Friedeshelm
Friedeshelm is a railway siding in Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Free State and has an elevation of 1,370 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Welkom and Odendaalsrus.
Welkom
Photo: Caracal Rooikat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Welkom is the second-largest city in the Free State province. Welkom is known as "Circle City", "City within a Garden", "Mvela" and "Matjhabeng". The city's Sotho name, Matjhabeng, means 'where nations meet', derived from the migrant labour system, where people of various countries such as Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique met to work in the mines of the gold fields.
Odendaalsrus
Town
Photo: Meyer Etienne de Kock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Odendaalsrus is the oldest gold mining town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality in the goldfields of the Free State province in South Africa. Odendaalsrus is situated 7 km northwest of Friedeshelm.
Thabong
Suburb
Photo: Matabane6, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thabong is the second largest township after Botshabelo in the Free State province of South Africa. The township was established during the years of segregation of black people as well as the township of Bronville for coloured people adjacent to the city of Welkom, to accommodate workers at the world's richest gold mines. Thabong is situated 9 km southeast of Friedeshelm.
Friedeshelm
- Type: Railway siding
- Category: transportation
- Location: Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Free State, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-27.93181° or 27° 55′ 55″ southLongitude
26.71544° or 26° 42′ 56″ eastElevation
1,370 metres (4,495 feet)Open location code
5G483P98+75GeoNames ID
1003641
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