Buchfelde, South Australia

Buchfelde Adelaide, South Australia
Buchfelde
Coordinates	34.613°S 138.697°E / -34.613; 138.697
Population	193 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	5118
LGA(s)	Light Regional Council
State electorate(s)	Light
Federal division(s)	Spence
Localities around Buchfelde: Ward Belt Ward Belt Reid Gawler River Buchfelde Gawler West Angle Vale Hillier Evanston

Buchfelde is now a suburb of Gawler, South Australia, on the northern outskirts of Adelaide in South Australia.

History

A property in the area was settled in 1848 by Dr. Richard von Schomburgk and his brother Otto, and is named after their financial benefactor Leopold von Buch who helped them flee Germany.^[2] The name was changed from Buchfelde to Loos in 1918 after a town in France which was the site of a battle in 1915. This was to remove a "name of enemy origin".^[3] The name returned to Buchfelde in November 1990.^[4]

Geography

The modern boundaries of the suburb were set in June 2011 after the construction of the Northern Expressway. They are the Gawler River on the south, Northern Expressway on the west and north, and Gawler Bypass Road on the east,^[4] with the Two Wells Road through the middle. It contains the northern end of the Stuart O'Grady Bikeway which runs adjacent to the Northern Expressway, and the Gawler trotting track.

Buchfelde contains two cemeteries:^[5] the Pioneer cemetery includes the grave of Otto von Schomburgk,^[6] and the Roediger Memorial cemetery associated with the former St Paul's Lutheran Church. The St. Paul's congregation was established some time before the Lutheran chapel burned down in 1862. The replacement building was consecrated in 1863. The congregation merged into the Zion congregation in Gawler in 1927^[7] The building was gifted to the Methodist Church.^[8] The church was later closed and has been demolished.

Climate

Climate data for Buchfelde
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.0 (84.2)	30.0 (86.0)	27.6 (81.7)	23.8 (74.8)	19.0 (66.2)	16.0 (60.8)	15.0 (59.0)	16.0 (60.8)	18.0 (64.4)	22.0 (71.6)	25.0 (77.0)	28.0 (82.4)	22.5 (72.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	15.0 (59.0)	16.0 (60.8)	14.0 (57.2)	12.0 (53.6)	9.0 (48.2)	7.0 (44.6)	7.0 (44.6)	7.0 (44.6)	8.0 (46.4)	10.0 (50.0)	12.0 (53.6)	14.0 (57.2)	10.9 (51.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	19.2 (0.76)	16.0 (0.63)	20.8 (0.82)	33.4 (1.31)	35.4 (1.39)	38.8 (1.53)	47.7 (1.88)	51.5 (2.03)	50.7 (2.00)	38.7 (1.52)	24.1 (0.95)	17.4 (0.69)	393.7 (15.51)
Source: NOAA.[9]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Buchfelde (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Placename Details: Buchfelde (HMSD)". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 2 November 2006. SA0010240. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
3. "Placename Details: Loos". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 2 November 2006. SA0041303. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
4. "Placename Details: Buchfelde (LOCB)". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 2 June 2011. SA0010241. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
5. "Cemeteries". Light Regional Council. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
6. Richard Michael (September 2016). "Buchfelde Cemetery Map (former Lutheran), 1753 Two Wells Road, Buchfelde" (PDF). Light Regional Council. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
7. "Buchfelde, South Australia". Graeme Moad. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
8. "Buchfelde (Loos) a colony of scientists and academics". Flinders Ranges Research. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
9. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)