Kranshoek is a settlement in
Garden Route District Municipality
The Garden Route District Municipality ( af, Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit or ''Garden Route Distriksmunisipaliteit''; xh, uMasipala weSithili sase Garden Route; formerly known as the Eden District Municipality) is a district municipality loca ...
in the
Western Cape
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province of
South Africa
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.
Kranshoek was founded in the early years of the 20th century by a group of
Griqua Griqua may refer to:
* Griqua people
* Griqua language or Xiri language
* Griquas (rugby)
Griquas (known as the Windhoek Draught Griquas for sponsorship reasons since April 2022) are a South African rugby union team that participates in the an ...
trekkers under the leadership of Abraham le Fleur who had been displaced from their land in
Kokstad
Kokstad is a town in the Harry Gwala District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Kokstad is named after the Griqua chief Adam Kok III who settled here in 1863. Kokstad is the capital town of the East Griqualand region, as it i ...
.
Le Fleur also founded the Griqua National Conference in 1904 and the Griqua Independent Church.
A local monument, erected in 1942, celebrates the early Griqua pioneers.
References
{{Eden District Municipality
Populated places in the Bitou Local Municipality