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Date: 1912 Type: Railway Station Status: Extant Street: Cnr. Bismarck and Bahnhof Streets   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°38'50.77" S 15°09'13.68" E Alt: 13m

Terminal of the railway leading to Keetmanshoop. This new railway station building, built in 1913-1914, in German colonial style, was commissioned by the German S.W.A. government to accommodate the increased volume of cargo and passengers resulting from the discovery of diamonds in 1908 and subsequent extension of the Luderitz-Aus railway line to Keetmanshoop. *Proclaimed a National Monument on 13 Dec. 1976 by the National Monuments Council of South Africa. Transcription of the Monuments Commission plaque: STATION BUILDING THIS GERMAN COLONIAL BUILDING WAS DESIGNED IN 1913 BY THE GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT, LOHSE, OF THE "HAFENBAUBURO" ON THE SITE SELECTED IN 1912 BY MR FROESE, DIRECTOR OF THE "BETRIEBSLEITUNG DER LUDERITZBUCHT EISENBAHN VERWALTUNG". CONSTRUCTION WAS UNDERTAKEN AND COMPLETED BY THE FIRM METJE & ZIEGLER IN 1914. National Monuments Council 1976 Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff - October 2014 See also National Heritage Council of Namibia All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books that reference Railway Station Vogt, Andreas. 2004. National Monuments in Namibia : An inventory of proclaimed national monuments in the Republic of Namibia. Windhoek: Macmillan Education Namibia Publishers. pg 166-167