Felsenkirche (Lüderitz)
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National monument in Namibia 
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| Monument type | monument | ||
| location | Diamantberg, Lüderitz | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 26 ° 38 '59 " S , 15 ° 9' 8" O | ||
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| Emergence | 4th August 1912 | ||
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Recognized by the National Heritage Council |
September 21, 1978 | ||
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| Sponsorship | Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (DELK) | ||
| Website | NHC web link | ||
The Felsenkirche is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the Namibian port city of Lüderitz and a symbol of this. The name "Felsenkirche" comes from its location on the rocky Diamantberg.
The church was financed by donations from Germany amounting to 46,000 gold marks and built according to plans by Albert Bause in the neo-Gothic style. The foundation stone was laid on November 19, 1911 and the church was consecrated on August 4, 1912. The altar window was a donation from Kaiser Wilhelm II.
The church is a national monument and is open to visitors for a few hours in the afternoon every day. It belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (DELK) .
literature
- Article Lüderitz . In: Brockhaus. The encyclopedia in twenty-four volumes . 20th edition. Volume 13: LAGI - MAD, FA Brockhaus, Mannheim 1998, ISBN 3-7653-3100-7 , p. 601.
Web links
Commons : Felsenkirche - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Julia Dombrowsky: The rock church in Lüderitz, Namibia. In: General Newspaper Windhoek-Namibia. Namibiana Book Depot, May 3, 2012, accessed December 15, 2015 .
- ^ Walter Peters: Architecture in South West Africa, 1884-1914. The reception of German architecture in the period from 1884 to 1914 in the former German South West Africa (Namibia) . 1981, ISBN 9780949995346 , p. 229