The “Eagle Monument” in Keetmanshoop commemorates the German soldiers who were killed in the Herero and Nama wars in 1897, 1903 and 1906-1907 respectively.
The Rhenish Mission Society played an important part in the development of Keetmanshoop, where Nama Kaptein
Tseib and his followers had settled in 1866.
In 1908, Gottlieb Redecker, the official builder of the German colonial government’s Works Department, drew up
plans for a new post office building in Keetmanshoop.
Sure, you’ll see quiver trees, Aloe dichotoma, all over southern Namibia, but it’s the sheer numer and size of the distinctive forked aloes found amoung the jungle of massive dolerite boulders on the Gariganuns farm outside...
Die ou hospitaal op Keetmanshoop wat deur die Johanniter Orde gebou is, vier sy 100ste bestaansjaar. Die gebou huisves vandag die kantore van die Ministerie van die Omgewing en Toerisme.