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Old Main Building, University of Stellenbosch, Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch This building was erected between 1880 and 1886 to provide proper housing for the Stellenbosch College. This so-called Main Building is in the Neo-Classical style, Carl Hager being the architect, and played an important part in the history of the Victoria College and ...
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Stellenbosch (/ ˈ s t ɛ l ə n b ɒ s /; [3] Afrikaans: [ˈstælənˌbɔs]) [4] [5] is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated about 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Cape Town, along the banks of the Eerste River at the foot of the Stellenbosch Mountain.
English: Map of municipal boundaries in the Western Cape, as they will be after the municipal elections of 18 May 2011, with the Stellenbosch Local Municipality highlighted in red. Based on File:Map of the Western Cape with municipalities blank (2011).svg.
Assegaaibosch is located south-east of Coetsenburg, on the north-eastern slopes of the Stellenbosch Mountain, which forms its southern boundary, in the Jonkershoek Valley stretching down to the banks of the Eerste River which forms its northern boundary below. It is about nine kilometres from Stellenbosch, and 204 hectares in size. [1]
The village was named after James Rattray (1859–1938), [16] [17] a Stellenbosch businessman who owned a butchery in Dorp Street. [12] He was the grandson of Scottish teacher James Rattray (c. 1795–1864) who immigrated to the Cape Colony in 1822, one of several British people recruited to the colony by Scottish missionary George Thom at the ...
The municipality covers an area of 831 square kilometres (321 sq mi) around the towns of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. To the west and southwest it extends as far as the urban edge of the Cape Town metropolitan area, while to the east and southeast it is bounded by mountain ranges.
Stellenbosch Museum is a cultural history museum in the centre of Stellenbosch, South Africa. It was proclaimed a museum on 23 March 1962 and is a province-aided museum which receives support from the Government of the Western Cape .