Morgenzon, meaning ‘morning sun’ in Dutch, is a sleepy farming town situated along the banks of the Osspruit River, midway between Standerton and Ermelo. It's the place to visit if you're looking for peace and quiet to unwind from city life.
Morgenzon was laid out before the First World War, in 1912, on the farm by the same name that was donated by De Jager, a farmer in the area. Although the locals narrate a different story: that no name had been agreed upon on the eve of the town’s official establishment and as the morning sun rose over the horizon and time was running out it was decided that the town would be named after the rising sun and as a symbol of new beginnings. A few of the nearby farms have been around for much longer, since the 1880s, and five generations down the line their descendants still till the soil to harvest maize and farm cattle and sheep.
