Description

Small, but robust tower. White plaster. Machicolated top, stable steel door, loopholes. There was a water pipeline leading to it.

Brief History

Between 1860 and 1870 Otjimbingwe has been attacked by Jan Jonker Afrikaners men. In 1867 one was succesfully repulsed by Dr Carl Hugo Hahn and Fr. Green from the Rhenish Missionary Trade Company. Fearing retaliation, the entire Herero-speaking community left the settlement. Lacking their protection, the Europeans errected the Powder Magazine in 1872 as a store room for ammunition, weapons and food. It was used successful as a fortification in several attacks.