German colonial administration of German South West Africa

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The German colonial administration of German South West Africa was the governing authority established by the German Empire to control and administer its colony in present-day Namibia from the late 19th century until World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administration
governmental authority
administrativeDivisionType districts
capital Windhoek
colonialGovernorTitle Governor of German South West Africa
colonialIdeology German nationalism
racial hierarchy doctrines
colonialOffice Reichskolonialamt
colonialPolicyFeatures forced labour systems
land expropriation from indigenous populations
racial segregation measures
colonialPower German Empire
countryAdministered German South West Africa
currency German South West African mark
German mark
endCause South African occupation of the territory
World War I
endTime 1915
firstGovernor Heinrich Ernst Göring
followedBy South African military administration of South West Africa
genocidePerpetratedAgainst Herero
linked to: Herero people

Nama
genocideTimePeriod 1904–1908
introducedInfrastructure administrative stations
forts
harbour facilities
railways
issuedDocument Extermination order against the Herero (1904)
legacy German-speaking minority communities in Namibia
land ownership inequalities in modern Namibia
legalSystemImposed German colonial law
mainEconomicActivitiesPromoted cattle ranching
copper mining
diamond mining
railway construction
majorIndigenousGroupsRuled Damara
Herero
linked to: Herero people

Nama
Ovambo
metropole Berlin
militaryCommanderInGenocide Lothar von Trotha
notableConflict Herero and Nama uprising
Herero and Namaqua genocide
notableGovernor Lothar von Trotha
Theodor Leutwein NERFINISHED
officialLanguage German
precededBy German protectorate administration in South West Africa
presentDayTerritory Namibia
religiousInfluence Catholic missions
Lutheran missions
startTime 1884

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Tintenpalast originallyBuiltFor German colonial administration of German South West Africa
Victor Franke partOf German colonial administration in South-West Africa
linked to: German colonial administration of German South West Africa
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck participatedIn German colonial wars in Africa
linked to: German colonial administration of German South West Africa
Sperrgebiet establishedBy German colonial administration
linked to: German colonial administration of German South West Africa
German colonial administration of German South West Africa precededBy German protectorate administration in South West Africa
linked to: German colonial administration of German South West Africa
Gottlieb Redecker employer colonial administration of German South West Africa
linked to: German colonial administration of German South West Africa