Nederduitsche Hervormde Kerk - Heidelberg (Gauteng)
Built: 1932 Architect: Gerard Moerdyk¹ Building contractor: Leggat en Leemhuis¹ View from south. Image source: Die Hervormer, Aug 1965. View from south-west. Note the sandstone and granite gedenkteken on the left (unveiled 1965). Source: NHK Heidelberg on FB View from east. Source: NHK Heidelberg on FB Suikerbosrand became a wyk (ward) of the Potchefstroom NH congregation from 1853. In 1864 the local members petitioned the Pretoria church council for their own church building. It was one of the early independent Transvaal churches, with baptisms recorded from as early as 1865. It originally built the Kruiskerk (a cruciform church) in 1865 on the same town square where the later Klipkerk now stands. This was a separate NH congregation, distinct from the Nederduitse Gereformeerde (NG) congregation that had also formed around the same time. The first minister was Ds. Van Warmelo . In 1885 the two congregations (NH and NG) negotiated a union and formed the “United Church” (Nederdu...