List of castles and fortresses in Namibia

This is a list of the castles , forts and mansions in Namibia . According to the historian Andreas Vogt, there are a total of 35 defensive structures in Namibia, many of them from the times of German South West Africa .

Castles

Surname	Location	construction time	Historical use	Current usage	owner	Status	photo
Heinitzburg	Windhoek 22 ° 34 ′ 28 ″ S, 17 ° 5 ′ 33 ″ E	1914	Private residence	hotel	Private	very well preserved
Sanderburg	Windhoek 22 ° 34 ′ 28 ″ S, 17 ° 5 ′ 33 ″ E	1917-1919	Private residence	Private residence	Private	very well preserved

Castles and fortresses

Surname	Location	construction time	Historical use	Current usage	owner	Status	photo
Schwerinsburg	Windhoek 22 ° 34 ′ 24 ″ S, 17 ° 5 ′ 33 ″ E	1890-1913	Sperlingslust military fortifications later a private residence	Private residence	Private	very well preserved

Fortresses

Surname	Location	construction time	Historical use	Current usage	owner	Status	photo
Old festivals	Windhoek 22 ° 34 ′ 10 ″ S, 17 ° 5 ′ 18 ″ E	1890-1893	Military fortification	Namibian National Museum	state	receive
Old fort	Grootfontein 19 ° 33 ′ 30 ″ S, 18 ° 6 ′ 29 ″ E	1896	Military fortification	museum	Private	well preserved
Augeigas Post	Daan Viljoen Wildlife Park	1890	Military post			destroyed (probably 1894)
Jump off	Out		Military post ( hill )			destroyed
Curt von François-Feste	Main Street C28 22 ° 40 ′ 5 ″ S, 16 ° 37 ′ 13 ″ E	1890	Military post	-	Private	Preserved ruin
Epukiro military station	at Epukiro	1890	Military fortification			destroyed	photo
Eros festivals ("viewpoint")	Erosberge 22 ° 31 ′ 15 ″ S, 17 ° 6 ′ 59 ″ E	around 1890	Military post	-	Private	Preserved ruin
Feast of Bethany	Bethanie	around 1900–1906	Military post	-		?
Festivities Gibeon	Gibeon		Military fortification			destroyed
Fixed gochas	Gochas		Military fortification			destroyed	photo
Fixed gobabis	Gobabis		Military fortification			destroyed	photo
Fixed large barmen	Gross Barmen		Military fortification			destroyed	photo
Festive hoachanas	Hoachanas		Military fortification			destroyed
Fixed Kabus	Kabus		Military fortification			destroyed	photo
Kaiser Wilhelm Festival	Tsaobis 22 ° 31 ′ 1 ″ S, 15 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E	1889	Military post	-	Private	Preserved ruin
Celebrations Keetmanshoop	Keetmanshoop		Military fortification			destroyed
Kubub station	Kubub		Military post			destroyed	photo
Fort Naiams	Seeheim 26 ° 48 ′ 59 ″ S, 17 ° 47 ′ 53 ″ E	around 1898	Military post	-	Private	Preserved ruin
Fort Namutoni	Etosha National Park 18 ° 48 ′ 29 ″ S, 16 ° 56 ′ 25 ″ E	1897	Military fortification	hotel	state	well preserved
Klein-Nauas-Schutztruppenturm Hindenburg tower	Main road C14 / D1448 23 ° 19 ′ 32 ″ S, 17 ° 50 ′ 32 ″ E		Military post	-	Private	Preserved ruin
Oas festivals	in the east of the country		Military fortification	1895		destroyed	photo
Solid Okahandja	Okahandja		Military fortification			destroyed
Festivities Okaukuejo	Okaukuejo		Military fortification			destroyed	photo
Fixed Outjo	Outjo		Military fortification			destroyed	photo
Okombahe substation	Okombahe		Military post			destroyed
Festivities of Omaruru	Omaruru		Military fortification			destroyed
Festivities Otjimbingwe	Otjimbingwe		Military fortification			destroyed	photo
Rietfontein festivals	Rietfontein		Military post			destroyed	photo
Seeis station	Seeis		Military post			destroyed	photo
Fort Sesfontein	Sesfontein 19 ° 7 ′ 11 ″ S, 13 ° 37 ′ 7 ″ E	1896	Military fortification	hotel	Private	very well preserved
Fort Tinkas	not far from the Blutkuppe		Military post			destroyed	photo
Warmbad festivals	Warm bath 28 ° 26 ′ 58 ″ S, 18 ° 44 ′ 17 ″ O		Military post	-	state	Fortress gates preserved
Witvlei station	Witvlei		Military post			destroyed	photo

Mansions

Surname	Location	construction time	Historical use	Current usage	owner	Status	photo
Duwisib	Hardap (region) 25 ° 15 ′ 26 ″ S, 16 ° 32 ′ 29 ″ E	1908	Private residence	hotel	state	very well preserved

literature

• Andreas Vogt: From Tsaobis to Namutoni: the defense structures of the German protection force in German South West Africa (Namibia) from 1884-1915 , Klaus-Hess-Verlag, Windhoek 2002, ISBN 978-3-933117-25-0 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Look-Out Post. National Heritage Council of Namibia. ( Memento of September 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved July 24, 2016.