Lüderitz

The centre of Lüderitz' economic activity is the port, until the incorporation of the exclave Walvis Bay in 1994 the only suitable harbour on Namibia's coast. However, the harbour at Lüderitz has a comparatively shallow rock bottom, making it unusable for many modern ships. The recent addition of a new quay has allowed larger fishing vessels to dock at Lüderitz. The town has also re-styled itself in an attempt to lure tourists to the area, which includes a new waterfront area for shops and offices.{{cn|date=October 2022}}

Construction of a new port at Shearwater Bay, {{convert|30|km|abbr=off}} south of Lüderitz, has been proposed for the export of coal from Botswana with a {{convert|1,600|km|mi|adj=on|abbr=off}} railway connecting the two.{{Cite web|url=https://www.railwaysafrica.com/|title=Railways Africa|last=Africa|first=Railways|website=Railways Africa|language=en-ZA|access-date=12 June 2019}}

The German magazine Der Spiegel reports that a massive green hydrogen project is taking shape in a former seal processing plant 80 kilometers south of Lüderitz. It will measure wind speed, solar radiation and barometric pressure for the operation of one of the five largest hydrogen plants in the world. It includes 500 wind turbines and 40 square kilometers of solar panels. The investment equals Namibia's entire gross domestic product.{{Cite journal |url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-massive-opportunity-namibia-s-green-hydrogen-future-a-2c255cff-c4d9-46c1-8fdd-1687ed24b57c?sara_ecid=nl_upd_1jtzCCtmxpVo9GAZr2b4X8GquyeAc9&nlid=spiegel-international-21-00 |title=Der Spiegel |website=Der Spiegel (English edition) 18.08.2023|date=18 August 2023 |language=en |last1=Hoffmann |first1=Heiner |last2=Trenchard |first2=Tommy }}

Lüderitz is situated on the B4 national road to Keetmanshoop. It is also the terminus of the {{Convert|318|km}} railway line to Seeheim where the railway connects to the rest of the country's network. This line, built by inmates of the concentration camp on Shark Island, was completed in 1908{{cite web

|url=http://www.klausdierks.com/Namibia_Rail/2.htm

|title=The Development of the Namibian Railway Network. The Rail History Until the 1990s

|last=Dierks

|first=Klaus

|author-link=Klaus Dierks

|publisher=www.klausdierks.com

|access-date=6 November 2012}} but is currently not operational. Rebuilding of a remaining {{Convert|47|km}} track gap to Aus has been delayed since 2009.

The town very early had a power plant, used to power the electrified railway lines that served the diamond mining industry in Kolmanskop, Pomona, Bogenfels (completed 1913) and Charlottental (completed 1920). With {{Convert|1.5|MW}} of output, it is assumed to be the largest in Africa at that time.{{citation

|title=The Development of the Namibian Railway Network | chapter=The German Period 1895–1915 | last=Dierks | first=Klaus | author-link=Klaus Dierks | url=http://www.klausdierks.com/Namibia_Rail/2.htm | access-date=15 November 2023}}{{citation

|title=Namibias Schmalspureisenbahnen erschließen Afrikas letzte Wildnis. Namibias Schienenverkehr zwischen Aufbau und Rückgang | trans-title=Namibia's Narrow-Gauge Railways Develop Africa's Last Wilderness. Rise and Fall of Namibia's Railway Transport | lang=de | last=Dierks | first=Klaus | author-link=Klaus Dierks | url=https://www.klausdierks.com/Eisenbahnen/index.html | access-date=15 November 2023}}

File:Lüderitz Territory (formerly Angra Pequena), today Lüderitz, Namibia German Medal 1884, obverse.jpg 1884, obverse]]

File:Lüderitz Territory (formerly Angra Pequena), today Lüderitz, Namibia German Medal 1884, reverse.jpg 7 August 1884, reverse]]

The bay on which Lüderitz is situated was first known to Europeans when Bartolomeu Dias encountered it in 1487. He named the bay Angra Pequena ({{langx|pt|Small Bay}}) and erected a padrão (stone cross) on the southern peninsula. In the 18th century Dutch adventurers and scientists explored the area in search of minerals but did not have much success. Further exploration expeditions followed in the early 19th century during which the vast wildlife in the ocean was discovered. Profitable enterprises were set up, including whaling, seal hunting, fishing and guano-harvesting. Lüderitz thus began its life as a trading post.{{cite news

|title=Lüderitzbucht: Gründer- und Diamantenstadt

|trans-title=Lüderitzbucht: Town of Pioneers and Diamonds

|language=de

|last=von Schmettau

|first=Konny

|date=28 February 2013

|work=Allgemeine Zeitung

|publisher=Tourismus Namibia monthly supplement

|page=6}}

The town was founded in 1883 when Heinrich Vogelsang purchased Angra Pequena and some of the surrounding land on behalf of Adolf Lüderitz, a Hanseat from Bremen in Germany, from the local Nama chief Josef Frederiks II in Bethanie. On 7 August 1884 the German Flag was officially hoisted in Angra Pequena. When Adolf Lüderitz did not return from an expedition to the Orange River in 1886, Angra Pequena was named Lüderitzbucht in his honour. The later shortening of the town's name to Lüderitz also refers to him.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= German South-West Africa | volume= 11 |last= Cana |first= Frank Richardson | pages = 800–804 |short= 1}}

In 1905, German authorities established a concentration camp on Shark Island. The camp, access to which was very restricted, operated between 1905 and 1907 during the Herero Wars. Between 1,000 and 3,000 Africans from the Herero and Nama tribes died here as a result of the tragic conditions of forced labour. Their labour was used for expansion of the city, railway, port and on the farms of white settlers.{{sfn|Zimmerer|Zeller|2003|p=80}}{{cite book | last = Overmans | first = Rüdiger | title = In der Hand des Feindes : Kriegsgefangenschaft von der Antike bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg | year = 1999 | language = de | page = 291 | quote = Die Verhältnisse in Swakopmund, zu denen sich Tecklenburg äußerte, stellten keine Ausnahme dar. Noch schlimmer lagen die Verhältnisse im Konzentrationslager auf der Haifischinsel vor Lüderitzbucht, dem größten Gefangenenlager. Dort wurden sowohl Herero wie Nama interniert und ihrem Schicksal überlassen. Die Inhaftierung auf de." reprinted in Jürgen Zimmerer Deutsche Herrschaft über Afrikaner: Staatlicher Machtanspruch und ... (2004). Page 46.}}{{sfn|Erichsen|2005|pp={{page needed|date=February 2013}}}}

In 1909, after the discovery of diamonds nearby, Lüderitz enjoyed a sudden surge of prosperity due to the development of a diamond rush to the area. In 1912 Lüderitz already had 1,100 inhabitants, not counting the indigenous population. Although situated in harsh environment between desert and Ocean, trade in the harbour town surged, and the adjacent diamond mining settlement of Kolmanskop was built.{{cite journal | title=Unverwüstliche Felsenkirche zwischen Wüste und Meer | trans-title=Indestructible Rock Church between Desert and Ocean | journal=Gondwana History | publisher=supplement to various Namibian newspapers | issue=92 | date=7 August 2012 | language=de}}

After the German World War I capitulation South Africa took over the administration of German South West Africa in 1915. Many Germans were deported from Lüderitz, contributing to its shrinking in population numbers. From 1920 onwards, diamond mining was only conducted further south of the town in places like Pomona and Elizabeth Bay. This development consequently led to the loss of Lüderitz' importance as a trading place. Only small fishing enterprises, minimal dock activity and a few carpet weavers remained.

In an effort to remove colonial names from the maps of Namibia, on 8 August 2013 the Namibian government renamed the constituency ǃNamiǂNûs, its name prior to 1884.{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Namibia-renames-Caprivi-Strip-20130808|title=Namibia renames Caprivi Strip|work=news24.com}}{{cite news

|url=http://www.newera.com.na/articles/53580/President-divides-Kavango-into-two

|title=President divides Kavango into two

|last=Nakale

|first=Albertina

|date=9 August 2013

|newspaper=New Era

|access-date=10 August 2013

|archive-date=9 August 2013

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130809090822/http://www.newera.com.na/articles/53580/President-divides-Kavango-into-two

|url-status=dead

}}

File:Kolmanskop near Lüderitz, Namibia (2017).jpg (2017)]]

Just outside Lüderitz lies the ghost town of Kolmanskop, a prominent tourist destination. This previously bustling diamond town is now abandoned and fights a constant struggle against being buried under the shifting sand dunes of the Namib desert.

{{Historical populations|2001|13,295|2011|12,537|2023|16,125|percentages=pagr|align=none|footnote=Sources:{{cite web | title=4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011) | url=http://cms.my.na/assets/documents/p19dmn58guram30ttun89rdrp1.pdf | work=Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report | publisher=Namibia Statistics Agency | access-date=1 November 2024 | page=39}}{{cite web | title=4.5 Population by town and census years (2011 and 2023) | url=https://nsa.org.na/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2023-Population-and-Housing-Census-Main-Report-28-Oct-2024.pdf | work=Namibia 2023 - Population and Housing Census. Main Report | publisher=Namibia Statistics Agency | access-date=1 November 2024 | pages=33–34}}}}

File:Dolphins at Lüderitz, Namibia (3144863196).jpg off Lüderitz.]]

The coastline of the area is recognised by Bird Life and other global conservation groups as being an Important Bird Area (IBA), i.e., vital for coastal seabird breeding.{{cite web

|url=http://www.nacoma.org.na/Our_Coast/WalkOnOurCoastline.htm

|title=Walk on our coastline

|publisher=Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project (NACOMA)

|access-date=21 October 2008 |url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721154939/http://www.nacoma.org.na/Our_Coast/WalkOnOurCoastline.htm

|archive-date=21 July 2009 }}

In April 2009, an oil spill from an oil tanker risked the safety of countless African penguins and numerous other species of endemic flora and fauna.

Several species of cetacean, notably the diminutive Heaviside's dolphin, can be seen closer to shore; larger whales such as southern right,The Namibian Sun. 2013. [https://web.archive.org/web/20141217121239/http://www.sun.com.na/content/agri/southern-right-whale-right-whale-protect Southern right whale – The right whale to protect]. Retrieved on 24 October 2015Travel News Namibia. 2012. [http://travelnewsnamibia.com/archives/conservation-magazine/the-return-of-the-whales/#.VFDbxCKsV8E The return of the whales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029135204/http://travelnewsnamibia.com/archives/conservation-magazine/the-return-of-the-whales/#.VFDbxCKsV8E |date=29 October 2014 }}. Retrieved on 24 October 2014 humpback, minke, fin and pygmy right are found in pelagic zones further from the mainland.

Lüderitz has a desert climate (BWk, according to the Köppen climate classification), with moderate temperatures throughout the year. The average annual precipitation is {{convert|17|mm|inch|lk=out|abbr=off}}. Windy and cold conditions can occur due to the cold South Atlantic current on the coast.

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|May record high C = 33.0

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{{cite web

| url = http://www.dwd.de/DWD/klima/beratung/ak/ak_683000_kt.pdf

| title = Klimatafel von Lüderitz-Diaz Point (Leuchtturm) / Namibia

| work = Baseline climate means (1961–1990) from stations all over the world

| publisher = Deutscher Wetterdienst

| language = de

| access-date = 29 March 2016}}

|date=August 2011

}}

Lüderitz is twinned with Lüderitz in Germany, part of the town of Tangerhütte since 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/id_83671432/altmark-ort-luederitz-knuepft-freundschaftsband-nach-namibia.html|title=Altmark-Ort Lüderitz knüpft Freundschaftsband nach Namibia|website=www.t-online.de|date=26 April 2018 |language=de|access-date=12 June 2019}}

Lüderitz is governed by a town council that has seven seats.{{cite web|url=http://www.luderitz-tc.com|title=Lüderitz...the Diamond of Namibia!|work=luderitz-tc.com}}{{Cite news | title=Know Your Local Authority | publisher=Institute for Public Policy Research | newspaper=Election Watch | year = 2015 | issue=3 | page=4}}

The 2015 local authority election was won by SWAPO which gained six seats (2,679 votes). The remaining seat went to the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 265 votes.{{cite web | title=Local elections results | publisher=Electoral Commission of Namibia | page=3 | url=http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/218731/LA+results+%28press+release%29+2015.pdf/870a030b-8547-487f-ad18-b22713b16d4c?version=1.0 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210194328/http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/218731/LA+results+%28press+release%29+2015.pdf/870a030b-8547-487f-ad18-b22713b16d4c?version=1.0 | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 December 2015 | date=28 November 2015}} SWAPO also won the 2020 local authority election but lost majority control over the town council. SWAPO obtained 1,244 votes and gained three seats. Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, gained 990 votes and two seats. One seat each went to the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018) with 515 votes and the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the new name of the DTA since 2017) with 343 votes.{{Cite web | title=2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats | page=7 | date=29 November 2020 | publisher=Electoral Commission of Namibia | url=https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Media-Release-on-LA-Results_2020.pdf | access-date=24 December 2020 | archive-date=24 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124162938/https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Media-Release-on-LA-Results_2020.pdf | url-status=dead }}

Lüderitz has a local monthly newspaper, Buchter News. The paper, which was started as a source of free English-language reading material, is run by volunteers from the British gap year charity Project Trust.

Lüderitz is home to the Lüderitz Speed Challenge, the only international sporting event held in the town. This is an annual 6 week long speed sailing event held in October and November each year under the auspices of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC).{{cite web|url=http://www.seabreeze.com.au/News/Sailing/Worlds-best-at-Luderitz-Speed-Challenge_1828219.aspx |title=World's best at Luderitz Speed Challenge | Sailing News |publisher=Seabreeze.com.au |date=13 October 2008 |access-date=24 April 2012}} The Event is the brainchild of French kitesurfer Sebastian Cattalan, who became the first sailor in history to break the 50 Knot barrier in the purpose-built canal with a speed of 50.26 Knots in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sailspeedrecords.com/500-metre|title=500m Records|website=www.sailspeedrecords.com|access-date=17 September 2019}}

In October 2011, Turkish-born American adventurer Erden Eruç departed from Lüderitz Bay for the final ocean crossing of his Guinness world record-setting solo human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.{{cite web|title=Guinness World Records – First solo circumnavigation of the globe using human power|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/108422-first-solo-circumnavigation-of-the-globe-using-human-power|publisher=Guinness World Records|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319015308/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/108422-first-solo-circumnavigation-of-the-globe-using-human-power|archive-date=19 March 2016|access-date=16 January 2016|url-status=live}} Eruç rowed to South America in an oceangoing rowboat, taking five months for the crossing to the town of Güiria, Venezuela.{{cite web|title=Media Kit – Project Summary Document|url=http://www.around-n-over.org/media/summary_HPC.pdf|publisher=Around-n-Over (PDF file linked from "around-n-over.org/media/mediakit.htm")|date=22 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214191249/http://www.around-n-over.org/media/summary_HPC.pdf|archive-date=14 February 2016|url-status=live|access-date=11 November 2016}}

• Manuel de Freitas South African politician, born in Lüderitz, resident of Johannesburg since age 7.
• Ida Jimmy (1945–2024), independence activist, national hero
• Joseph Obgeb Jimmy (1951–2004), a Namibian diplomat.
• Zacharias Lewala (fl. 1908) discovered a diamond in 1908, started a diamond rush in the area of Lüderitz
• Anton Lubowski (1952–1989), a Namibian anti-apartheid activist and advocate. Assassinated
• Adolf Lüderitz (1834 in Bremen – 1886), German merchant and eponymn for the town.
• Hilaria Mukapuli (born 1969), Namibian politician and a legislator; Mayor of Lüderitz, 2016- 2019.
• Friedel Sellschop (1930–2002), South African scientist, pioneered in applied nuclear physics.
• Mvula ya Nangolo (1943–2019), a Namibian journalist and poet, grew up in Lüderitz

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Previously, the German school Deutsche Schule Lüderitzbucht was located in the city. In 1965 it had 13 teachers and 140 learners and was supported by the German government."[http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/04/036/0403672.pdf Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160312191648/http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/04/036/0403672.pdf Archive]). Bundestag (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 32. The town currently has 3 primary and 2 secondary schools: Diaz, Nautilus, and Helene van Rhijn Primary, Lüderitz Junior Secondary and Angra Pequena Senior Secondary schools.

• Deutsche Afrika Bank building, erected 1907, national monument{{Cite news

|title = Three new heritage sites proclaimed

|last = Tjihenuna

|first = Theresia

|newspaper = The Namibian

|date = 2 September 2014

|url = http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=17161

|access-date = 12 September 2014

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• Felsenkirche ({{langx|en|Rock Church}}) on Diamond Hill, a church in vertical gothic style consecrated in 1912. After the diamond rush of 1908 and the completion of the railway line to Keetmanshoop Lüderitz became permanently home to a significant white population. As a result, a number of churches were built. Felsenkirche, one of the oldest Lutheran churches in Namibia, has been a national monument since 1978.{{cite news

|url=http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=97185&no_cache=1

|title=Lüderitz church celebrates centenary

|last=Bause

|first=Tanja

|date=21 May 2012

|newspaper=The Namibian}}

• Glück Auf building, built 1907/08 for a lawyer of the diamond companies, declared a national monument in 2014
• Goerkehaus, the residence of Hans Goerke, manager and co-owner of the early diamond umbrella company, erected 1909–1911, national monument
• Kreplinhaus, the residence of the first mayor, Emil Kreplin, built in 1909, national monument
• Krabbenhöft & Lampe building, after co-owners Friedrich Wilhelm Krabbenhöft and Oscar Lampe. The predecessor of this business, the Handelsstation F.W. Krabbenhöft in Keetmanshoop, existed since 1880 and was one of the first formally registered businesses in South West Africa. Erection of the building started in late 1909 and has been a national monument since 1979.{{Cite news

|title=Neuer Eigner übernimmt 135 Jahre alte Firma

|trans-title=New owner takes over 135-year-old company

|language=de

|last=Becker

|first=Klaus J.

|newspaper=Allgemeine Zeitung

|date=25 May 2015}}

• Lüderitz Railway Station, erected in 1904, is also a national monument.

File:Görke-Haus_Lüderitz.jpg|Goerke Haus

File:Kapps-Ballsaal_Felsenkirche_Görke-Haus_Lüderitz.jpg|Kapps-Ballsaal with Felsenkirche and Goerke Haus in background

File:Bergstraße_Lüderitz.jpg|Bergstraße

File:Woermannhaus Lüderitz (2017).jpg|Woermannhaus (2017)

File:Lüderitz Robert Harbour and Islands, Namibia (2017).jpg|Lüderitz with Robert Harbour and Isles (2017)

• Lüderitz Reformed Church

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| publisher = University of Leiden African Studies Centre

| location = Leiden

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}}

• {{cite book

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| language=de

| year = 2003

}}

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