Marquard is a small farming town in the
Free State province of
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
that serves
Winburg in the northwest. The town was set up in 1905 by an influential
Dutch Reform minister, JJ Marquard, with the help of
Christoffel Cornelis Froneman
Christoffel Cornelis Froneman, commonly known as Stoffel Froneman (Leliehoek, Winburg, 26 March 1846 – Cypress, District Marquard, 12 March 1913), was Field cornet, veldkornet, general and Vice-Commander-in-Chief of the Orange Free State Boers, ...
, the commandant of the
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State ( nl, Oranje Vrijstaat; af, Oranje-Vrystaat;) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeat ...
. It was established on the farm Varschfontein and attained municipal status in the same year.
Marquard is 169 kilometers east north-east of
Bloemfontein and 45 kilometers south-west of
Senekal
Senekal is a town situated on the banks of the Sand River in the eastern part of the Free State province of South Africa. It was named after Commandant FP Senekal. It is the second largest town in Setsoto Municipality after Ficksburg, the lar ...
. The town was named after J J T Marquard, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in
Winburg, who had pleaded for the establishment of the town.
References
Populated places in the Setsoto Local Municipality
Populated places established in 1905
1905 establishments in South Africa
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