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Mamre is situated between Darling and Atlantis, within an hour's drive of Cape Town.
It was first settled in 1701 when the Governor of the Cape, Willem Adriaan van der Stel decided to establish a military and cattle post in this area to protect the European settler's cattle from theft by the indigenous KhoiKhoi people.
In 1808, when the CapeColony was again under British control, the region was transferred to the Moravian Missionaries, Kohrhammer and Schmidt from Germany. In time a thriving mission station was established and all of the buildings dating from this period have been restored and were declared National Monuments in 1967. Today the mission complex at Mamre provides a peaceful oasis under the oak trees.
Places of interest include the MamreSchool which is a national monument, the Long House, which is a stone house, (used as a barracks by the Dutch East India Company), the Water Mill, Old Shop and OldMamreMoravianChurch.
