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Evangelical Lutheran Church
Names: Felsenkirche Other Site Details
Classification  | A.11.1.1. (Complexes of) Buildings, Spiritual, Churches
Proclamation No  | 082/1978
Place  | Lüderitz, Kirch Weg
Region  | Karas
Site Environment  | High on Diamantberg.
Previous Use  | Church.
Refences  | Government Gazette 3825, No. AG 57, 1978. Vogt, Andreas, "National Monuments in Namibia", Windhoek 2004, p. 146-147.
Legal Status  | Declared as National Monument on 21.09.1978 by the National Monuments Council of South Africa (NMC, National Monuments Act 1969, No. 28).
     

Description

Foundations from natural granite outcrop. Neo-Gothic style.

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Brief History

Built in 1911, consecrated in 1912. The stained glass windows were donated by Wilhelm II and Johannes Albrecht von Mecklenburg.
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