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Dewetsdorp is related to the following pages: Free State Province, Transgariep

Accommodation, Camping, Guest Houses & Holiday Resorts for Dewetsdorp, Free State Province, South Africa.


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Hotel De Wet.

Type: Hotel
Physical address: Kerk Street
Tel: 051 541 0092

Adventure and Sport for Dewetsdorp, Free State Province, South Africa

Dewetsdorp Golf Club

Type: Golf Course
Tel: 051 541 0171

About Dewetsdorp, Free State Province, South Africa

  • The town lies on the R702, just 75km south-east of Bloemfontein.
  • Named after Jacobus Ignatius de Wet, the father of General Christiaan de Wet.
  • In 1880 it was proclaimed under this name, on the farm Kareefontein.
  • It became a municipality in 1890.
  • A small town in the Free State province of South Africa. The town was set up, without approval of the Volksraad, by field-cornet Jacobus de Wet, father of the Boer War general Christiaan de Wet. Eventually recognized officially, the town became a municipality and named De Wet in 1890. General Christian de Wet successfully attacked English forces stationed there in November 1900. Wikipedia
  • It was the scene of heavy fighting in the Second Anglo-Boer War.
  • In 1927 three officials died when the town hall was blown up by one Huibrecht Jacob de Leeuw in an attempt to cover up evidence of his embezzlement of town funds.
  • The new Town Hall built in 1928 was declared a South African Heritage Site in 1995.
Dewetsdorp, easy Travellers Online Guide for South Africa
Dewetsdorp, easy Travellers Online Guide for South Africa

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