# Bethanien, South Australia, Australia

**Historical place** (1918) — no longer exists under this name.
Renamed: [Bethany, South Australia, Australia](/pl/bethany-south-australia-australia-8298.md)
Bethanien was a German-Lutheran Barossa Valley village; renamed Bethany under South Australia's WWI-era Nomenclature Act (1917/1918) that stripped German place names statewide — the same act that renamed Friedrichswalde, SA (see references/places.md). Modern settlement 'Bethany, South Australia, Australia' (#8298) is already geocoded at -34.5333/138.9667.

*Australia / South Australia*

city · -34.5333, 138.9667

## Also known as
- Bethanian, South Australia, Australia _(error: 'Bethanian' vs 'Bethanien' (#9428, this batch) — a one-letter spelling variant of the same German-Lutheran Barossa village name; #9428 is being reported historical (renamed Bethany) in this same batch, with modern place #8298 'Bethany, South Australia, Australia' already geocoded. Sequencing note for the orchestrator: apply the #9428 historical conversion (or at minimum ensure it stays 'current' status) before/alongside this merge so both rows share status when the merge is applied — see the #94)_