Name: Senekal
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Senekal was established on 7 June 1877 on the farm De Puk in the district of Winburg. It is the panoramic Eastern Free State on the main route between Bloemfontein and in the heart of a flourishing and progressive agricultural district. The first sales of the plots started on 25 May 1875 and were a huge success. Thirty plots were sold for R4 600.
Senekal is named after Cmdt-General F P Senekal. Built of sandstone and erected in 1896 in the middle of the business centre, is the stately and historic NG Church with the equally historic wall of fossilised tree trunks that surrounds the church. It has been declared a historic monument. According to scientists, these tree trunks are approximately 250 million years old. The fossils were removed at the Sand River, west of Senekal.
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The Burger Monuments
One of the Anglo Boer War battle sites from the main tourist attraction is the sandstone church, which is surrounded by a ringmuur wall of petrified trees a natural phenomenon.
The Bible Garden consisting of olive and palm trees and herbal plants is also home to 1900 skirmishes and can be visited at Biddulphs Berg.
The Fern Hiking trail offers the nature lover something exceptional with its trail through a lush abundance of various ferns
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