Nomtsas cemetery
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National monument in Namibia 
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| Monument type | Graves and cemeteries | ||
| location | Nomtsas farm | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 24 ° 54 '22 .7 " S , 16 ° 29' 10.7" E | ||
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| Emergence | from 1904 | ||
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Recognized by the National Heritage Council |
March 15, 1969 | ||
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| Website | NHC Namibia | ||
The Nomtsas Cemetery ( English Cemetery at Nomtsas ) is a cemetery on the farm Nomtsas in the region Hardap in Namibia . It has been a National Monument of Namibia since March 15, 1969 .
The cemetery consists of only six taverns with gravestones and an obelisk . As formerly the largest sheep farm in Namibia, the cemetery houses the remains of the former owner (1893–1904) Ernst Ferdinand Wilhelm Hermann (1843–1904) and those seeking protection during the Herero War .
Web links
Commons : Nomtsas Cemetery - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cemetery at Nomtsas. National Heritage Council. Retrieved March 5, 2020.