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Names: Forts Other Site Details
Classification  | A.11.2.5. (Complexes of) Buildings, Public, Police Buildings and Prisons
Proclamation No  | 064/1974
Place  | Warmbad, Albrecht St
Region  | Karas
Previous Use  | Military.
Current Use  | Monument.
Refences  | Official Gazette 4178, No. 283, 1974. Vogt, Andreas, "National Monuments in Namibia", Windhoek 2004, p.170-171.
Legal Status  | Declared as National Monument on 01.03.1974 by the National Monuments Council of South Africa (NMC, National Monuments Act 1969, No. 28).
     

Description

The mirror-inverted identical two-roomed fortresses from sandstone blocks have lookout towers and two round arches at the road side. Loopholes.

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Brief History

The two small buildings that flank the Albrecht street had been built between 1907 and 1913 when the Germans were often attacked by Nama and Bondelwarts. They were part of the military barracks that were demolished in 1954.
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