Dullstroom
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 25 ′ 2 ″ S , 30 ° 6 ′ 13 ″ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| District | Nkangala | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA | ||
| local community | Emakhazeni | ||
| height | 2076 m | ||
| surface | 30.4 km² | ||
| Residents | 558 (2011) | ||
| density | 18.4 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1893 | ||
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Dullstroom ( Afrikaans ), also Emnothweni is a South African place in the municipality Emakhazeni , district Nkangala in the province Mpumalanga . It is located around 40 kilometers northwest of eMakhazeni (formerly Belfast). In 2011 Dullstroom had 558 residents in 203 households. The enclosed place Sakhelwe with over 4000 inhabitants does not belong to the district of Dullstroom.
description
The first Dutch settlers built their houses here between 1884 and 1887. The place, informally and officially proclaimed in the Transvaal Government Gazette by Paul Kruger in 1892 and officially on October 9, 1893 , was named after the Amsterdam merchant Wolterus Dull, initially as Dull's Stroom . "Stroom" refers to the nearby Crocodile River .
Wolterus Dull was the chairman of a body that organized support after the First Boer War for families who suffered losses or became homeless during these events. Dull was able to organize donations in the Netherlands for the war victims whose houses had been destroyed by British cannon fire.
In May 1900 British troops from the Cape Colony occupied the place during the Second Boer War and destroyed it to the ground. Many of the 100 settlers were involved in the fighting and died in the process; The British military took mostly women and children to a prison camp near Belfast.
Dullstroom has the highest railway stop at 2076 m above sea level.
Attractions
The place has a cool climate because of its altitude. Many beeches and elms that were planted by Dutch immigrants grow here.
The place is known because of its climate and the natural conditions as Scotland's Only Outpost in Africa (German: Scotland's only outpost in Africa). There is also a whiskey bar with a very large selection. A local watch shop has a nationally known watch collection that can be viewed.
The Dullstroom Nature Reserve is part of the municipality . There are some lakes in the area where rare animal species live, such as the paradise crane , the South African crowned crane and the rock crane . In addition, fishing is widespread in approved waters.
Dullstroom is one of the main attractions for fly fishing enthusiasts in Mpumalanga. Some ponds are reserved for registered groups of anglers. The development of commercial and tourist trout fishing around Dullstroom has also had an environmentally detrimental effect. Due to the extensive use of water, the natural wetlands and their bird life are threatened. The local situation is considered threatening by nature conservationists.
To the east of the village, about 65 kilometers by road, is the Kwena Dam , which belongs to the course of the Crocodile River.
The Dullstroom Festival of Art & Culture is an annual event that offers visitors a diverse spectrum. The aim is to showcase creative talents from the location and its surroundings. One aspect for this event is the perception of nature in the vicinity of the place. Typical forms of expression are glass work, hands-on offers for artistic work, makeup courses, painting, mosaic work, music, sculptures, pottery and bead work as well as specific culinary offers. During the multi-day festival, the entire location is the event area.
economy
Dullstroom has some sights in and around the town for tourists. Therefore, the visitors form an important economic basis.
The pond landscape in the near and further surroundings of Dullstroom is also used for inland fishing . The existing trout stocks are of great importance for the South African food market. There are numerous trout farms in the wider area of Dullstroom.
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Dullstroom can be reached by land on the R540 regional road from eMakhazeni / Belfast (35 km) or Mashishing / Lydenburg (56 km). The national road N4 runs near eMakhazeni . There is a stopping point on the eMakhazeni – Mashishing – Burgersfort – Steelpoort railway line .
Web links
- Dullstroom-Emnotweni: website of the place . on www.dullstroom.info (English)
- Dullstroom, Mpumalanga . on www.artefacts.co.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b according to OSM
- ↑ 2011 census . accessed on June 11, 2020.
- ↑ 2011 census . accessed on June 11, 2020.
- ^ A b c Peter Edmund Raper : Dictionary of Southern African Place Names . Lowry Publishers, Johannesburg 1987 (2nd ed.), P. 98.
- ^ Proudly Dullstroom: The History of Dullstroom-Emnotweni . at www.dullstroom.info (English).
- ^ SA venues: About Dullstroom Nature Reserve . at www.sa-venues.com (English).
- ^ Louis Wolhuter: Trout in South Africa . (Federation of Southern African Flyfishers) at www.fosaf.org.za (English).
- ↑ Dullstroom-Emnotweni: What to know about fly-fishing . at www.dullstroom.info (English).
- ^ WRT Darwall, KG Smith, D. Tweddle, P. Skelton et al .: The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Southern Africa. . International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Oxford 2008, ISBN 978-2-8317-1126-3 , online at www.portals.iucn.org (English, PDF); PDF p. 34, doc. P. 25.
- ^ Mpumalanga Province: Dullstroom Arts Festival . on www.mpumalanga.com (English).
- ^ South African Cultural Observatory: Events Overview . at www.southafricanculturalobservatory.org.za (English).
- ↑ PJ Britz, MM Hara, OLF Weyl, BN Tapela, QA Rouhani: Scoping Study on the Development and Sustainable Utilization of Inland Fisheries in South Africa, Volume 1. Research Report . Report of the Water Research Commission (WRC Report No TT 615/1/14), Gezina 2015 (English, PDF), PDF p. 133, doc. P. 111.