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Kirchheim, Victoria, Australia

Historical place· 1935 city -36.461, 142.587

Now within Minyip, Victoria Australia — map location from the modern place

German-Lutheran farming village about 6 km south-west of Minyip in the Wimmera, Victoria; the name means 'church home'. St John's Lutheran Church stood there from 1889 (congregation founded 1874) until it was moved bodily into Minyip in 1935, after which the village ceased to be a centre. Coordinates inherited from Minyip.

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  1. Born 18 NOV 1885

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The Age (Melbourne) Date 1920-10-22 · Page 6 · Article A LUTHERAN CONVENTION. LARGE GATHERING IN A MALLEE VILLAGE. · Trove Id 206937315 Secondary

The Age (Melbourne) · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · other

The third general convention of the Lutheran Synod of Austlnlin con-eluded ou _ Wednesday, at St. John's Church, Kirehheim, near' Minyip.

OCR is poor ('Austlnlin' for Australia, 'Kirehheim' for Kirchheim, 'con-eluded' for concluded), but the geography is unambiguous: Kirchheim is near Minyip, and the report is datelined Minyip.

The Horsham Times Date 1935-09-03 · Page 5 · Article MINYIP Lutheran Church Celebrations. · Trove Id 75236428 Secondary

The Horsham Times · Horsham, Victoria, Australia · other

Joyful festivities marked the roe-opening of St. John's Lutheran Church whlch had recently been shifted from Kirchheim into Minyip on a recent Sunday, after having served as a house of worship for nearly 46 years at its original site.

Source of existedTo 1935. 'roe-opening' and 'whlch' are OCR. The two births recorded at Kirchheim in this tree (1885 and 1892) fall while the village was still its own centre.