Wilhelm Sander (architect)

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Ernst Julius Wilhelm Sander (* 10. December 1860 in Berlin , † 22. November 1930 in Luderitz , South West Africa ) was a particularly in the colony German South West Africa , now Namibia , active German architect and building contractor (co-owner of the company Sander & Kock ).

Life and works

Sander studied at the Höxter building trade school and initially worked in Berlin, where, among other things, he created the Emisch House and other villas in the Lichterfelde-West villa colony from 1892 to 1895 . In 1901 he came to German South West Africa with an employment contract with the German Colonial Society for South West Africa. In the capital Windhoek he developed a rich building activity that is still visible today: the Erkrath-Gathemann-Kronprinz building complex on Independence Avenue is one of his works; Sander also worked on the " Ink Palace ". The three Windhoek city castles are the clearest signs of his work: the Heinitzburg , the Schwerinsburg and the Sanderburg . In a similar way, Sander created the Duwisib Castle southwest of Maltahöhe from 1907 to 1908 . Keetmanshoop owes the German Lutheran Church to his work.

Wilhelm Sander was married twice: in 1910 with Paola geb. Eck and in 1921 with Else geb. Froebel. In 1922 he moved to Lüderitz, where he died in 1930.

Buildings

A selection of the structures planned or built by Sander:

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