Heidelberg - Gauteng South Africa

Heidelberg is named after the city in Germany by the same name. In 1862 HJ Uekermann, a German, established a trading post here. He laid out the town of Heidelberg on a portion of the farm Langlaagte. Heidelber - Gauteng South Africa This Heidelberg should not be confused with Heidelberg in the Western Cape . The old sandstone Heidelberg railway station built in 1895, is now a motor museum called the Heidelberg Transport Museum. The Diepkloof Farm Museum in the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, is housed in a building built in 1850 by Jan Marais

During the First War of Independence Heidelberg served as capital of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek under the Triumvirate of Paul Kruger, PJ Joubert and MW Pretorius, from 1880 to 1883.

In 1885 the Witwatersrand gold reef was discovered in the Heidelberg district and the office of the Mining Commissioner was established there.

Heidelberg developed as a typical rural Victorian town. Many buildings dating back to the period between 1890 and 1910 have been preserved.

Accommodation in Heidelberg

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Accommodation in Heidelberg