THE GERMAN SETTLER MONUMENT

German monument is built in east London, eastern cape to celebrate the centenary of the arrival of the first settlers. The memorial stands on the slopes of Signal hill on the esplanade of East London. The monument has the figure of the father mother and the son facing out to the ocean, behind the sculpture is a wall with panel and depicting and illustrating the history of the regions German immigrants

The German settlers first in East London in 1857 and they were recruited by queen Victoria’s secretary of war. They came here with their wives and children as military settlers to British kaffraria. The German settlers were promised the ownership of land and homes of their own.

The regional monument to the arrival of more than 2000 German men, women and children settlers has over the years cemented itself as one of the icons of East London’s esplanade. This monument is a tourist destination of some sort because anyone who had no knowledge about the German people in South Africa can come to this esplanade place and read all about it as there is some information on the wall about the settlers.

The German people were recruited to south Africa to fight in the Crimean war by queen Victoria’s secretary for war, the only immigrant’s settlers that were recruited were mostly the agriculturists and general labourers from the Prussian provinces of Uckermack.