Hut of the Dorsland trekkers
| Dorsland Trekker's Hut Dorsland Trekker Cottage |
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National monument in Namibia 
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| Monument type | National monument : structure | |
| location | Kunene | |
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| Emergence | 1878 | |
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Recognized by the National Heritage Council |
March 1, 1951 | |
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| Website | NHC Namibia | |
The hut of Dorsland trekkers ( English Dorsland Trekker Cottage ) is the ruin of a historic refuge of Dorsland trekkers , between Kamanjab and Ruacana , west of the main road C43 , in the northwest of Namibia at Otjitunduwa .
It has been a National Monument of Namibia since March 1st, 1951 .
The hut was built in 1878 to protect hikers en route from the South African Republic to Angola . Van der Merve, a trekker, farmer and church preacher is responsible for this. Today, crumbling walls and a stone pyramid with a memorial plaque built in 1950 remind of the hut. The ruins reveal a two-room house with an enclosure of 80 × 100 meters. This was inhabited until 1880. The place was originally known as Rusplaas ( Afrikaans for resting place ) and is located in the center of the Kaokoveld .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 009/1951 Dorsland Trekker Cottage. National Heritage Council. Retrieved March 20, 2020.