Former 1861 Nain Cemetery SA
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Date: 2022-09-11

The once small settlement of Nain took its name from a Biblical town of the same name near Nazareth. The district was first settled by German families from Hahndorf in 1853, many of whom had arrived in SA in 1838 with Pastor Kavel. Two families, Dohnt and Steicke purchased land which they in turn subdivided into small farms for seven other German families- Modistach, Nitschke, Jaensch, Wallent, Reiman, Krolllig and Zilm. A few years later the Linke family purchased other land adjoining Nain to make up the founding families of the district. Their first task was to clear the land, start farming and build a Lutheran Church and school room. Nain Lutheran, which now looks like a Norman castle with a crenulated tower was opened in 1856 after being built by Wilhelm Nitschke one of the parishioners. The church was renovated in 1875 and then had a porch added in 1906. That porch was later replaced by the current Norman Gothic castle tower in 1955 when the whole church was remodelled and renovated to create its current appearance. One of the first ministers in Nain Church was Johann Auricht who was ordained as a Lutheran minister by Pastor Kavel in 1858. The congregation members had all come from Hahndorf but in 1860 after Pastor Kavel’s death the congregation spilt in two.
This resulted in Pastor Auricht taking his half of the congregation down the road a little way to form the Zum Schmalen Weg Lutheran Church which was built in 1861. The name simply means “narrow way.” Pastor Auricht left Zum Schmalen Weg in 1862 to reside in Tanunda but he maintained close links with this independent Lutheran church. The cottage next to the church was built in 1862 as a minister’s residence. From 1862 to 1889 when Zum Schmalen Weg closed down the pastor occupying this cottage was Pastor Heinze. In 1875 he and Pastor Auricht brought Zum church into the Immanuel Synod at Point Pass. But the white painted Nain Lutheran Church was also in the Immanuel Synod so amalgamation talks commenced. Fourteen years later in 1889 the two congregations agreed to merge and Zum church closed but it was used as the Lutheran schoolroom. A small Lutheran school had operated form the general Nain Lutheran church from 1856. It moved to Zum Church in 1889 and remained there until it was closed as were all Lutheran schools in SA in 1917. At that time Nain school had 44 pupils. The state government continued the school as a state school until 1940. Both churches had their own cemeteries. The former Zum church and school room was sold as a residence in 1957. The 1862 residence next door to Zum church which was used as a manse originally became the schoolmaster’s house from 1889.
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