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011/1951
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SiteID:
111
FullSiteName:
Josef Fredericks' House
SiteCategory:
Structures
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Date Retrieved
Official Gazette 1603, No. 269, 1951. Vogt, Andreas, "National Monuments in Namibia", Windhoek 2004, p.195-196.
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23/04/2015
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Anonymous (not verified)
Post date:
23/04/2015
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NO
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26° 30' 8.28" S
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17° 9' 38.52" E
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PrimaryRecording?:
Yes
SiteReference:
011/1951
RecordingDate:
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 08:27
Recorders:
Nora Schmidt
Directions:
On the C14.
SiteComments:
Built from flat stones and mortar, roof of camelthorn beams, reed and clay. 2 doors and one centering window in the front, one door and 2 windows at the back. 4 rooms, stone floors. Surrounding walls of flat stones and lime mortar, 60 cm thick and 1.1 m high. Bronze information plaque with inscription in English, Afrikaans and German: "The building was errected in 1883 and was used by Captain Frederiks as a dwellinghouse and Council Chamber on 28th October, 1884. The German Government's first treaty was signed hereby Frederiks and Dr Nachtigal." Built in 1883 as one of the oldest stone buildings by an European and occupied by Kaptein Josef Fredericks, leader of the Nama of Bethanië and Randsdaal ("Conference Chamber") of the Bethanië Nama Council, from 1883 to 1893 when he died. His wife stayed there, his successor Paul Fredericks lived in a wattle-and-daub hut nearby. The house served as a "House of Parliament" and the agreement from 1883 that made Lüderitz and the surrounding land (radius of 8 km) be owned by Angra Pequeña was signed by Heinrich Vogelsang, the represantative of the trader FAE Lüderitz, here. On 28 Oct 1884, a meeting was held in the Raadsaal of the the house. The German Consul-General Dr Gustav Nachtigal signed the first "Schutzvertrag" (protection treaty) between the people of Namiba and the Germans with the Nama Council. In 1906 the house was confiscated by the Witboois. Until the 1970s it was let to different people and decayed. Unique example of pre-colonial building methods and the best preserved example for the archtecture of that time, especially the interior roof construction. "Parliament" and residence. Since 1990, it serves as a Council Chamber and cultural center to the Nama community.
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Gazette Date:
15/06/1951
Gazette No: 269
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011/1951 - 23/04/2015
23/04/2015