Friemersheim is a settlement in Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Friemersheim | |
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| Coordinates: 33°57′19″S 22°08′33″E / 33.95528°S 22.14250°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| District | Garden Route |
| Municipality | Mossel Bay |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.33 km2 (0.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,235 |
| • Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 0.6% |
| • Coloured | 94.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 2.4% |
| • Other | 2.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 97.7% |
| • Other | 2.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+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.[2]
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.[3] It remained in the ownership of the Dutch Reformed Church until the 1960s, when it was sold to the state.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Friemersheim" – via Census 2011.
- ^ a b "Friemersheim, South Africa". Southern Cape. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ "Friemersheim" (PDF). Provincial Government of the Western Cape. Retrieved 8 January 2014.