Dorslandtrek memorial
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National monument in Namibia 
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| Monument type | Place of memorial : monument | ||
| location | Chimhaka | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 17 ° 12 '14.4 " S , 13 ° 30' 36.7" E | ||
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| Emergence | 1952 | ||
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Recognized by the National Heritage Council |
October 2, 2006 | ||
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| Website | NHC Namibia | ||
The Dorslandtrek Monument ( English Dorslandtrek Monument ) is a memorial site near Chimhaka , about one kilometer south of the Kunene in the region of the same name in northern Namibia . Since October 2nd, 2006 this is a national monument of Namibia .
The memorial site consists of the memorial itself as well as a historic police station from 1900 and five graves on an area with a radius of 50 meters. The pyramid-shaped monument with a height of four meters was built in 1952 from stones from the area. In the same year, as well as in 1969, 2001 and 2003, memorial stones with inscriptions were embedded in the memorial. Not far from here at Swartbooisdrift, the Dorsland trekkers crossed the Kunene to Angola . The memorial is considered the most important historical testimony of the Boers in Namibia.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 118/2006 Dorslandtrek Monument. National Heritage Council. Retrieved April 14, 2020.