Luhonono

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Residency administration at the time of German South West Africa

Luhonono (until August 8, 2013 Schuckmannsburg ) is a settlement with about 800 inhabitants in the constituency of Kabbe-Nord , the extreme east of the administrative region of Zambezi (formerly Caprivi ) in Namibia . The place is known as the former German-South West African residence of the region.

Luhonono is about one kilometer south of the Zambezi and about 65 kilometers east of Katima Mulilo , the current administrative center of the region. An asphalt road has been built between Luhonono and Isizwe since 2018.

history

Bruno von Schuckmann

Luhonono was founded on February 7th, 1909 by Captain Kurt Streitwolf as "Imperial Residency in the Caprivi Strip " under the name Schuckmannsburg. It was named after the then governor of German South West Africa , Bruno von Schuckmann . The purpose of the foundation was to visibly take possession of the Caprivi Strip, which had formally belonged to Deutsch-Südwest since 1890, for the colonial administration. The Imperial Resident Streitwolf, who was assisted by three German NCOs and a few Askaris as auxiliary police, had buildings erected, mapped the area and consolidated the administration.

In 1911 Viktor von Frankenberg and Proschlitz , now as civil district chief, took over the residency. In 1914 he handed over Schuckmannsburg to an advancing division of the British South African Police without a fight .

When the administration of the Caprivi Strip was relocated to Katima Mulilo on January 28, 1935 , many buildings in Schuckmannsburg were demolished in order to reuse the bricks in Katima Mulilo.

Today the village consists mainly of wooden huts and some permanent buildings, including a clinic and a school. The only intact structural relic from the German colonial era is a brick house with a floor area of ​​around twelve square meters.

literature

  • Rainer DK Bruchmann: Schuckmannsburg. Imperial residency in the Caprivi Strip , Kuiseb-Verlag, Windhoek 1997, ISBN 99916-703-7-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Media Briefing at State House by President Pohamba. Namibia Press Agency (Nampa), August 8, 2013
  2. ^ Section of Luhonono road to be completed by December. New Era Live, 2019.
  3. ↑ Katima Mulilo Town Council ( Memento from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) History of Katima Mulilo. Katima Mulilo Town Council - Retrieved February 28, 2013

Coordinates: 17 ° 33 '  S , 24 ° 49'  E