Liesbeek River
The Liesbeek River is a river in Cape Town in South Africa. It is named after a small river in the Netherlands. The first "free burghers" of the Dutch East India Company were granted land to farm along the river in 1657, shortly after the first Dutch settlers arrived in the Cape.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Cape Town, South Africa
- Also known as: “Liesbeekrivier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Royal Observatory and De Nieuwe Molen.
Royal Observatory
Research institute
The Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, is a former scientific institution in South Africa. Founded by the British Board of Longitude in 1820, its main building is now the headquarters building of the South African Astronomical Observatory.
De Nieuwe Molen
Windmill
Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
De Nieuwe Molen is the oldest and the largest extant mill in South Africa and was built in 1782 near the Black River. The mill is situated in the Alexandra Hospital in Maitland, Cape Town and was declared a National Monument in 1978.
AFDA
College
AFDA is a South African private tertiary education institution that offers higher certificates, undergraduate degrees, and postgraduate degrees in film, television, performance, business innovation, technology, radio and podcasting, and creative writing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Observatory and Ndabeni.
Observatory
Suburb
Observatory is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, colloquially known as Obs. Bordered by Mowbray to the south and Salt River to the northwest, the area is best known as a student neighbourhood associated with the nearby University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital.
Ndabeni
Suburb
Ndabeni is an industrial suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, mainly occupied by light industries such as textiles and clothing. It is located about 6 km east of Cape Town city centre and is serviced by a railway station.
Salt River
Suburb
Salt River is a suburb of Cape Town, located near Table Bay, to the east of Cape Town's central business district. Salt River is served by a railway station of the same name, and has the postcode 7925.
Liesbeek River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Liesbeek River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Liesbeek River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Liesbeek”
- Bulgarian: “Лиесбек”
- Cebuano: “Liesbeek”
- Chinese: “里斯貝克河”
- Irish: “Abhainn Liesbeek”
- Italian: “Liesbeek”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Liesbeek”
- Portuguese: “Rio Liesbeek”
- Welsh: “Afon Liesbeek”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Garden Village and Paarden Eiland.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Varsvlei and Pinelands.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Liesbeek River”. Photo: Rotsee, CC BY-SA 3.0.