Heidelberg Town Hall
Heidelberg Town Hall
Heidelberg Town Hall
Among the other historic buildings in Heidelberg, is the imposing Heidelberg Town Hall which was built in 1913, more than an age ago.
The main part of this neat grey and white building has an entrance in the middle with large wooden doors over which there is the typical crescent shaped window, rounded off by a high gable. To the sides of this entrance there are several wooden windows symmetrically placed in the walls.
At each end there is a wing built out to the front with lower gables, wooden doors and wooden windows, exactly symmetrical and identical to that of the main part of the building. In each gable is placed a little round window. The building is built on the street as was typically done in olden times.
The most southerly skirmish during the Anglo-Boer War took place right between the church and the hotel in 1901, when Jan Theron’s commando rode over Gysmanshoek Pass and attacked the town.
The town of Heidelberg dates back to 1855 and was named after the German city of the same name, built similarly on the banks of a river. It is now part of the greater Hessequa municipality and is regarded as the western gateway to the Garden Route, midway between the towns of Riversdale and Swellendam on the N2.
This small town in the Western Cape is probably one of the most beautiful towns on the N2 with wonderful old houses and an amazing history that comes alive when you go for a walk in it’s streets. It is a wonderful walk, with lei-water (irrigation) streams, the town is still mostly untouched and safe with friendly people.
Die Heidelberg Stadsaal in Heidelberg in die Wes Kaap is een van die imposante historiese geboue wat te sien is in die prentjiemooi dorpie langs die N2 op die Tuinroete.
