The town of Stellenbosch was founded in 1697 and from the date of the appointment of the first Landdrost in 1685, the local citizens or free burghers (as opposed to the employees of the Dutch East Indian Company) were organized into mounted and infantry units known as burgher commandos. These commandos had to go to Cape Town once a year for military training. As early as 1703, however, the military officers of the burgher cavalry and infantry of Stellenbosch and Drakenstein requested permission to train in Stellenbosch. It seems likely, therefore, that already in that year, or even earlier, the square in front of the V.O.C Kruithuis, known as the Braak, was being used for military exercises.
The V.O.C Kruithuis is unique in South Africa as it is the only remaining powder magazine in the country dating from the days of the Dutch East India Company, and it can almost be said to have become a symbol Stellenbosch’s rich and varied architectural heritage.
OPEN:
Monday - Friday: 09:00 to 16:30
CLOSED:
Weekends and Public Holidays
ENTRY:
R5 pp.
The published coordinates is to the entrance of the V.O.C Kruithuis, the cache is located in the first showroom.
Cache is placed with permission.
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