Gross Barmen

Gross Barmen Hot Springs IUCN Category III - Natural Monument or Feature
Landscape near Groß Barmen
location	Otjozondjupa , Namibia
surface	100 ha
WDPA ID	18002
Geographical location	22 ° 7 ′  S , 16 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 22 ° 6 ′ 40 ″  S , 16 ° 44 ′ 50 ″  E
Setup date	1968
administration	Ministry of Environment and Tourism

Outdoor swimming pool before renovation

Gross Barmen ( Otjiherero Otjikango ) is a spring in Namibia , 28 km west of Okahandja . It is a state recreational area . There are thermal baths and accommodation here. The area is a popular destination, especially the Windhoeker . The warm, sulphurous healing water is directed into an indoor and an outdoor pool.

The place - named after the headquarters of the Rhenish Mission at that time in Barmen (today part of Wuppertal ) - was founded by the missionaries Carl Hugo Hahn and Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt as the first Herero mission station after the establishment of a mission site in nearby Okahandja around 1844 .

The Osonakuppe is located southeast of the village .

renovation

The Gross Barmen recreation area was closed between December 2010 and December 3, 2014 because extensive renovations and renovations were carried out. In addition to completely new accommodations, a large spa and wellness area and conference facilities were created.

Web links

• Official information about the park (PDF; 91 kB; English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ André du Pisani : SWA / Namibia: The Politics of Continuity and Change . Johannesburg 1986, p. 15
2. ^ Press release from NWR, December 20, 2010 ( Memento from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
3. ↑ December 3, 2014 Morning News. Hitradio Namibia, December 3, 2014  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) accessed on December 5, 2014