Mount Gambier, SA - St Martin's Lutheran

Denomination: Lutheran

Saint: Martin

Address: 11 Edward Street, Mount Gambier, South Australia, 5290

Architect: Unknown

Last Updated: 31/01/2023

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History and Architecture:

The Lutheran Church first had a presence in Mount Gambier in the 1800s when a pastor rode by horseback from Hamilton, Victoria to baptise people.

Later in that century the church developed two parishes in Mount Gambier. One parish established a church, school and manse in the town's eastern area in 1859.

In 1862, a prominent doctor, Dr Wehl, persuaded a Pastor Kappler to come to the town from Adelaide. A block of land was offered to construct and church and residence. The church was named St Martins and despite some alterations over the years, the original building remains standing today on the corner of Edward and Bertha Streets.

Clergy:

These names are now in the Database and can be searched individually.

Years Name Annotation D.o.B D.o.D
1859 - 1879 Pastor C. W. Schuermann ELCA
1860 - 1877 Pastor A. Kappler IM
1878 - 1923 Pastor Frederich Wilhelm Matschoss IM 1939
1880 - 1885 Pastor J. E. Hansen ELCA
1885 - 1901 Pastor C. F.A. Strempel ELCA
1915 - 1946 Pastor J. F.M. Hansen ELCA
1923 - 1926 Pastor J. C. Auricht IM
1926 - 1961 Pastor E F.W. Sprengel IM
1946 - 1951 Pastor E C.V. Makenzie ELCA
1951 - 1954 Pastor Noel Eric Weiss ELCA 1929 2013
1955 - 1960 Pastor C. H. Zweck ELCA 2009
1960 - 1965 Pastor H. C. Mattiske ELCA
1961 - 1974 Pastor F. Kummerow IM
1965 - 1966 Pastor W. K. Harms ELCA
1967 - 1968 Pastor F. Kummerow LCA
1974 - 1981 Pastor B. F. Bartholomaeus LCA
1982 - 1986 Pastor L Spike LCA
1986 - 1988 Pastor B. G. Klein LCA
1999 - Pastor J. G. O'Keefe LCA

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. Lutheran Archives SA
2. ABC News website.