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Date: 1905 Type: Barracks Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 22°40'54.59" S 14°31'28.65" E Alt: 12m

Designed and built under the guidance Lt. HEINSIUS, Commanding officer of the 2nd Eisenbahnbaukompagnie (2nd Railroad Building Company). The Kaserne was converted and used as a school from 1927 until 1975. The building now serves as a youth hostel. Transcription of the National Monuments Council plaque at the entrance: THESE BARRACKS WERE DESIGNED BY LT. HEINSIUS, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 2nd EISENBAHNBAUKOMPAGNIE AND WERE BUILT IN 1905 AS A RESIDENCE FOR THE COMPANY WHILE IT WAS BUILDING A LANDING JETTY FOR SWAKOPMUND. NATIONAL MONUMENTS COUNCIL 1978 Books and articles that reference Kaserne - Barracks Vogt, Andreas. 2004. National Monuments in Namibia : An inventory of proclaimed national monuments in the Republic of Namibia. Windhoek: Macmillan Education Namibia Publishers. pg 165-166