{{Infobox settlement | name = Pacaltsdorp | image_skyline = Church in Pacaltsdorp.JPG | image_caption = Church in Pacaltsdorp | pushpin_map = South Africa Western Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|34|1|S|22|27|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 District Municipality|Garden Route]] | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[George Local Municipality|George]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/177006035 |title = Sub Place Pacaltsdorp |work=Census 2011}} </ref> | area_total_km2 = 10.19 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | population_total = 16400 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- demographics (section 1) --> | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = 4.7% | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = 93.3% | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = 0.6% | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = 0.7% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 0.7% <!-- demographics (section 2) --> | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics2_title1 = [[Afrikaans]] | demographics2_info1 = 92.2% | demographics2_title2 = [[English language|English]] | demographics2_info2 = 4.4% | demographics2_title3 = [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] | demographics2_info3 = 1.7% | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 1.7% <!-- blank fields (section 2) --> <!-- Other information --> | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = 6529 | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = 6534 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] | area_code = 044 }} '''Pacaltsdorp''' is a suburb of [[George, Western Cape]]. In the [[Apartheid]] era, it was the [[coloured]] [[township]] associated with George but administrated independently. The [[N2 (South Africa)|N2 highway]] provided the natural boundary between the two, enforced by a curfew.
The [[mission station]] Hoogekraal was named Pacaltsdorp after the death of the German-speaking [[missionary]] of [[Czechs|Czech]] origin, the Reverend [[Charles Pacalt]] in 1818. He was invited by Kaptein [[Dikkop]], leader of a [[Khoikhoi]] tribe living in the area. He built up a congregation of about 300 [[Khoekhoen]], [[slave]]s and free labourers.
==Buildings== A number of historic buildings are preserved - The Stone Church - a Norman-style church, originally built from stone, [[Podocarpus latifolius|yellowwood]], glass and clay. Rev Pacalt's second mission cottage was constructed in approximately 1813. Consisting of [[sod]] walls, a [[thatch]] roof and [[cow-dung]] floor, it was declared a national monument in 1976. [[William Anderson (missionary)|William Anderson]] built the first [[manse]], a two-storied building with thick stone walls and abundant yellowwood, it was also declared a national monument in 1976.
"The Tree Of Meeting" is a 300-year-old tree, to be found opposite the Pacaltsdorp Post Office, in Missionstreet. The stone building nearby was originally home to some of the first missionaries. There was no church building yet and church services were conducted under this big [[Essenwood]] tree.
==Development== Prior to 1994 much of Pacaltsdorp was [[Common land]] that bordered the Gwaing River and stretched down to the sea, was used for farming. However, in 2005 two large developments, the Oubaai Golf Estate and Le Grande Golf Estate have taken the best of this Common land and all the sea frontage for upmarket development.<ref>[http://www.gri.co.za/53051.aspx Le Grand and Pacaltsdorp on verge of truce] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108033120/http://www.gri.co.za/53051.aspx |date=2007-11-08 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.environment.co.za/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20 Poor protest against exclusive golf developments] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926142719/http://www.environment.co.za/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20 |date=2006-09-26 }} ''Cape Times''</ref>
==Culture== Pacaltsdorp community mostly follow the Christian faith; which coincide with its missionary history. Sports activities such as rugby (Pacaltsdorp Evergreens – est. 1932), cricket (Pacaltsdorp Cricket Club), netball (Pacaltsdorp Netball Club) and others are popular within the community.
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Garden Route District Municipality}}
[[Category:Populated places in the George Local Municipality]] [[Category:Former Coloured townships in South Africa]] [[Category:Townships in the Western Cape]]