Lutzville

Lutzville

Lutzville

Place in Western Cape, South Africa

Lutzville is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It resides under the Matzikama Local Municipality.

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Village 22 km north-west of Vredendal and 45 km west of Vanrhynsdorp. Established in August 1923 as Vlermuisklip, but later (~1950) renamed after its founder, Johan J Lutz.[2]

Lutzville is located next to the Olifants River and at high tide it is possible to navigate in a flat-bottomed boat to Papendorp, about 30 km downstream near the river's mouth.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Sub-Place Lutzville". Census 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 286.
  3. [3]
    Erasmus, BPJ (1995). On route in South Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers. ISBN 1-86842-026-4.
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