Genadendal
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Genadendal is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, built on the site of the oldest mission station in the country.
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[edit] Location
Genadendal (Valley of Grace) is approximately 90 minutes drive east of Cape Town in the Riviersonderend Mountains.
[edit] History
Genadendal was the first mission station in southern Africa. It was founded by Georg Schmidt, a German missionary of the Moravian Church, who settled on 23 April 1738 in Baviaans Kloof (Ravine of the Baboons) in the Riviersonderend Valley and began to evangelise among the Khoi people.
On 10 October 1995 Nelson Mandela visited the mission in Genadendal.
[edit] Books about Genadendal
- Bernhard Krüger, "The Pear Tree Blossom. The history of the Moravian Church in South Africa."
- Martina Horak-Werz, "Fax An Cordula. Erfahrungen Als Pfarrerin In Südafrika In Einer Zeit Des Politischen Umbruchs".
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