Friemersheim

Coordinates: 33°57′19″S 22°08′33″E / 33.95528°S 22.14250°E

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Friemersheim
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Coordinates: 33°57′19″S 22°08′33″E / 33.95528°S 22.14250°E / -33.95528; 22.14250
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	Garden Route
Municipality	Mossel Bay
Government
• Councillor	Donovan Claassen (DA)^[1]
Area ^[2]
• Total	2.33 km² (0.90 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[2]
• Total	1,235
• Density	530/km² (1,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[2]
• Black African	0.6%
• Coloured	94.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	2.4%
• Other	2.2%
First languages (2011) ^[2]
• Afrikaans	97.7%
• Other	2.3%
Time zone	UTC+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.^[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]

References

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^ "Ward Councillors". Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ ^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.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape
District seat: George
Bitou	Harkerville Keurboomstrand Kranshoek Kurland Estate Nature's Valley Plettenberg Bay Wittedrif	Garden Route District within South Africa
George	Avontuur Bergplaas De Vlugt George Haarlem Herold Herolds Bay Hoekwil Pacaltsdorp Touwsranten Twee Rivieren Uniondale Victoria Bay Wilderness Woodville
Hessequa	Albertinia Gouritsmond Groot-Jongensfontein Heidelberg Port Beaufort Puntjie Riversdale Slangrivier Stilbaai Vermaaklikheid Witsand
Kannaland	Amaliënstein Calitzdorp Ladismith Vanwyksdorp Zoar
Knysna	Bracken Hill Brenton-on-Sea Buffelsbaai Farleigh Gouna Karatara Knysna Rheenendal Sedgefield
Mossel Bay	Boggomsbaai Brandwag Danabaai Friemersheim Glentana Great Brak River Hartenbos Herbertsdale Jonkersberg Little Brak River Mossel Bay Ruiterbos Vleesbaai
Oudtshoorn	De Hoop De Rust Dysselsdorp Matjiesrivier Oudtshoorn Schoemanshoek Volmoed

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