Ladybrand

Ladybrand
Ladybrand
Coordinates	29 ° 12 ′  S , 27 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 29 ° 12 ′  S , 27 ° 27 ′  E
Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	free State
District	Motheo
local community	Mantsopa
height	1577 m
Residents	4218 (2011)
founding	1867

Ladybrand is a city with 4218 inhabitants (as of 2011; census). The neighboring township of Manyatseng had 21,598 inhabitants in 2011.

Ladybrand is located in the municipality of Mantsopa , Motheo District , Free State Province in South Africa on the R26 road . The city is located 138 kilometers east of Bloemfontein and 18 kilometers from Maseru on the border with Lesotho at an altitude of 1,577 meters above sea level.

history

The city was founded in 1867 on the area of ​​the Mauershoek farm . 200 plots were released for immediate settlement. The Voortrekker wanted to use this settlement to secure the areas conquered in the Seqiti War against the Basotho in 1865 against reconquest.

The city is named after Catherina Frederica Brand, the mother of Johannes Henricus Brand , the then President of the Orange Free State .

Attractions

• Near the city in 1924, the first fossil record of were Diarthrognathus made, also fossils were of Euskelosaurus found here.
• In caves in the surrounding mountains there are many rock paintings of the San .
• Catharina Brand Museum

sons and daughters of the town

• Nicolaas Diederichs (1903–1978), former President of South Africa
• Kobie Coetsee (1931–2000), South African politician

Web links

• Historical information ( Memento of April 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
• Tourist information at sa-venues.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ladybrand , accessed July 7, 2017
2. ↑ Manyatseng , accessed on July 7, 2017
3. ^ AW Crompton: On the lower jaw of Diarthrognathus and the origin of the mammalian lower jaw. With appendix: on the statics of jaw musculature by DG Parkyn. In: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London , Vol. 140, pp. 697-753, 1963. (digitized version )