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Lydenburg, also known as Mashishing, [2] [3] is a town in Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, on the Mpumalanga highveld, South Africa. It is situated on the Sterkspruit/Dorps River tributary of the Lepelle River at the summit of the Long Tom Pass .
History. The Republic of Lydenburg was founded after a group of Boers had separated from the Potchefstroom Republic in 1856. The village of Lydenburg was founded in 1849 by a group of Voortrekkers led by Hendrik Potgieter after they had left their previous settlement near Ohrigstad in the North due to a malaria epidemic.
The Lydenburg Heads are seven terracotta heads that were discovered in association with other pottery artifacts in Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa. They are among the oldest known African Iron Age artworks from South of the equator. [ 1 ]
The siege of Lydenburg was a siege carried out by South African Republican forces on British-occupied Lydenburg, between January and March 1881 during the First Boer War. Despite fierce British resistance, the Boers reclaimed the town following the British defeat at the end of the war. The siege lasted 84 days. [16] [17]
Old Voortrekker Church, Church Street, Lydenburg Type of site: Church. The earlier of the two churches, known as the Voortrekker Church, was erected between 1851 and 1853 and is the oldest Dutch Reformed Church building in the Transvaal. The later church building, which was consecrated in 1894, was built in the Neo-Gothic style. Lydenburg ...
Pages in category "People from Lydenburg" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Schalk Willem ...
Name Code District Seat Area (km²) [1] Population (2016) [2] Pop. density (per km²) Albert Luthuli Local Municipality: MP301 Gert Sibande Carolina: 5,559 187,629
In Lydenburg's northern suburbs, the R37 meets the R36 road and the two routes form one road southwards into the city centre as De Clerq Street, then east as 1st Street, before the R36 becomes its own road southwards towards Machadodorp at the Viljoen Street junction.