is situated at the foot of the Langeberg, and there are many hiking trails, ranging from day-walks to a 5 to 7-day trail. Agriculture Wheat, canola, oats, sheep and dairy farming are practised in the area. Sentraal-Suid Koöperasie serves as a co-operative in the area. Varia May 2007 the Swellendam VOR SWV 114.4 MHz was permanently withdrawn. Architecture Coats of arms Drostdy arms – In 1804, when the Cape Colony was ruled by the Batavian Republic, the government assigned armorial seals to each of the drostdyen, i.e. administrative districts. Swellendam was given the arms of its founder, Hendrik Swellengrebel, namely a golden shield displaying a blue fleur de lis with a red band. An anchor was placed behind the shield. The British authorities discontinued the drostdy seals in 1814, and replaced them with the royal coat of arms. Municipality (1) – The town of Swellendam established a municipality in 1843. Some time later, the town council decided to adopt the old drostdy arms (although it was not the legal successor to the drostdy). It mistook the fleur de lis for a sheaf of wheat, and thus actually created a new design. Municipality (2) – In 1929, the town council learned that the Swellengrebel arms actually depicted a fleur de lis and not a sheaf of wheat. It changed the municipal arms accordingly. Both arms were depicted on cigarette cards issued in 1931. Divisional council – The divisional council, i.e. the local authority for the rural areas outside the town, assumed its own coat of arms on 15 November 1974. and registered it at the Bureau of Heraldry in October 1975. The arms – Per pale Azure and Or, a fleur-de-lis and in chief two mullets of six points counterchanged, i.e. a shield divided vertically into blue and gold, and a fleur de lis below two six-pointed stars – were designed by Cornelis Pama. The crest was an anchor entwined with a grapevine with the motto Lucem spero. References History of Swellendam on Xplorio External links History of Swellendam Populated places founded by Afrikaners Populated places in the Swellendam Local Municipality Populated places established in 1746 Populated places established by the Dutch East India Company Hot springs of South Africa Former republics bg:Швелендам