Eluphendwini

Eluphendwini
Eluphendwini
Coordinates	32 ° 47 ′  S , 27 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 32 ° 47 ′  S , 27 ° 22 ′  E
Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
local community	Amahlathi
height	466 m
Residents	846

Eluphendwini , formerly Brunswick is a place in the South African province of Eastern Cape (Eastern Cape). It is located in Amahlathi Parish in Amathole District , north of King William's Town .

geography

In 2011 Eluphendwini had 846 inhabitants. The place is on the Buffalo River . The R346 runs east past the village and connects it with King William's Town, about 15 kilometers away, and Stutterheim, about 27 kilometers to the south . Eluphendwini lies at an altitude of 466 meters above sea level.

history

In 1857 the British governor of the Cape Colony settled around 2,400 German legionnaires from the Crimean War and an unknown number of other German families in the area of East London . The German emigrants gave their settlements German names: In addition to Braunschweig, they founded places with city names such as Berlin, Hamburg and Potsdam. A Lutheran church was built in Braunschweig , which was replaced by a new building in 1904.

In 1981 the parish buildings were designated as national monuments, including the church from 1904, the pastorate and school from 1860, and an extension from 1904. The church was closed in 1985 after the apartheid government sold part of the surrounding land to the government of the homeland of Ciskei would have.

Surroundings

To the northwest of Eluphendwini are some of the last near-natural forests in the Eastern Cape, the Pirie Forest , the Isidenge State Forest and the Kubusi State Forest .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census , accessed January 21, 2019
2. ^ South Africa Tours: The area around East London
3. ↑ ^{a b} Recognition of the church building as a monument in 1981 (English), accessed on January 21, 2019
4. ↑ UNEP (2008) Africa: Atlas of our changing environment. Nairobi, Kenya. Pp. 302-303