Eagle Monument (Keetmanshoop)

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Eagle monument
National monument in Namibia Flag of Namibia.svg
Namibia - Eagle Monument 01.jpg
Monument type National Monument : Monument
location Keetmanshoop
Geographic coordinates : 26 ° 34 '42.7 "  S , 18 ° 8' 2.4"  O Coordinates: 26 ° 34 '42.7 "  S , 18 ° 8' 2.4"  O
Eagle Monument (Keetmanshoop) (Namibia)
Red pog.svg
Emergence after 1907
Recognized
by the National Heritage Council
August 1, 1967
Deprivation
Sponsorship urban
Website NHC Namibia

The Eagle Monument ( English Eagle Monument ) is a war memorial in Keetmanshoop in the RegionKaras region in Namibia . This has been a national monument of Namibia since August 1st, 1967 .

A bronze eagle can be seen on the top of the obelisk , which was erected after 1907 . The memorial commemorates the fallen of the Schutztruppe during the uprisings of 1887, 1903 and 1906 to 1907.

literature

  • Andreas Vogt : National Monuments in Namibia. An inventory of proclaimed national monuments in the Republic of Namibia. Gamsberg Macmillan, Windhoek 2004, ISBN 99916-0-593-2 .

Web links

Commons : Adlerdenkmal Keetmanshoop  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b 034/1963 Eagle Monument. National Heritage Council. Retrieved November 3, 2017.