Döbra, Namibia

Döbra is a settlement in Namibia, about {{Convert|25|km}} north of the capital Windhoek.

There is also a mountain with the same name which is 2023m above sea level. It is located near the Kürsteneck in the Eros Mountains and around {{Convert|6|km}} west of Otjihase mine.{{cn|date=November 2020}}

Döbra houses a mission station of the Catholic Church in Namibia, part of the Archdiocese of Windhoek.{{Cite web | title= St. Joseph | publisher=TheCatholicDirectory.com | access-date=22 August 2018 | url=http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=display_site_info&siteid=117808}} The mission station ran a teacher training centre, St Joseph's Teacher Training Centre since 1924, and a school, St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School.{{Cite book | title=Namibia and The Netherlands, 350 Years of relations | last=Beris | first=Hermenegildus | editor-last=Hendrix | editor-first=Huub | chapter=Chapter 4: Dutch Catholic Missionaries in Namibia | page=45 | year=2006 | place=Windhoek, Namibia | publisher=Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | url=https://www.namibianederland.net/relations-and-co-operation/350-years-of-relations-namibia-the-netherlands.php | chapter-url=https://www.namibianederland.net/img/pdf/dk2_ch4.pdf}} The high school is still active {{As of|2020|alt=today}}.{{Cite news | title=Döbra school girls on family planning | last=Kangootui | first=Nomhle | newspaper=The Namibian | date=17 June 2014 | url=https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=124541}}

The teacher training centre at Döbra was one of very few institutions in the territory of South-West Africa that offered tertiary education to the indigenous population. It graduated many students that after Namibian independence became high-profile people in society. It also developed into a centre of resistance. The Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) was founded here on 2 June 1984, and the 1988 student protests in Namibia started with a march from Döbra to the capital.{{Cite news | title=The student uprising that changed the course of history | last=Nunuhe | first=Margreth | newspaper=Southern Times | date=9 July 2018 | url=https://southerntimesafrica.com/site/news/the-student-uprising-that-changed-the-course-of-history}}