Lu-Gerda's Travels

After visiting the Dutch Reformed Church in Heidelberg we walked across the street to the St Barnabas Anglican Church.   A worker opened the church for us and we quickly walked through the inside.   I could not find any information about the church on the internet but here are some photos.     Walking back towards the Dutch Reformed Church we saw a monument.   This monument was erected in memory of the men who died in Heidelberg during a fight in the Anglo Boer War on 13 September 1901.   We then went back to the car and drove around in the town.   We saw the Doornboom Homestead  and other old buildings.   It was almost time for lunch and we decided to drive towards Riverdale to get some food.

We visited Heidelberg in the Western Cape for the first time in December 2012.   It was a warm and sunny day.   After walking around in the town for a while we reached the Dutch Reformed Church.   We arrived just half an hour before a funeral service and the minister said we could have a quick look inside. The town was founded when the congregation was started here in 1855 and the foundation stone for the church building was laid on 22 March 1913.   Unfortunately that is the only information I could find about this beautiful church.   Here are some more pictures:

We have probably driven past this little town more than a hundred times and never turned in to have a look.   Yes, we did stop at the petrol station once or twice but that does not count.   So instead of a struggle with all the holidaymakers in our hometown we decided to visit Heidelberg.  Post Office (Built in 1936)  Heidelberg is a town in the Western Cape of South Africa.   It is about 121km from our home in Mossel Bay and about 274km from Cape Town.    Town Hall (Built in 1912)  In 1716 Louis Fourie obtained grazing rights from Governor van der Stel.   This led to the establishment of the Doornboom Farm and homestead in 1728.   In 1855 the farm was bought from Mr. Fourie and the town was started.   The town was named after Heidelberg in Germany.    Doornboom Homestead Rose Garden at Doornboom Homestead The Doornboom Homestead was one of our last stops of the day.   It is currently being restored and we co...