Old Prison (Swakopmund)
Old prison | ||
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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 | |
Recognized by the National Heritage Council |
October 26, 1973 | |
Deprivation | ||
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.