Baumgartsbrunn

Baumgartsbrunn is a farmstead and settlement in the Khomas Region of central Namibia, situated on the C28 approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Windhoek.

Baumgartsbrunn
Farmstead settlement
Entrance of the Baumgartsbrunn farm in central Namibia
Baumgartsbrunn
Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 22°36′0″S 16°47′0″E
Country Namibia
RegionKhomas Region
ConstituencyWindhoek Rural
Elevation5,764 ft (1,757 m)
Time zoneUTC+2 (South African Standard Time)

Baumgartsbrunn known for the educational projects set up by Helmut Bleks, and after his death supported by the Helmut Bleks Foundation and other donors. Bleks, the farm owner in the 1970s, established a farm school, today the government boarding school Primary School Baumgartsbrunn, on the farm land in 1973.[2][3]

In 1991 the Institute for Domestic Science & Agriculture, a vocational school for local women, was added. The school offers training for domestic workers but its qualifications are not accredited, a situation that has led to protests by the students. Namibia's ruling SWAPO party called for a take-over of the Helmut Bleks Foundation by the Namibian government.[4]

Surrounding the school a small settlement has evolved over the years, mainly consisting of people from the ǀKhomanin clan of the Damara people. Following disputes over land and grazing rights, the foundation owning the farm granted exclusive settling and land use rights on 300 hectares (740 acres) to the ǀKhomanin in 2009.[5]

References
  1. "Baumgartsbrunn / Khomas". getamap.net. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  2. "Kurzdarstellung des Projekts" [Project Exposé] (in German). bürger:sinn:stiftung. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. "Das Schuldorf Baumgartsbrunn in Namibia" [The School Village Baumgartsbrunn in Namibia] (in German). Schillergymnasium, Münster. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. Upula, Levi. ""Take over of Helmut Bleks Foundation", government urged". SWAPO. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  5. "Einigung erzielt auf Baumgartsbrunn" [Agreement Reached at Baumgartsbrunn]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 2 June 2009.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.