Category Archives: Allt / everything

The last weeks I have been driving through the Gamsberg Pass a few times. Here are some facts and photos. (Photos with my Pajero in them are by Johan Piek / Des Holmes.) If you start in Windhoek and leave … Continue reading →

It took us some time to realize that in Namibia you should try camping. One thing I quickly realized was that we needed a lot of things… … and since this was only going to be camping for one night we … Continue reading →

So – the final post from Kolmanskop! We have seen the Kasino, all the houses, the hospital and the bar. Now let’s go to the shopping street – “Kolmanskuppe Ladenstrasse”. Here we find “the Old Shop”… …which is in a … Continue reading →

So you build a small town in the desert and bring in 300 Germans. Of course you need a bar and the building above is supposed to have a past life as the Kolmanskop bar. Kolmanskop had its own ice … Continue reading →

Of course there had to be a hospital in a wealthy and organised town such as Kolmanskop. The picture above shows the first hospital in Kolmanskop. Some of the equipment used is shown in a small room in the “Old … Continue reading →

This is the entrance to the Doctor’s house. There were two resident doctors. One of them was Dr. Kraenzle. He had a strong belief in the use of a little wine or champagne to cure patients. Because of that the … Continue reading →

The next two houses after the quarter masters’s house are the two “single quarters”. This was the houses for the single German men. Looking at the houses from this side they seem quite all right. But on the other side … Continue reading →

This was the residence of the mining engineer Leonhard Kolle who stayed here with his family until 1935 when they moved to Oranjemund. A beautiful house with a huge veranda along the whole building. On the right hand side you … Continue reading →

Next to the small taechers house is the much larger quartermaster’s house that also had room for a post office.   Well used stairs with sand… …and nice carpentry… …brings you upstairs. Sunny wallpapers, or is it painted? A good … Continue reading →

There were some 40 children in Kolmanskop. Of those 25-30 attended a school in Kolmanskop with classes up to grade 4. The picture above is from 1926. The teacher was Mrs Hussmann. She lived in a nice little house between … Continue reading →