Old Rhenish Cemetery

Omaruru, Erongo, Namibia

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Get directions Erongo Region
Omaruru, Erongo Namibia

Coordinates: -21.42059, 15.95241
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This cemetery was started in 1871 when the first Christan missionaries from Germany came to Omaruru which was then called South West Africa and settled. This was the Christian cemetery. It is on the C33 Wilhem Zeraua Street (the main street of town) behind the Old Rhenish Lutheran Church and across the street from the Old Mission House which is now a museum. There are 18 tribes and nations buried in the cemetery.

There are mass graves here from the Germany/Oveherero war. All the Christian Ovehereros were buried here and the "heathen" Overhereos were buried in a cemetery across the river across from S I !Gobs High School on Ian Sheepers Road.
Elevation 1219 meters.

Contact: Omaruru Municipality P O Box 14 Omaruru, Namibia
or [email protected] or (264) 64+ 570277

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