{{Infobox settlement | name = Amaliënstein | image_skyline = Amalienstein Church and School.jpg | image_caption = The Amalienstein Mission Complex | pushpin_map = South Africa Western Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|33.483|S|21.466|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Western Cape | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Garden Route | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Kannaland | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- demographics (section 1) --> | demographics_type1 = | demographics1_title1 = Black African | demographics1_info1 = | demographics1_title2 = Coloured | demographics1_info2 = | demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian | demographics1_info3 = | demographics1_title4 = White | demographics1_info4 = | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = <!-- demographics (section 2) --> | demographics_type2 = | demographics2_footnotes = | demographics2_title1 = | demographics2_info1 = | demographics2_title2 = | demographics2_info2 = | demographics2_title3 = | demographics2_info3 = | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = | demographics2_title5 = | demographics2_info5 = <!-- blank fields (section 2) --> <!-- Other information --> | timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code (street) | postal_code = | postal2_code_type = PO box | postal2_code = | area_code_type = Area code }} '''Amaliënstein''' is a former mission station of the Berlin Missionary Society, 22 km east of Ladismith, on the road to Calitzdorp. Named after Amalie von Stein, benefactress of German missions.<ref name="dosapn">{{cite book|last=Raper|first=Peter E.|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names|url=https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n58/mode/2up|publisher=Internet Archive|accessdate=28 August 2013|page=58|year=1987}}</ref> The church complex was completed in 1853.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amalienstein & Zoar|url=http://www.route62.co.za/route62towns.php?townID=17|publisher=Route 62|accessdate=7 January 2014|archive-date=7 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107104926/http://www.route62.co.za/route62towns.php?townID=17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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