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Date: 1875 Type: Homestead Status: Extant Street: 1 Marais Street   Click to view large map Coordinates: 26°29'36.24" S 28°21'32.59" E Alt: 1543m

Transcription of Blue Plaque: HEIDELBERG HERITAGE ASSOCIATION 2 MAJ. VALENTIN'S HQ Built in 1875. The house was used as the Mining Commissioner's Office and during the 2nd Anglo Boer War, the H.Q. for Major John Maximillian Vallentin, the first commanding officer of "Vallentin's Heidleberg Volunteers" consisting of "Joiners". They were nicknamed the "Witkoppen" and hated by the Boers. Major Vallentin was killed in action on the 4th of May 1902. There is a plaque in his honour in the St Ninian's Anglican Church. HEIDELBERG PRINTERS Source: The Heritage Portal.