Friedrich Krabbenhöft

Krabbenhöft-und-Lampe-Building in Lüderitz

Friedrich Wilhelm Krabbenhöft (born September 14, 1853 in Fockbek near Rendsburg , German Confederation ; † January 1, 1923 in the German Empire ) was a German merchant in German South West Africa and South West Africa . He is considered the founder of the oldest existing (as of June 2020) Namibian company , FW Krabbenhöft .

Krabbenhöft learned the trade of tanner before he moved to Cape Town ( Cape Colony ) in 1879 . A little later, the unemployed Krabbenhöft got a job as a police officer in Upington , before setting up his company in Keetmanshoop a year later . In 1906 he accepted Oskar Lampe as a partner in the company now known as Krabbenhöft & Lampe . In 1909, the company's headquarters, the Krabbenhöft-und-Lampe building , which has been a listed building since 1979, is built in Lüderitz by civil engineer Friedrich Kramer .

In 1881 Krabbenhöft was married to Lucie Forbes from the Cape Colony by the missionary Tobias Fennel . Her son Johannes Wilhelm "Willy" was born on September 20, 1882.

Krabbenhöft died in Germany in 1923. He left numerous farms in the Gibeon area : "Aretitis" (15,993 ha ), "Dickdorn" (10,287 ha) and "Gocharus" (12,022 ha) and a property of 5000 ha in the urban area of Keetmanshoop. The company did not pass to his son, presumably because he was declared a " colored German" in 1910 and thus did not receive all rights.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c New owner takes over 135 year old company. Allgemeine Zeitung, June 1, 2015.
^ Birthe Kundrus: Modern imperialists: the empire in the mirror of its colonies. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-412-18702-X , p. 272.
↑ Ulrike Lindner: Colonial Encounters: Germany and Great Britain as Imperial Powers in Africa 1818-1914. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt 2011, ISBN 978-3-593-39485-5 , p. 353.

personal data
SURNAME	Krabbenhöft, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Krabbenhöft, Friedrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German merchant in German South West Africa and South West Africa
DATE OF BIRTH	September 14, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fockbek near Rendsburg
DATE OF DEATH	January 1, 1923
Place of death	German Empire

[az2015-1] New owner takes over 135 year old company. Allgemeine Zeitung, June 1, 2015.

[kundrus272-2] Birthe Kundrus: Modern imperialists: the empire in the mirror of its colonies. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-412-18702-X , p. 272.

[3] Ulrike Lindner: Colonial Encounters: Germany and Great Britain as Imperial Powers in Africa 1818-1914. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt 2011, ISBN 978-3-593-39485-5 , p. 353.