Friemersheim

Place in Western Cape, South Africa

33°57′19″S 22°08′33″E / 33.95528°S 22.14250°E / -33.95528; 22.14250CountrySouth AfricaProvinceWestern CapeDistrictGarden RouteMunicipalityMossel BayArea

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• Total2.33 km² (0.90 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[1]

• Total1,235 • Density530/km² (1,400/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011)

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• Black African0.6% • Coloured94.3% • Indian/Asian0.4% • White2.4% • Other2.2%First languages (2011)

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• Afrikaans97.7% • Other2.3%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)Postal code (street)

6525

PO box

6526

Friemersheim is a settlement in Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

A small agricultural community about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Groot-Brakrivier, Friemersheim was founded by a German missionary in the early 19th century. In 1869, through the efforts of Reverend Johann Kretzen of the Berliner Missionary Society, a school and church were built on the farm Gonnakraal, which Kretzen had bought for his sister.^[2]

After his sister's death in 1872, he bequeathed the farm to the Dutch Reformed Missionary Society, and it was later renamed Friemersheim, after Kretzen's town of birth in Germany.^[3] It remained in the ownership of the Dutch Reformed Church until the 1960s, when it was sold to the state.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Main Place Friemersheim" – via Census 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Friemersheim, South Africa". Southern Cape. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
^ "Friemersheim" (PDF). Provincial Government of the Western Cape. Retrieved 8 January 2014.