Goerke House
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National monument in Namibia 
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| Monument type | monument | ||
| location | Luderitz | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 26 ° 39 ′ 1 ″ S , 15 ° 9 ′ 11 ″ E | ||
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| Emergence | 1909-1910 | ||
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Recognized by the National Heritage Council |
September 26, 1975 | ||
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| Website | NHC Namibia | ||
The Goerke-Haus is a colonial building with Art Nouveau elements in the Namibian port city of Lüderitz . It is on the list of National Monuments in Namibia .
history
Between October 1909 and September 1910 it was built according to plans by Otto Ertl as the home of Lieutenant Hans Goerke. Goerke, who arrived in Swakopmund with the German Schutztruppe in 1904 , became head of the Emiliental diamond company in Lüderitz at the end of 1909 after his service. In 1912 he returned to Germany.
In 1920 the diamond company Consolidated Diamond Mines of South West Africa (CDM) bought the building. In 1944, this in turn sold it to the South African Mandate Administration of South West Africa , which set up living space for the local magistrate ( Drostdy ) there. In 1981 the municipal administration was relocated to Keetmanshoop . In 1983 the CDM, which has been called NAMDEB (Namibia Diamond Corporation) since the end of 1994 , bought the building back, renovated it and has since used it as a guest house.
description
The Goerke-Haus is not far from the Felsenkirche on the Diamantberg above the city. The sundial on the tower, half-timbering , bay windows , decorations and carved wooden balconies characterize the facade. Impressionist ceiling paintings and Art Nouveau leaded glass windows with flamingo motifs characterize the interior. However, the oak furniture is no longer original.
Individual evidence
- ^ Andreas Vogt : National Monuments in Namibia - An inventory of the proclaimed national monuments in the Republic of Namibia . Gamsberg Macmillan Verlag, Windhoek 2006.
- ↑ a b c d Chris McIntyre: Namibia. Bradt Travel Guides, ISBN 1-84162-187-0 ( online ).
- ↑ a b Birgit Borowski: Namibia. Verlag Karl Baedeker, ISBN 3-89525-477-0 , p. 71.