Location: South Africa » Free State » Northern Free State

Located only 40 km from the well known Vanderkloof Dam. The town was named after the Rev HJ Luckhoff, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church at Fauresmith at the time of it’s founding

GENERAL INFORMATION

How to get there - Koffiefontein 50 km

Altitude – 1202 m above sea level

Average Rainfall – 50 mm per year

Average Temperatures – summer 12°c – 29°c; Winter 2°c – 21°c

Banks – Fnb

Dams – Vanderkloof

Rivers – Orange

HISTORICAL VIEW

Dutch Reformed Church (1892)

Gaslamp

In front of the City Hall is a gaslamp which was used as a streetlight in earlier years.

Gunpowder House – Dating from the Anglo Boer War

Primary School (1896)

Monument

Commemorating the Great Trek, approximately 3 km outside of town on the Fauresmith road.

ATTRACTIONS

Unique Weather Rock – At the entrance to the town

ACTIVITIES

Outdoor – Hunting


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