Friemersheim is a settlement in Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Friemersheim
Friemersheim is located in Western Cape
Friemersheim
Friemersheim
Friemersheim is located in South Africa
Friemersheim
Friemersheim
Coordinates: 33°57′19″S 22°08′33″E / 33.95528°S 22.14250°E / -33.95528; 22.14250
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
DistrictGarden Route
MunicipalityMossel Bay
Government
 • CouncillorDonovan Claassen (DA)[1]
Area
 • Total2.33 km2 (0.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total1,235
 • Density530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African0.6%
 • Coloured94.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White2.4%
 • Other2.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans97.7%
 • Other2.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
6525
PO box
6526

A small agricultural community about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Groot-Brakrivier, Friemersheim was founded by a German missionary in the early 19th century. In 1869, through the efforts of Reverend Johann Kretzen of the Berliner Missionary Society, a school and church were built on the farm Gonnakraal, which Kretzen had bought for his sister.[3]

After his sister's death in 1872, he bequeathed the farm to the Dutch Reformed Missionary Society, and it was later renamed Friemersheim, after Kretzen's town of birth in Germany.[4] It remained in the ownership of the Dutch Reformed Church until the 1960s, when it was sold to the state.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Ward Councillors". Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Main Place Friemersheim" – via Census 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Friemersheim, South Africa". Southern Cape. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Friemersheim" (PDF). Provincial Government of the Western Cape. Retrieved 8 January 2014.