdivisions of sections 3916 and 3917, Hundred of Kuitpo.^[4]

There are a number of historic German-style half-timbered houses in the village.^[5] There had been quite a few more until they were destroyed by the Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983.^[6] J.F. Paech's 1840s farmhouse and outbuildings have survived.^[7]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Paechtown (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Placename Details: Paechtown (LOCB)". Location SA Viewer. Government of South Australia. 1 August 2007. SA0052934. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
3. Manning, Geoffrey H. (2012). "F" (PDF). A Compendium of the Place Names of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
4. Manning, Geoffrey H. (2012). "P" (PDF). A Compendium of the Place Names of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
5. Nutting, D. (2001). "Paechtown". German Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
6. Painter, Alison. "20 February 1980 Ash Wednesday bushfires". Professional Historians Australia (SA). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
7. "Former JF Paech House, stone outbuilding and two slab barns". SA Heritage Places Database Search. Department for Environment and Water, Government of South Australia. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2022.