Hahndorf is a small town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. Currently an important tourism spot, it has previously been a centre for farming and services. The town was settled by Lutheran migrants largely from in and around a small village then named Kay in Prussia and now known as Kije, Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland. Many of the settlers arrived aboard the Zebra on 28 December 1838. The town is named after Dirk Meinerts Hahn, the German captain of the Zebra. It is Australia's oldest surviving German settlement.
Population: 2,313 (UCL 2021)
Established: 1839
Postcode(s): 5245
Location: 28 km (17 mi) from Adelaide's CBD · 7 km (4 mi) from Mount Barker
LGA(s): District Council of Mount Barker · Adelaide Hills Council
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