History

This image from the “Gedenkboek”, a commemorative book celebrating one and a half centuries of

Days of Copper Transport Before the railway line between Port Nolloth and the copper mines

– Steinkopf became part of the copper railway line in 1873.– The railway line reached

The anthropologist Peter Carstens who published this photograph described describe Steinkopf of those years as:

Established in 1945 After this community co-operative was established it became the only local shop

The church was the first church building in Steinkopf and was completed in 1849 in

In 1840 the London Missionary Society transferred its work in Namaqualand to the Rhenish Mission

TIMELINE OF THE HISTORY OF STEINKOPF 1817 – Establishment of the Steinkopf Mission Station at

The Indigenous Inhabitants of the Area The original indigenous inhabitants of the region were the