Old Prison (Swakopmund)
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National monument in Namibia 
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| Monument type | monument | ||
| location | Swakopmund | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 22 ° 40 ′ 16 ″ S , 14 ° 31 ′ 56 ″ E | ||
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| Emergence | 1909 | ||
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Recognized by the National Heritage Council |
October 26, 1973 | ||
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| Sponsorship | Ministry of Security | ||
| Website | NHC website | ||
Old prison (the German name is used locally also in English) is a prison in Swakopmund in the region Erongo in Namibia . The representative building was erected under German colonial rule in 1909. The architect was Heinrich Bause and / or Otto Ertl . The building is still used as a prison today (as of February 2020).
The building has been a Namibian National Monument since October 26, 1973 .
Web links
Commons : Swakopmund Prison - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 061/1973 Prison Building. National Heritage Council. Retrieved November 23, 2017.