VREDENBURG INFORMATION CENTRE

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Business and administratitive centre with an excellent golf course nearby!

Access to water is what originally attracted settlers and their Khoi predecessors. A fresh water spring between the 18th century farms Heuningklip and Witteklip caused strife between the respective farm owners. The site became known as Twisfontein (´quarrel spring´), later renamed Prosesfontein (´lawsuit spring´). The Dutch Reformed Church came to the rescue in 1875 when they built the town´s first church near the disputed spring and promptly renamed the town Vredenburg (peaceful town). Problem solved! Electrification in 1952 saw coal and outdoor clay ovens replaced by modern equipment, although gas and paraffin continue to be used by poorer people. Fish factories became mechanized. The electrification process had ushered in an era of permanent social and economic changes.
 
The only argument you´re likely to have in modern-day Vredenburg (the Twisfontein Monument is today the sole reminder of that water tiff) is in agreeing on which activities you and your travel mates plan to indulge: Fauna and indigenous flower sightings at Paternoster´s Columbine Nature Reserve , golf, horse riding, canoeing, bird watching, indoor cricket or arts and craft?!

T: 27 (0)22 715 1142 E: vredenburg@sbto.co.za
Vredenburg Office, 31B Atrium Building, Main Road, 7357
Open: Mon-Fri: 09:00-17:00

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