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Tunnels in the soft limestone of the Weinberg, German for vineyard, were used for storage of ice and beer in the early 19th century. In the late 1930s the German government built air raid shelters in all major cities, and one of them was the Air-raid shelter am Weinberg in Kassel. The shelter was designed for 7500 people.
The Volkspark am Weinberg (also called Weinbergspark) is the only Volkspark (public park) in Berlin's Mitte locality in the district of the same name and covers an area of 4.3 hectares (11 acres). It is bordered by Weinbergsweg to the southeast, Brunnenstraße to the southwest, Veteranenstraße to the northwest and Fehrbelliner Straße to the ...
Windhoek (/ ˈ w ɪ n d h ʊ k /, Afrikaans: [ˈvəntɦuk] ⓘ; German: Windhuk [ˈvɪnthʊk] ⓘ; Khoekhoe: ǀAi-ǁGams; Otjiherero: Otjomuise) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around 1,700 m (5,600 ft) above sea level, almost exactly at the country's ...
The National Museum is located in three different places in central Windhoek. The Owela Display Centre (after the Owela board game) houses the zoological and general scientific collection. It is located on Lüderitz Street and shares a building with the Windhoek Public Library . [ 1 ]
Windhoeker Maschinenfabrik (WMF) is a Namibian defense contractor located in Windhoek, Namibia. It is operated as a subsidiary of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF). WMF designs and manufactures monocoque V-hull armoured combat vehicles. WMF is responsible for the armoured bodywork fabrication while engines, transmissions and axles are built by MAN.
Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) is a brewery founded in 1920 and based in Windhoek, Namibia.On April 26, 2023, Heineken announced that it had completed the purchase of NBL.
Groot Aub (German: Groß Aub) is a settlement located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Windhoek, in the Khomas Region of Namibia. It belongs to the Windhoek Rural electoral constituency and houses its constituency office. [1] In September 2017 Groot Aub was incorporated into the capital Windhoek. [2]
Heinitzburg (originally Heynitzburg, Heinitz' castle) is one of the three castles in Windhoek, Namibia.It was built in 1914 by architect Wilhelm Sander. [1]Sander originally built the castle for himself but sold it in 1916 to Hans Bogislav Graf von Schwerin, who named the castle Heynitzburg after his wife Margarete's birth name "von Heynitz".