Independence Avenue (Windhoek)

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Independence Avenue
coat of arms
Street in Windhoek
Independence Avenue
Independence Avenue in Windhoek-Central
Basic data
place Windhoek
Created circa 1890
Newly designed 1956
Hist. Names Kaiserstrasse
Name received 1990
Connecting roads Rehobother Weg, Jan Jonker Weg, Eveline St
Cross streets various
Places Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto Square , Sam Nujoma Circle
Numbering system Orientation numbering
use
User groups Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport
Technical specifications
Street length 10 km

The Independence Avenue (to German  "Independence Avenue" ) is a main transport and major shopping street in the Namibian capital Windhoek . It stretches for about 10 kilometers.

history

Kaiser-Wilhelm-Strasse (around 1900)

Independence Avenue was the city's most important artery when Windhoek was founded in 1890 by Curt von François . In 1956 the street in the area of ​​the Zoo Park was widened.

Until Namibia's independence, it was called “Kaiserstraße”, originally “Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße”.

Location and expansion

Independence Avenue begins in the center of Windhoek at Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto Square (Ausspannplatz; Windhoek- Central ) and extends, with two - partially separated - lanes for each direction, to the north of the city parts Windhoek- Nord , Windhoek- Katutura and Windhoek- Samora Machel Constituency until the northwest of the town in the Goreangab Dam ends. It is completely attached with a bitumen cover . Independence Avenue can be roughly divided into three areas based on their development and use.

Downtown area

The downtown area to the south begins at Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto Square and includes Windhoek-Central and the southern part of Windhoek-Nord with shops, ministries, hotels, historical buildings from the German colonial era and office buildings. Here are numerous sights such as the historically significant Zoo Park and the Erkrath-Gathemann-Kronprinz building complex .

Numerous Namibian ministries and government institutions , embassies, such as the German embassy in the Sanlam Center , and airlines are based in this area of ​​Independence Avenue .

Opposite the “Gustav Voigts Center”, the country's largest construction project worth two billion Namibian dollars has been completed since 2009. In the first construction phase, the Hotel Hilton Windhoek opened in mid-2011. In a second construction phase, which is to be followed by others, the residential and commercial building "1990" will be built. The entire square is called "Eliakim Namundjebo Plaza", but is also known as "Freedom Plaza".

Buildings

Significant structures and buildings in this area of ​​Independence Avenue are - from south to north - among others:

Views

  • Sanlam Center in Windhoek-Central

  • Wood carving market with the Sanlam Center in the background

  • From Independence Avenue in Windhoek Central Zoo Park taken from

  • Erkrath-Gatheman-Kronprinz building complex

  • War memorial in the zoo park

  • Kudu Monument

Middle area

The middle part of Indepence Avenue extends roughly from Etna Strasse in the south to Wilibald-Kapuenene-Strasse in the north. This area is dominated by green spaces and main roads such as the B1 national road . In addition to the TransNamib railway site on the west side, the main fire station and the Katutura State Hospital in the south of Windhoek-Katutura are located here .

Northern area

The entire northern area of ​​Independence Avenue is mainly dominated by single houses and small residential buildings. About halfway up is the largest open market in town, the Soweto Market . Around the northern third of this area in the Wanaheda district is partially characterized by slum-like areas.

Special

Every year the big carnival parade and parades on the Namibian Independence Day take place on Independence Avenue .

Web links

Commons : Windhoek  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Google Earth Pro . Measured on October 18, 2019.
  2. ^ New Hilton hotel in the center of Namibia's capital . Press Notice, United Africa Group, May 31, 2011
  3. ↑ Freedom Plaza 1990 ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 11, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.freedomplaza1990.com
  4. ↑ Wecke & Voigts website (English)

Coordinates: 22 ° 33 ′ 20.7 ″  S , 17 ° 5 ′ 0.2 ″  E