KLAASENBOSCH FARM
Originally known as Klaasenbosch (Claasenbosch), The Cellars-Hohenort was the sprawling estate that belonged to the chief surgeon of the Dutch East India Company, Hendrik ten Damme. The land was given to him in a full and free title by Simon van der Stel, Governor of...FLOURISHING WINE INDUSTRY
Resting on the eastern slope of Table Mountain, the fertile soil of the land led the farm to its calling in the 1750’s to become an integral part of the flourishing wine industry in Constantia, Cape Town. The Cellars was the original wine cellar of Klaasenbosch Farm,...THE ‘HIGH PLACE’
Centuries and various owners later, the farm was bought by Arnold Spilhaus and the construction of the Hohenort building began. This German-style manor replaced the original thatched farmhouse on the farm, with a name meaning ‘high place’. The name was reflected in...
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