Princess Rupprecht Home
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National monument in Namibia 
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| Monument type | monument | ||
| location | Anton Lubowski-Strasse 15, Swakopmund-Central | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 22 ° 40 ′ 55 ″ S , 14 ° 31 ′ 27 ″ E | ||
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| Emergence | 1902 | ||
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Recognized by the National Heritage Council |
1976 | ||
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| Sponsorship | Private | ||
| Website | NHC Namibia | ||
The Princess Rupprecht home is in the Art Nouveau -built monument in the Namibian coastal resort of Swakopmund and a National Monument in Namibia . It was built between 1901 and 1902 as a military hospital for the then Schutztruppen in German South West Africa , but was rebuilt at the beginning of the First World War and as a result received its current name in honor of Marie Gabrielle , the wife of Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria .
history
The building was erected as a military hospital in 1901 on the instructions of Theodor Leutweins , the then commander of the Imperial Protection Force . The architect was Carl Schmidt. Even then, the mild coastal climate of Swakopmund was considered to be particularly beneficial. In the annual report for 1903 to 1904, a doctor at the hospital recorded 480 people treated, including 137 white and 343 colored people.
During the Herero War from 1904 to 1908, the military took over the management of the house. During this time, many sick beds had to be transported through the doors of the hospital. In 1904 the barracks was built right next to the hospital . The building was expanded in 1905 (operating theater, quarantine quarters, morgue) and closed in 1909.
As early as 1910, Councilor Dr. Emil Schwörer, the chairman of the Bavarian State Association of the Red Cross , German South West Africa . On behalf of the Red Cross, he was looking for a suitable location for a Red Cross rest home. His choice fell on Swakopmund because of the cool maritime climate, as it is "probably the best place to refresh the nerves slackened by the heat of the interior of the country." In 1912 the necessary negotiations between him and the municipality of Swakopmund could be regarded as almost complete. The old military hospital was made available to the Swakopmund community free of charge, with the condition that a rest home was built from it. The regional association of the Red Cross donated an amount of 60,000 marks to the community, which used this sum to convert the rest home with 50 places. The former hospital rooms and today's guest rooms still bear the original names of Bavarian cities such as Bamberger, Erlanger, Hofer or Rosenheimer Zimmer. These place names are derived from the names of the Rotkreuz local associations that raised funds for the renovation of the building in 1913. The inauguration took place on January 7, 1914. Marie Douglas was the first matron until she returned to Germany in 1920. A nursing home in Swakopmund is named after her today (10 Rhode Allee Str.). In 1923 she was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal for her various activities in Königsberg , Tsingtau and Swakopmund . She followed in Swakopmund as Superior Rose Gerth.
During the First World War , 20 sisters worked in German South West Africa , including in Swakopmund and Windhoek , including 11 midwifery nurses , two kindergarten nurses and Superior Douglas. They all came from the German Women's Association of the Red Cross for the colonies . In Windhoek, a sister of the association managed a kindergarten for the parish. A sister died during this time as a result of a car accident. After German South West Africa was captured by the South African Union in 1915 , the rest home was also looted. There are reports that Matron Douglas got back materials that had been stolen from the home (e.g. 27 requisitioned beds) after her return to Swakopmund in the city. In 1917 she is said to have successfully defended herself against the confiscation of the home.
In the following years the “home” was used for various purposes (convalescent home, military hospital, hospital, maternity home), each of which was always geared to the needs of the time. In 1921, the General Board of the Women's Association of the Red Cross for Germans across the Sea took over the administration of the rest home from the hands of the Bavarian State Association. In addition to the convalescent home, there was a maternity home and a children's and pupil's home until 1985 .
hotel
| Hotel Princess Rupprecht | |
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| Hotel chain | independently |
| city | Swakopmund , Namibia |
| Website | www.hotel-prinzessin-rupprecht.com |
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| building | Princess Rupprecht Heim |
| Classification | 2 stars |
| Furnishing | |
| room | 22nd |
| Restaurants | 0 |
| Bars | 0 |
Today about half of the house is run as a hotel under the name Hotel Princess Rupprecht . The other half is still a retirement home .
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literature
- Chris Malitela: Historical Buildings in Swakopmund , Oasys Namibia, Swakopmund 2000, no ISBN.
- Hulda Rautenberg: The old Swakopmund: 1892-1919; Swakopmund on his 75th birthday , 2nd edition, Windhoek 1976, no ISBN.
- Ursula Massmann: Swakopmund: a small chronicle; Swakopmund on the occasion of his 90th birthday , 3rd edition, Swakopmund 1990, no ISBN.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Our History Hotel Princess Rupprecht , accessed on June 19, 2018.
- ^ Princess Rupprecht Heim; National Heritage Council of Namibia
- ↑ Deutsche Kolonialzeitung, Volume 29, Issue No. 30 of July 27, 1912
- ↑ Rautenberg 1976, page 216
- ^ Edda Schoedder Collection. Swakopmund. Princess Rupprecht Heim
- ^ Bulletin international des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge , Volume 54, Number 249, May 1923
- ↑ Deutsche Kolonialzeitung, Volume 39, Issue No. 9, 1922
- ↑ Deutsche Kolonialzeitung, Volume 35, Issue No. 9 from September 20, 1918
- ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung Namibia, April 8, 2016 (there also a photo of Matron Marie Douglas) , Rautenberg 1976, page 217
- ↑ Deutsche Kolonialzeitung, Volume 39, Issue No. 4 of July 27, 1922