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- former Boer's republic
- own name in Afrikaans: Het Land Goosen
- own name in English: The Land of Goshen
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1882–1883,
National flag,
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Source, by: Wikipedia (EN)
The flag of Goshen showed three horizontal stripes in black, white and red and a vertical green bar at the leech. The model for the designing of the flag could have been the flag of Transvaal or even the flag of the German Empire, but in an other combination and sequenze of colours. This flag was obviously maintained though the union with the Boer's Republic of Stellaland in the year 1883.
Source:
Volker Preuß
Interactive Map of the Boer's Republics and of the Cape Colony,
today's borders in red:
Source: Freeware, University of Texas Libraries,
modyfied by: Volker Preuß
Area: ca. 4 600 square miles
Inhabitants: unknown
Capital: Rooigrond
Source:
Wikipedia (EN)
1602 · the Netherlanders appropriate the land around the Cape of Good Hope (Kapland), settlement of Boers (farmer of Dutch and German descent, self-designation: Afrikaander)
1652 · Jan van Riebeeck founds the smallholding Kapstadt in mission of the Dutch East Indian Company
1806 · United Kingdom occupys Kapland
1814 · United Kingdom annexes Kapland officially, establishment of the British Cape Colony
1833 · abolition of slavery
1836–1885 · the Boers leave Kapland in long treks towards east and northeast and establish various Boer's republics
21st of November 1882 · founding of the Land of Goshen (Het Land Goosen)
11th of October in 1883 · the Land of Goshen wants to merge with Stellaland to form the United States of Stellaland (Verenigde Staten van Stellaland), the project will not be realized
1884 · United Kingdom unilaterally declares Goshen a British protectorate
1884 · the South African Republic annexes Goshen
1884 · invasion of British troops
30th of September in 1885 · founding of the colony of British Bechuanaland with incorporation of the Goshen area
16th of November in 1895 · dissolution of the colony of British Bechuanaland, annexation to South Africa
Source: Wikipedia (EN), World Statesmen
The name of the country goes back to the biblical landscape Goshen (also: Gosen). This country lay in Africa between the main arm of the Nile and what is now the Suez Canal. The naming suggests the religious beliefs of its founders.
Source:
Wikipedia (EN), Volker Preuß
