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Steinkopf

Steinkopf

Find property for sale in Steinkopf, a small town in the Namakwa region of South Africa’s Northern Cape. The original Nama settlement was situated at Bijzondermeid, which is about 5kms south of the current location. The properties for sale in Steinkopf range from residential houses and homes, to smallholdings and farms in the outlying areas, as well as commercial property and vacant land to buy.

In 1818, a Rhenish mission station was established and when a perennial spring was discovered three years later, the settlement moved to where Steinkopf currently stands. Those who buy property here might like to know that the area was originally called Kookfontein, but the name was changed by Reverend Brecher who named it in honour of a German minister in London.

Today, Steinkopf is renowned as a large communal stock farming area and many of the residents work i