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AREA F O C U S
Silo 266 must be one of the most beautiful silos in
the Senwes stable and has a capacity of 94 400 tons!
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VILJOENSKROON – THE NORTHERN FREE STATE AREA
CLOSE TO THE VAAL RIVER, IS FARMING COUNTRY. MOST
PEOPLE SIMPLY DRIVE PAST THE TOWN ON THEIR WAY
TO LARGER TOWNS AND CITIES, SUCH AS KROONSTAD,
KLERKSDORP AND THE MAIZE CAPITAL, BOTHAVILLE.
HOWEVER, WE WOULD LIKE TO REPORT ON A FEW
INTERESTING ASPECTS ABOUT VILJOENSKROON.
AUBREY KRUGER
THE NAME VILJOENSKROON
It is interesting that the name
of the town has an agricultural
history. Producer Johannes Jansen
Viljoen was the owner of the
farm on which Viljoenskroon
was founded. This is where the
Viljoen-part comes from. The
Kroon-part is also linked to
Viljoen, since Kroon was the
name of his horse, which he used
as a warhorse during the Anglo-
Boer War.
THE FOUNDING OF THE TOWN
The town was founded on the
farm Mahemskuil in 1921 and
declared as a municipality in
1925.
The Reformed Church in town.
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