Klein Windhoek ( in

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) is an affluent suburb of

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, the capital of

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History

The British explorer James Alexander had already visited the area in 1837. Klein Windhoek is the oldest part of the town, having been established in 1840 by Jonker Afrikaner and his 800-strong group. He had requested the services of a missionary, and the

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(RMS) built the first house in the area in the same year. In 1842, missionaries Carl Hugo Hahn and Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt worked here. They called the place ''Elberfeld'', but Jonker Afrikaner's name prevailed. They were replaced by

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missionaries in 1844. In 1896,

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missionaries arrived. They purchased the RMS land in 1899 and converted it into an orchard and vineyard.

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