Stellenbosch

Municipality

Municipality: Stellenbosch Local Municipality

Stellenbosch Tourism Bureau

36 Market Str
Stellenbosch

Phone number: 021-883-9633
Fax number: 021-883-8017
Email: Email inquiry
Web: See the website

Stellenbosch is named after Simon van der Stel, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope

Attractions

Also see the neighbouring towns

Some of the oak trees planted by Simon van der Stel in the late 1600s still grow in the town. Libertas Parva, built in 1783, houses the Rembrand van Rijn Art Gallery and Oude Meester Stellenryck Wine Museum. There is also an Oude Meester Brandy Museum. The VOC Kruithuis (an arsenal built by the Dutch East Indian Company) is on the village green (known as die Braak), which in earlier years was a military parade ground. Schreuder House is a cottage built in 1709. Grosvenor House, built in 1782 by Christiaan Neethling, is home to the Stellenbosch Village Musuem and has slave quarters and a coach house. Dorp Street is home to many other historical buildings.

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History

Simon van der Stel visited the area in 1679 and decided proclaimed this location for settlement. A local authority was introduced in 1682, and a magistracy in 1685.

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