Wupperthal

Wupperthal
Church in Wuppertal
Church in Wuppertal
Wupperthal is located in Western Cape
Wupperthal
Wupperthal
Wupperthal is located in South Africa
Wupperthal
Wupperthal
Coordinates: 32°16′27″S 19°12′33″E / 32.27417°S 19.20917°E / -32.27417; 19.20917
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
DistrictWest Coast
MunicipalityCederberg
Population
 • Total1,568
Racial Makeup (2011)
 • Coloured97.26%
 • Black African1.80%
 • Other0.94%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans96.77%
 • English1.66%
 • Other1.57%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
8138
PO box
8138
Sketch of Wupperthal by the Norwegian missionary, Hans Christian Knudsen

Wupperthal (sometimes also spelt Wuppertal) is a small town in the Cederberg mountains in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It was founded in 1830 by two German missionaries of the Rhenish Missionary Society (Rheinische Mission), Theobald von Wurmb and Johann Gottlieb Leipoldt, grandfather of C. Louis Leipoldt – some 100 years before the city of Wuppertal was formally established in Germany. In 1965, after the Rhenish Mission had gradually scaled down their activities in Southern Africa over a period of 40 years, a decision was taken that Wupperthal in future should become part of the Moravian Church, which by that stage had already made the transition from a mission to an autonomous church in South Africa. The town remains a Moravian mission station to this day.

  1. ^ "Community Report". Department of Water Affairs & Forestry. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Small Area 0004". Census 2011.