Steiglitz

Steiglitz is a rural coastal town and locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Steiglitz is a rural coastal town and locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Steiglitz had a population of 705 people.

The district is named after Stegelitz, Germany, the home town of the pioneer family Kleingschmidt.In the late 1800s, the farming district located between the Pimpama River and the Logan River called Pimpama Island and encompasses the modern localities of Jacobs Well, Norwell, Steiglitz and Woongoolba. It was referred to as an island because there were a number of lagoons and swamps that isolated the area during the wet season; however, this disadvantage made it good land for growing sugar cane.German immigrant families settled in the area in the 1870s. Lutheran services were held in private homes until the first church was erected in 1882, being replaced by the present churchin 1908. The church was renovated in 1930.The Rocky Point Sugar Mill was established by Carl Heinrich Heck in 1878 on Mill Road (and crosses the boundary between Woongoolba and Steiglitz). Despite being one of the oldest sugar mills in Australia, it is still privately owned by the Heck Group, a family company of five generations. There were once other sugar mills in the area, but they have now closed and Rocky Point has expanded to replace their lost capacity. A co-generation plant was added in 2001-2.In the 2011 census, Steiglitz had a population of 441 people.In the 2016 census the locality of Steiglitz had a population of 705 people.