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.
🗞️The Age (Melbourne)Date 1920-10-22 · Page 6 · Article A LUTHERAN CONVENTION. LARGE GATHERING IN A MALLEE VILLAGE. · Trove Id 206937315Secondary
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 TimesDate 1935-09-03 · Page 5 · Article MINYIP Lutheran Church Celebrations. · Trove Id 75236428Secondary
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.