Sketch of Wupperthal by the Norwegian missionary, Hans Christian Knudsen
Wupperthal (sometimes also spelt Wuppertal) is a small town in the Cederberg mountains in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It was founded in 1830 by two German missionaries of the Rhenish Missionary Society (Rheinische Mission), Theobald von Wurmb and Johann Gottlieb Leipoldt, grandfather of C. Louis Leipoldt – some 100 years before the city of Wuppertal was formally established in Germany. In 1965, after the Rhenish Mission had gradually scaled down their activities in Southern Africa over a period of 40 years, a decision was taken that Wupperthal in future should become part of the Moravian Church, which by that stage had already made the transition from a mission to an autonomous church in South Africa. The town remains a Moravian mission station to this day.
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Wupperthal (sometimes also spelt Wuppertal) is a small town in the Cederberg mountains in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It was founded in...
is commonly used. Wupperthal shoe factory, 1836, founded by Johann Leipoldt, provided work for many skilled craftsmen. The Wupperthal handsewn veldskoen...
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the San population. In the north, the old Moravian mission station of Wupperthal still remains, the heart of a small subsistence farming community, and...
Serruria flava, the Wupperthal spiderhead, is a flowering shrub that belongs to the genus Serruria and forms part of the fynbos. The plant, which is critically...
Calvinia. A turnoff from the pass heads southeast to the Biedouw Valley and Wupperthal. The pass is 25 km long, reaches an altitude of 905 m at a gradient of...
established by the Moravian Georg Schmidt at Genadendal in 1738. The mission at Wupperthal, established by the Rhenish Missionary Society, was eventually transferred...
established its first mission station in the Cederberg in 1829, named Wupperthal, and predated the naming of the German city by 100 years. Very soon, the...
sources, Redecker lived in South West Africa as a colonial merchant for the Wupperthal Trading Company, established by the RMS. In 1870, this company was renamed...
bronze statue of Spinnerin, facade of Wupperthal City Hall fountain at the Toelleturm (Observation Tower) in Wupperthal, with its original bronze dolphins...
[3] Varresbeck,[4] Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine all near Wupperthal), Poland (near Psiarnia, in the Southern part of the Holy Cross Mountains...
initiatives. In July 2015 the "Nuwe Graskoue Trappers" and their orchestra from Wupperthal, competed at the World Championship of Performing Arts, an international...
species that is only found in the east of the Cederberg mountains between Wupperthal in the south to the Pakhuis Pass in the north. It occurs between 900 and...
and he stayed on until 1921. He was related to the Haefele family from Wupperthal. In 1921 Hugo,D.P. was appointed, followed in 1939 by Ehlers, P.J., 1941...
Calvinia district, south to the plateau surrounding the Nardouwberg, near Wupperthal and the Biedouw Valley. Here the plants grow at 300–750 m (1000–2500 ft)...
Klaus Hesse studied photography and typography at the University of Wupperthal. In 1988, together with Christine Hesse he founded the agency Hesse Design...
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