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Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Swakopmund Swakopmund ~1903 28 m masonry tower ... Swakopmund Lighthouse. Pelican Point Lighthouse. Dias Point Lighthouse.
Swakopmund is a popular beach resort and characterized by 19th century German colonial architecture. The city was founded in 1892 as the main harbour for German South West Africa . Buildings in the city include the Altes Gefängnis , a prison designed by Heinrich Bause in 1909.
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The Spitzkoppe (from German for "pointed dome"; also referred to as Spitzkop, Groot Spitzkop, or the "Matterhorn of Namibia") is a group of bald granite peaks or inselbergs located between Usakos and Swakopmund in the Namib desert of Namibia.
Swakopmund was the starting point of the first state railway line in German South West Africa. The railway station was built in 1901, as a terminal on the Imperial Germany's colonial Kaiserliche Eisenbahn line connecting Swakopmund with the capital Windhoek. [2] The station was designed by Willi Sander, who also later designed Swakopmund ...
Port/Harbour name Region Town name Coordinates Remarks Port of Walvis Bay: Erongo Region: Walvis Bay: Large-sized port and major port of Namibia. [1]Port of Lüderitz
One of his first works were the Swakopmund Railway Station, built in 1901, and the Swakopmund Lighthouse (1902). [3] Also in Windhoek , his buildings today are all famous landmarks. The three castles of Windhoek, Heinitzburg , Schwerinsburg and Sanderburg , are what he is best known for here but he also built the Gathemann and Erkrath buildings ...