Blumfelde

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Blumfelde is a private settlement on the farm of the same name in Namibia , around 120 kilometers northeast of Mariental and 160 kilometers southeast of Windhoek . Blumfelde is located at about 1295 meters in the western foothills of the Kalahari .

The settlement is on the main road C25 between Uhlenhorst and Leonardville in the constituency Mariental-Land in the Hardap region on the farm of the same name. Due to its location on the Olifants - Rivier , the vegetation in Blumfelde is somewhat heavier than in the area. Blumfelde consists of several farmsteads, some of which are several hundred meters apart. The area has been affected by wildfires several times in recent years.

Individual evidence

  1. Information about Blumfelde on de.getamap.net , accessed on September 1, 2013
  2. Allgemeine Zeitung on October 10, 2006: More than 2,700 animals dead after a major fire - 20,000 hectares of black earth
  3. Allgemeine Zeitung on October 3, 2011: Cattle losses through Veldfeuer

Coordinates: 23 ° 34 ′  S , 18 ° 18 ′  E