Cenotaph Memorial
This memorial is situated in a small park in Market Street, it commemorates those who died in WWII. Olive Schreiner’s husband, Cron, had his office in the building that can be seen opposite the southern corner.
Hanover Cemetery
There are some fascinating reasons to visit the town’s cemetery, situated across the N1 to the west of the Caltex garage. There’s an obelisk in memory of three young South African men who were executed during the Anglo-Boer War. This event deeply touched the lives of Hanover inhabitants because the men were not guilty of [...]
Trappieskop
Trappieskop – meaning ‘hill of small steps’ is a well-known landmark in Hanover. The town’s first magistrate, Charles Richard Beere, built the footpath, and a monument to his memory has been erected at the top. It’s said that Olive Schreiner often used to climb up Trappieskop early in the morning, and where you will see [...]
Dutch Reformed Church (1907) – Hanover
This perfectly maintained, beautiful building was designed by W.H Ford and completed in November 1908. The clock movement and chimes were manufactured in Cape Town. Tours inside prior by arrangement. Contact: Willie Matthee 053-6430017
Hanover Museum
Hanover Museum, is housed in the original Petrusvallei farmhouse in Viljoen Street around which the town developed. It has displays of artefacts dating back to pioneer days, including documents and old photographs, furniture, kitchen appliances, clothing and a beautiful scale model of the church. Contact: Mrs Liebenberg – 053-6430038 Mrs Kruger – 053-6430041
House Of Olive Schreiner – Hanover
Olive Schreiner, and her husband Samuel Cronwright (Cron), lived in this typically small iron-roofed Karoo cottage from 1900 to 1907 during the Anglo-Boer War. She was very happy living in Hanover – the Karoo air relived her asthma and she thought the village a very pretty one. At one stage, her strong political views resulted [...]
Nuwejaarsfontein
“Oudag” on the farm Nuwejaarsfontein was built as a cottage for the present owners Sterrie and Ilse Marais when they got married in 1979. It was their home while Sterrie’s parents lived in the main homestead. A few years later the young couple got the opportunity to occupy the main house when the older people [...]
Vanderkloof
Vanderkloof Dam (previously the PK le Roux Dam) is situated 130km downstream of Gariep dam on the Orange River. It forms the second largest storage reservoir in South Africa with a capacity of over 3 200 million m3. The dam forms an integral component of the Orange River Project (together with Gariep Dam) and supplies [...]
Smartt Syndicate Dam
This dam forms part of a major irrigation scheme that was started in 1895 as a private venture by an organisation known as the Smartt Syndicate. This syndicate built two dams, planted lucerne and wheat and set up breeding and feeding programmes for sheep, karakul, goats and Clydesdale horses. Unfortunately, the syndicate was liquidated in [...]
Bushman Paintings
A LEGACY OF ART With their stamina, tenacity and endurance the little /Xam moved widely through the Karoo. At places where they sought shelter and rest from their wanderings, the /Xam left an artistic wealth of rock engravings. These petroglyphs tell us what this world was like when it was theirs. The Karoo is renowned [...]
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