# New Mecklenburg, South Australia, Australia

**Historical place** (1918) — no longer exists under this name.
Renamed: [Gomersal, South Australia, Australia](/pl/gomersal-south-australia-australia-11283.md)
Settled by Mecklenburg Germans as Neu Mecklenburg/New Mecklenburg; renamed Gomersal (after Gomersal, West Yorkshire) under SA's Nomenclature Act renames gazetted January 1918. Recorded name kept as written.

*Australia / South Australia*

city · AU · -34.5400, 138.9000

## People
- [Johannes August G Giersch](/p/johannes-august-g-giersch-39591.md)
- [Gottlieb Ernst Giersch](/p/gottlieb-ernst-giersch-39592.md)
- [Carl August Heinrich Giersch](/p/carl-august-heinrich-giersch-39594.md)
- [Friedrich Wilhelm Giersch](/p/friedrich-wilhelm-giersch-39595.md)
- [Maria Elizabeth Maywald](/p/maria-elizabeth-maywald-55340.md)

## Events
- 25 DEC 1880 — **Born**: [Friedrich Wilhelm Giersch](/p/friedrich-wilhelm-giersch-39595.md)
- 17 JAN 1883 — **Born**: [Gottlieb Ernst Giersch](/p/gottlieb-ernst-giersch-39592.md)
- 5 OCT 1885 — **Born**: [Johannes August G Giersch](/p/johannes-august-g-giersch-39591.md)
- 10 JUN 1888 — **Born**: [Carl August Heinrich Giersch](/p/carl-august-heinrich-giersch-39594.md)
- 7 DEC 1896 — **Died**: [Maria Elizabeth Maywald](/p/maria-elizabeth-maywald-55340.md)