Swellendam, Buffeljagsrivier, Dutch Reformed Church

dc.contributor.other	J. F. Weule	en_ZA
dc.coverage.spatial	Buffeljagsrivier, Swellendam (South Africa)	en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-08T12:55:35Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-08T12:55:35Z
dc.date.created	1960
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/21301
dc.description.abstract	The foundation stone of the church informs us that the building was started on 26 September 1959, a few years after the foundation of the congregation in 1956. The architect was W. Bronkhorst. The bell in the tower has been installed the following year. On one waist of the bell one finds the following inscription: BUFFELJAGSRIVIER GESKENK DEUR MNR. EN. MEV. J. G. EKSTEEN,1960. While the name of the founder is not mentioned on the bell, we are convinced that the bell has been cast by the German firm Weule. This firm was started in 1836 in Bockenem am Harz by J.F. Weule (1811-1897) as a clock factory. His son Friedrich (1855-1952) added bell casting from 1880 onwards. The firm was closed in 1966. Up to now we have encountered more than two dozen bells from this company in the Western Cape.	en_ZA
dc.format.extent	10 colour photographs
dc.format.extent	1 spreadsheet
dc.format.medium	Photographs
dc.format.medium	Text
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
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dc.subject	Bells -- South Africa -- History	en_ZA
dc.subject	Buffeljagsrivier (South Africa) -- Bells	en_ZA
dc.subject	Buffeljagsrivier (South Africa) -- Pictorial works	en_ZA
dc.subject	Overberg (South Africa) -- Pictorial works	en_ZA
dc.subject	J. F. Weule Foundry, Germany	en_ZA
dc.subject	Weule, J. F., 1811-1897	en_ZA
dc.subject	Weule, Friedrich, 1855-1952	en_ZA
dc.subject	Bronkhorst, W.	en_ZA
dc.title	Swellendam, Buffeljagsrivier, Dutch Reformed Church	en_ZA
dc.title.alternative	Dutch Reformed Church, Buffeljagsrivier (Overberg District)	en_ZA
dc.title.alternative	Buffeljagsrivier, Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk	af_ZA
dc.type	Image	en_ZA
dc.rights.holder	Stellenbosch University	en_ZA