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The centre of Lüderitz' economic activity is the port, until the incorporation of the exclave Walvis Bay in 1994 the only suitable harbour on Namibia's coast. However, the harbour at Lüderitz has a comparatively shallow rock bottom, making it unusable for many modern ships.
In 1881 Lüderitz established a factory at Lagos in British West Africa, but this enterprise proved unsuccessful.Still interested in setting foot in Africa, he and fellow Bremen merchant Heinrich Vogelsang (1862-1914) decided to found a German colony in South West Africa, then still unclaimed by any colonial power.
It was located on Shark Island off Lüderitz, in the far south-west of the territory which today is Namibia. It was used by the German Empire during the Herero and Namaqua genocide of 1904–08. [8] Between 1,032 and 3,000 Herero and Namaqua men, women, and children died in the camp between March 1905 and its closing in April 1907. [9] [10] [11]
It was called the Landesmuseum (English: state museum). In 1925, with the territory now under South African administration, the museum was renamed the South West Africa Museum. Responsibility of the museum was transferred to the South African government of South West Africa in 1957, and the name changed to State Museum.
Namibia accepted the convention on April 6, 2000, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, there are two World Heritage Sites in Namibia. As of 2023, there are two World Heritage Sites in Namibia.
The history of Namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990. From 1884, Namibia was a German colony: German South West Africa .
Shark Island (German: Haifischinsel) is a small peninsula adjacent to the coastal city of Lüderitz in Namibia.Its area is about 40 hectares (99 acres). Formerly an island, it became a peninsula from 1906 on by the creation of a wide land connection that doubled its former size.
After the first diamond was found in April 1908 by August Stauch near Grasplatz station, a diamond rush was triggered in German South West Africa. [8] In September 1908, [9] the German government created the Sperrgebiet in its colony in order to make its South West African enterprise profitable, giving sole rights for mining to the Deutsche Diamantengesellschaft ("German Diamond Company").