Boundary stone at the Kuiseb
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National monument in Namibia 
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| Monument type | monument | ||
| location | 30 kilometer (s) from Walvis Bay | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 23 ° 1 '25 " S , 14 ° 27' 36.7" E | ||
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| Emergence | 1885 (1958) | ||
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Recognized by the National Heritage Council |
May 1, 1967 | ||
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| Website | NHC Namibia | ||
The boundary stone at Kuiseb ( English Boundary Post at Kuiseb River ) is a boundary stone at Kuiseb near Walvis Bay in the Erongo region in Namibia . This has been a national monument of Namibia since May 1st, 1967 .
In 1958, the monument office moved the boundary stone about 500 meters from its original position and fenced it in. The boundary stone was originally erected in 1885 by surveyor PBS Wrey at the behest of the British government. It served as a boundary stone separating the German from the British territories.
The border ran through the house of Heinrich Scheppmann , who worked as a missionary in Rooibank between 1845 and 1847 . A memorial stone and a church in the area known colloquially as Scheppmannsdorf reminds of him .
literature
- Walter Moritz: Scheppmannsdorf-Rooibank and the oldest printing company in South West Africa-Namibia , From old days in South West, Volume 5, Werther 1997, 2nd edition, ISBN 3920707486 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 040/1967 Boundary Post at Kuiseb River. National Heritage Council. Retrieved November 3, 2017.