page_title: Lüderitz
section_title: Landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Lüderitz / Landmarks
caption_attribution_description: View of Lüderitz with Felsenkirche
context_page_description: Lüderitz is a harbour town in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It lies on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa. It is a port developed around Robert Harbour and Shark Island.
  The town is known for its colonial architecture, including some Art Nouveau work, and for wildlife including seals, penguins, flamingos and ostriches. It is also home to a museum, and lies at the end of a currently decommissioned railway line to Keetmanshoop.
  The town is named after Adolf Lüderitz, a controversial colonial figure.
context_section_description: Deutsche Afrika Bank building, erected 1907, national monument
  Felsenkirche (English: Rock Church) on Diamond Hill, a church in vertical gothic style consecrated in 1912. After the diamond rush of 1908 and the completion of the railway line to Keetmanshoop Lüderitz became permanently home to a significant white population. As a result, a number of churches were built. Felsenkirche, one of the oldest Lutheran churches in Namibia, has been a national monument since 1978.
  Glück Auf building, built 1907/08 for a lawyer of the diamond companies, declared a national monument in 2014
  Goerkehaus, the residence of Hans Goerke, manager and co-owner of the early diamond umbrella company, erected 1909–1911, national monument
  Kreplinhaus, the residence of the first mayor, Emil Kreplin, built in 1909, national monument
  Krabbenhöft & Lampe building, after co-owners Friedrich Wilhelm Krabbenhöft and Oscar Lampe. The predecessor of this business, the Handelsstation F.W. Krabbenhöft in Keetmanshoop, existed since 1880 and was one of the first formally registered businesses in South West Africa. Erection of the building started in late 1909, and has been a national monument since 1979.
  Lüderitz Railway Station, erected in 1904, is also a national monument.
caption: View of Felsenkirche and Lüderitz
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