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.

All labels observed (6)

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Statements (51)

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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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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