Friemersheim | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Western Cape#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -33.9553°N 22.1425°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Cape |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Garden Route |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Mossel Bay |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Established Title: | Established |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Leader Name: | Donovan Claassen (DA)[1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.33 |
Population Total: | 1235 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 0.6% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 94.3% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 0.4% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 2.4% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 2.2% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Info1: | 97.7% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 2.3% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal Code: | 6525 |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 6526 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Friemersheim is a settlement in Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
A small agricultural community about 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.[3]
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.[4] It remained in the ownership of the Dutch Reformed Church until the 1960s, when it was sold to the state.[3]