History & Gedenkschool

The Dutch East Indian Company motivated European people to settle in South Africa. With colonisation the first Huguenot arrived in a small group in 1688 on board the "Oosterland” and were given land nearby the Drakenstein Mountains.

The children of the Huguenot family Du Toit built the Cape Dutch Kleinbosch homestead in 1792. Today it houses room for our Reception, Library and Office.

D.F. Malherbe, a famous journalist and poet built his Victorian - styled home on Kleinbosch farm, and today the Malherbe house offers 5 guestrooms.

The sons of both families created the first Christian Afrikaans school, the Huguenot Gedenkschool in 1833. It was restored to its original form in 2001 and now houses 4 guestrooms and conference facilities.

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