The small 196-year-old town founded by two Germans, that gave birth to South Africa’s most iconic shoes

• The small 196-year-old town founded by two Germans, that gave birth to South Africa’s most iconic shoes, is Wupperthal.
• Wupperthal, located in the Cederberg mountains of South Africa's Western Cape, was founded in 1830 by two German missionaries, Theobald von Wurmb and Johann Gottlieb Leipoldt.
• The traditional leather shoes known as 'veldskoen' continue to be manufactured in Wupperthal, although on a much smaller scale than in the past, and remain a significant part of the town's heritage and economy.