De Doorns

De Doorns
De Doorns
Coordinates	33 ° 29 ′  S , 19 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 33 ° 29 ′  S , 19 ° 40 ′  E
Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	Western cape
District	Cape Winelands
local community	Breede Valley
height	460 m
Residents	11,278 (2011)
Aerial view of De Doorns

De Doorns is a town with 11,278 inhabitants (as of 2011) in the municipality of Breede Valley , Cape Winelands District , Western Cape Province in South Africa . The city is located in the valley of the Hex River at an altitude of 460 meters on the N1 motorway that connects Cape Town and Johannesburg . Worcester is 21 miles southwest and the Touwsrivier is 25 miles northeast.

history

In 1875 a railway station on the Cape Town - Johannesburg route was built on the farm De Doorns ( Afrikaans for "the thorns"; the name refers to the acacias on the banks of the Hex River) , which over the years grew into a city.

The place is known from a South African legend: The Buffelskraal Farm (today's name: Clovelly ) was the birthplace of Eliza Meiring, a pretty girl. To test her suitors in 1786, they were supposed to bring her a disa (orchid) from the nearby 2247 meter high Matroosberg . The young man she preferred set off but stumbled and fell to his death on the mountain. When Eliza found out about this, she became deranged and was locked in her upstairs room. When she tried to open a window, she also tripped and died.

Web links

Commons : De Doorns  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• De Doorns at routes.co.za (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ De Doorns , Hassie Square , Ekupumeleni (added), accessed on November 18, 2013