Burgersdorp
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| Coordinates | 31 ° 0 ′ S , 26 ° 19 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Eastern Cape | |||
| District | Joe Gqabi | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC | ||
| local community | Walter Sisulu | ||
| Residents | 5241 (2011) | ||
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Burgersdorp is a town in the district of Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the South African province of Eastern Cape (Eastern Cape). It is at the intersection of the R58 and R391 roads . According to some sources, the Afrikanerbond party was founded here in 1881 .
In 2011 the city had 5241 inhabitants. Immediately to the south are the townships Mzamomhle (4656 inhabitants) and Tembisa (6094 inhabitants).
traffic
The city was connected to the rail network on March 19, 1885. Burgersdorp is on the Bloemfontein - East London route . The train connection is provided by Shosholoza Meyl , a subsidiary of PRASA .
Attractions
There are ten national monuments of South Africa in Burgersdorp:
- a church building of the Dutch Reformed Church
- The church was declared a national monument in 1996.
- the Sentinel Blockhouse guardhouse
- a log house from the Second Boer War . The building was listed as a historical monument as early as 1939.
- Monument of the Dutch language
- a memorial for the Dutch or Afrikaans language from 1893. It shows a woman pointing a finger at a book in her other hand. The monument became a national monument in 1937.
- Although the inscription on the monument speaks of the Hollandse taal (" Dutch language "), it can also be related to Afrikaans.
- The monument was damaged in the Second Boer War, after which Lord Milner had the statue removed. In 1907 a replica was made and erected. The original was found in King William's Town in 1939 . Today it stands next to the replica in Burgersdorp. There are allegations that Lord Milner had the statue removed not because it was damaged, but because he was against the Afrikaans and the monument was not built by the government but by a group of Boers.
- the Christ Church
- the Coetzee house
- the De Bruin House
- the Jubilee Fountain
- the Old Gaol building
- the old rectory of the Reformed Church
- an old school building for theologians of the Dutch Reformed Church
Sports
In Burgersdorp in 1910 a rugby international match with the British and Irish Lions took place.
Personalities
- Edwin Ellen Goldmann (1862–1913), German surgeon, born in Burgersdorp
- Gordon Maskew Fair (1894–1970), American engineer, born in Burgersdorp
Web links
Commons : Burgersdorp - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ , Steevens, George Warrington; Blackburn, Vernon From Capetown to Ladysmith; an unfinished record of the South African . Dodd, Mead and Company, New York 1900, p. 25, (Retrieved November 24, 2009).
- ^ Burgersdorp , accessed April 3, 2018
- ↑ Mzamomhle , accessed on 3 April 2018
- ^ Tembisa , accessed April 3, 2018
- ↑ George McCall Theal: History of South Africa, from 1873 to 1884, twelve eventful years, with continuation of the history of Galekaland, Tembuland, Pondoland, and Bethshuanaland until the annexation of those territories to the Cape Colony, and of Zululand until its annexation to Natal . Allen, London 1919, pp. 194,287 (accessed November 24, 2009).
- ^ Johannesburg-Bloemfontein-East London . Shosholoza Meyl . Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ^ Dutch Reformed Church Coetzee Street . South African Heritage Resources Agency . Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ^ Anglo-Boer War Blockhouse # 1 Burgersdorp . South African Heritage Resources Agency . Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ↑ Taal Monument Burger Square Burgersdorp . South African Heritage Resources Agency . Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ↑ Burgersdorp
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives:
- ^ Christ Church Church Street Burgersdorp . South African Heritage Resources Agency . Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ^ Coetzee House 51 Piet Retief Street Burgersdorp . South African Heritage Resources Agency . Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ^ De Bruin House 66 Van der Walt Street Burgersdorp . South African Heritage Resources Agency . Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ↑ Jubilee Fountain Burger Square Burgersdorp . South African Heritage Resources Agency . Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ↑ Old Gaol Van der Walt Street Burgersdorp . South African Heritage Resources Agency . Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ^ Old Reformed Church Parsonage Piet Retief Street Burgersdorp . South African Heritage Resources Agency . Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ↑ Old Reformed Church Theological Seminary Burgersdorp . South African Heritage Resources Agency . Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2009.