Friedesheim
Friedesheim is a railway station in Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Free State. Friedesheim is situated nearby to the power station Harmony Eland, as well as near the town Odendaalsrus.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 Friedesheim.
Thabong
Suburb
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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 Friedesheim.
Friedesheim
Latitude
-27.92884° or 27° 55′ 44″ southLongitude
26.71521° or 26° 42′ 55″ eastOpen location code
5G483PC8+F3OpenStreetMap ID
node 247325436OpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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