Luhrs+cottage

Please click here to return to Year 2 Topics Luhrs Cottage is situated opposite the Strait Gate Lutheran church in Light Pass, east of Nuriootpa. Drive east up Penrice Road from Nuriootpa and turn left just before the railway line. Ian Falkenberg Tel. 8562 3840or Mob. 0417 859 205 Hours Mon - Fri, 9.30am - 3.30pm, Sat & Sun, 10am - 4pm Fees Entrance by gold coin donation...................................................................................... || || Behind the cottage is the second kitchen with underground cellar, containing old wares. The kitchen has been used in this museum as a German "school room" with local children's work and old text books. ||
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 * [[image:lightp[assluhrscottagesign.JPG width="256" height="236"]] || Luhrs Cottage was built in about 1846 for Johann Heinrich Luhrs - the first Lutheran school teacher in the Light Pass district. Consisting of four rooms, this pug cottage (made of mud and straw) housed Johann, his wife, Anna Rosina, and five children.Restoration of Luhrs cottage was largely the work of Margaret Zweck who moved to the “Strait Gait” parish at Light Pass with her Pastor husband in 1978. The cottage was placed on the Heritage Trust of South Australia on August 30th 1990 and is open to the public weekdays from 9.30am – 3.30pm, weekends and public holidays 10.00am – 4.00pm except Christmas & New Years Day, Good Friday & Easter Sunday. Luhrs Cottage: Light Pass Road, Light Pass, South Australia. ||
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The old kitchen fireplace with its bread oven at the rear has been restored to workable order. The room houses relics of old schoolrooms in the district. || =What questions do you have about Luhrs Cottage, the items on display, and life that people led in Light Pass long ago? How can you find some answers?=

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