Swartberg

Swartberg lies at the foot of the Klein Swartberg in the Overberg, east of the Cape. Hot mineral springs emerge on the mountain's southern side, waters known to the local Khoekhoe long before European settlement. In 1710 Ferdinand Appel received land at the springs on condition that he provide accommodation for visitors seeking the waters. A bathhouse was built in 1797, and a village grew around it. In 1813 the settlement was renamed Caledon in honour of a former governor of the Cape.