Overview
    Identifiers
    Alternate Site Codes
    DC26/NAMM/0010
    Inventory Number
    2528CA125
    Site Name
    German Settlers 2001, Pretoria Art Museum Park, Pretoria
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    Dilshaat.Davids
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
    Monuments & Memorials Recordings
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    Description

    German token of gratitude memorial. Every year six oak trees were planted in a semicircle to connect the Prussian memorial. In memory of the Dispossession and Expulsion from our Native provinces in Germany.

    Contains Animal figures?
    No
    Contains Human figures?
    No
    Construction Materials
    Five -ton granite rock Adorned
    Pedestal Material
    Tile
    Concrete
    Event Commemorated
    German token of gratitude memorial for Germans new home and future.
    Date Unveiled
    Inscriptions
    /In memory of the Dispossession and Expulsion from our Native provinces in Germany and with thanks to South Africa which gave us a new home and future/
    /27 October 2001/
    NB: See image for inscription in German and Dutch.
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -25.748609, 28.214352
      Gauteng
      • City of Tshwane
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 750
      Erf/Farm Portion: Public Place
      Park Street
      Arcadia
      Pretoria
      Directions to Site
      Follow R34 To eshowe from Durban and through Melmoth. Pass the Ulundi turn-off and shortly after this take the D258 left sign posted Mgungundlovu . Travel 5km to destination
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