German colonial administration of German South West Africa

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colonial administration governmental authority

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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German colonial administration in South-West Africa 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administration ⓘ
governmental authority ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType districts ⓘ
capital Windhoek NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialGovernorTitle Governor of German South West Africa ⓘ
colonialIdeology German nationalism ⓘ
racial hierarchy doctrines ⓘ
colonialOffice Reichskolonialamt NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPolicyFeatures forced labour systems ⓘ
land expropriation from indigenous populations ⓘ
racial segregation measures ⓘ
colonialPower German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryAdministered German South West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency German South West African mark NERFINISHED ⓘ
German mark NERFINISHED ⓘ
endCause South African occupation of the territory ⓘ
World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1915 ⓘ
firstGovernor Heinrich Ernst Göring NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy South African military administration of South West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
genocidePerpetratedAgainst Herero NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nama NERFINISHED ⓘ
genocideTimePeriod 1904–1908 ⓘ
introducedInfrastructure administrative stations ⓘ
forts ⓘ
harbour facilities ⓘ
railways ⓘ
issuedDocument Extermination order against the Herero (1904) NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herero NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ovambo NERFINISHED ⓘ
metropole Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryCommanderInGenocide Lothar von Trotha NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableConflict Herero and Nama uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herero and Namaqua genocide NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableGovernor Lothar von Trotha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theodor Leutwein NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage German ⓘ
precededBy German protectorate administration in South West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayTerritory Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 of German South West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: German colonial administration in South-West Africa