Keimoes

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Keimoes
Keimoes (South Africa)
Keimoes
Keimoes
Coordinates 28 ° 42 ′  S , 20 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 28 ° 42 ′  S , 20 ° 58 ′  E
Basic data
Country South Africa

province

North Cape
District ZF Mgcawu
ISO 3166-2 ZA-NC
local community Kai ǃGarib
Residents 12,000 (2011)
Old mission church in Keimoes
Old mission church in Keimoes
Keimoe's aerial photo (2016)

Keimoes is a small town in the municipality of Kai ǃGarib , ZF Mgcawu District , Northern Cape Province in South Africa and is the seat of the municipal administration. It is located at the intersection of roads N14 and R27. In 2011 it had 12,000 inhabitants.

Keimoes is 45 kilometers southwest of Upington and 40 kilometers east of Kakamas on the Orange River and, like many other places in this area, lives largely from viticulture . However, here the grapes are mainly processed into raisins and not into wine.

Keimoes is named either after the Khoikhoi term for mouse nest after the mouse colonies living there or after the Nama terms gei ('large') and mus ('source').

history

The city was founded in the 1870s by Klaas Lucas, the leader of a Korana group who lived here and belonged to the Khoikhoi . The first school was built in 1887 and the first church in 1889. Keimoes received city status in 1949. Due to its location directly on the river, the city has been repeatedly flooded, for example in 1925, 1934, 1974 and 1988.

Attractions

  • Tree of prayer (Ecclesiastes tree)
    • Like many other cities, Keimoes was hit by the Spanish flu in 1918 . In order to minimize the risk of infection, all events in closed rooms were forbidden, the Dutch Reformed parish then held its masses under this tree. He has been known to Predigerbaum ever since. It is a large specimen of a camel thorn tree ( Acacia erioloba ).
  • Bakkiespomp
    • Worth seeing in the city is an old water paddle, which is still in operation and supplies the surrounding vines with water from the Orange.
  • Old Dutch Reformed Mission Church
    • The church was built in 1889 and has been a national monument since 1978 and is used as a museum.
  • Tierberg Nature Reserve
    • The 160 hectare nature reserve is four kilometers outside the city on the road towards the Augrabies Falls . It is known for the large number of aloes and succulent plants.

literature

  • Franz Wehrl: Mission on the Orange. History of the Oblate Mission of the Keimoes and Keetmanshoop Vicariates based on letters, diaries and visitation reports. Franz-Sales-Verlag, 1994, ISBN 978-3772101595

Web links

Commons : Keimoes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 18, 2013