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Winburg, Free State Founded: 1839 Name means 'victory town'.

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The oldest town in the Free State. List of references: Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren. Capetown: Cape Times. pp 156 Nienaber, PJ & Le Roux, CJP . 1983. Monumente en gedenktekens van die Oranje-Vrystaat. Roodepoort: CUM-Boeke. pp 98 Oberholster, JJ. 1972. The historical monuments of South Africa. Cape Town: Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation for Culture at the request of the National Monuments Council. pp 222-224 Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pp 188-189 List of structures: Afrikaanse Handelshuis: c1905. Barclays Bank: n.d.. Commercial Building: n.d.. Eerste Pastorie: 1850. Hotel: n.d.. Mission Church: n.d.. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1940. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1904. NGK Saal - Hall: n.d.. Pastorie: 1850. Post Office: 1938. St Clement Anglican Church: 1917. Standard Bank: n.d.. Town Hall: 1938. Volkskas Bank - now ABSA: 1957. Voortrekker Monument: 1967. Winburg Club: 1889. Winburg Herberg Hotel: 1857/1867?.