Braunschweig | |
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  Braunschweig  Braunschweig | |
| Coordinates:32°47′06″S27°22′08″E / 32.785°S 27.369°E /-32.785; 27.369 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Amathole |
| Municipality | Amahlathi |
| Elevation | 426 m (1,398 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Area code | 043 |
Braunschweig is a small town in theEastern Cape province, South Africa.
Braunschweig, situated in the former district ofKing William's Town, is one of the villages that were established after the arrival of theGerman Legion and German settlers inBritish Kaffraria in and after 1857.[1] It is represented today solely by a Lutheran church complex consisting of the neo-Gothic church, aparsonage and a school building, surrounded byveld. The original church building established by the Lutherans in 1866-7 was a simple structure under thatch, while the present church was built in 1904.[1]
The St Peter's Lutheran Church was closed in September 1985, when the apartheid government sold the land and the nearby farms to theCiskei government. Before then, all the farms around it were owned by Germans who attended the church. The congregation built a new church inKomga, which was opened in 1989.[1]
Municipalities and communities ofAmathole District Municipality,Eastern Cape | ||
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District seat:East London | ||
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| Great Kei | ||
| Mbhashe |
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| Mnquma |
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| Ngqushwa | ||
| Raymond Mhlaba | ||
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