Republic of Winburg-Potchefstroom

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Republiek Winburg-Potchefstroom
Republic of Winburg-Potchefstroom
1844-1848
Burgers flag.svg
Voortrekker flag.svg
Official language Dutch
Capital Potchefstroom
Form of government Federal Republic
Head of state , also head of government President Andries Hendrik Potgieter
currency South African pond
independence April 9, 1844

Winburg-Potchefstroom is the name of a short-lived Boer republic in what is now South Africa .

It was founded by the Voortrekker leader Andries Hendrik Potgieter and mainly comprised the towns of Winburg and Potchefstroom with their surrounding areas.

Potgieter was a leader of the Voortrekker during the Great Trek and founded settlements on the other side of the Vaal River, including Potchefstroom, when coming from the south . On April 9, 1844, Potgieter declared the Republic of Winburg-Potchefstroom to be independent.

About ten years later, the Potchefstroom area was incorporated into the Transvaal Republic , while the Winburg area became part of the Orange Free State . Potchefstroom became the first capital of the Transvaal.

flag

The flags of Potchefstroom and Winburg, the two centers of the republic, were both very similar and were based on the flag of the Voortrekker-Boers (the flag of Winburg is even identical to this). Variants were probably also used as insignia of the Republic of Winburg-Potchefstroom.

literature

  • LB van der Walt: The Ontstaan ​​en groei van Winburg. Nasionale Pers, Bloemfontein 1928.
  • CJP LeRoux, MS Botes: Winburg en the Groot Trek (= Vrystaatse Voortrekkermuseum-reeks. Brosjure 1). Oranje-Vrystaat Museumdiens, Bloemfontein 1985, ISBN 0-947023-17-8 .
  • SPR Oosthuizen: The Stigting van Winburg (= Vrystaatse Voortrekkermuseum-reeks. Band?). Subdirektoraat Biblioteek- en Museumdiens, Bloemfontein 1991, ISBN 0-947023-90-9 .
  • Wilhelm Herman Venter: Die geskiedenis van Winburg dead 1902. Master's thesis University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 1974 ( online ).
  • Geoffrey Jenkins: A Century of History. The Story of Potchefstroom. Potchefstroom Herald, Potchefstroom 1939.

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