Springfontein is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa .
| City | |
| Springfontein | |
|---|---|
| English Springfontein | |
| A country |  Republic of South Africa |
| Provinces | Free state |
| History and Geography | |
| Based | 1904 |
| Center height | |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +27 51 |
| Postcode | and |
The city was founded in 1904 on the site of the Hartleidale Farm, which was part of the Springfontein Farm. The name Springfontein is translated from Afrikaans as “spring jumping”
. The board of the village was founded in 1904 and reached the status of a municipality in 1912 [3] .
In the region, sheep and cattle were raised and corn was grown [4] , and an oil mill was built at the beginning of the 20th century [5] .
The city is a major railway junction in which the road from Bloemfontein converges with the roads from East London and Port Elizabeth , and where roads begin in other cities of the Free State [4] .
Boer War
During the Second Boer War, there was a British concentration camp in which 704 women and children were killed due to the harsh winter of 1901. Their graves can be seen in the concentration camp. During the war, Emily Hobhouse visited the camp, studying the living conditions in the camps [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 South African Post
- ↑ 1 2 http://www.postoffice.co.za/tools/pcodes.xls
- ↑ Standard Encyclopedia of Southern Africa, Vol 10, p 233; Erasmus, On Route in South Africa, p 384
- ↑ 1 2 3 Free State Department of Tourism, 'Free State' (pdf), undated 200- ?. Accessed via the web.
- ↑ Braby's Orange Free State Directory, 1916