Monument at Kub
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National monument in Namibia 
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| Monument type | National Monument : Monument | ||
| location | Keetmanshoop | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 24 ° 12 '56.2 " S , 17 ° 29' 36.7" E | ||
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| Emergence | 1904 | ||
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Recognized by the National Heritage Council |
1st November 1968 | ||
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| Website | NHC Namibia | ||
The monument at Kub ( English Monument at Kub ) is a war memorial on Farm Voigtskub not far from Kalkrand in the Hardap region in Namibia . This has been a national monument of Namibia since November 1st, 1968 .
The monument was built to commemorate the seven fallen German soldiers of the uprising of the Herero and Nama built on 22 November 1904th At the time, Kub was a flourishing settlement which, among other things, housed the country's first Afrikaans school. A memorial plaque reminds of this (since 1953). There is also a cemetery for Boers and German soldiers.
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 : Monument at Kub - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 043/1969 Monument at Kub. National Heritage Council. Retrieved March 1, 2018.