Heroes’ Acre
Heroes' Acre is an official war memorial of the Republic of Namibia. Built into the uninhabited hills 10 kilometres south of the city centre of Windhoek, Heroes' Acre opened on 26 August 2002.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Olga Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: war memorial in Namibia
- Also known as: “Heroes‘ Acre”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cimbebasia and Kleine Kuppe.
Cimbebasia
Suburb
Cimbebasia is suburb situated in Southern Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. The name Cimbebasia was originally applied to the region occupied by a Roman Catholic Prefecture Apostolic that was established in southwestern Africa. Cimbebasia is situated 3½ km north of Heroes’ Acre.
Kleine Kuppe
Quarter
Kleine Kuppe is a residential suburb in the south of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. Kleine Kuppe is a middle income suburb that is bordered by the suburbs of Olympia to the north and Cimbebasia to the west. Kleine Kuppe is situated 6 km northeast of Heroes’ Acre.
Pioneers Park
Suburb
Pioneers Park is a suburb in the south of Windhoek, Namibia, in the Windhoek West parliamentary constituency. It was developed in the second half of the 20th century as a white community, with the previous black residents being expelled to Katutura. Pioneers Park is situated 8 km north of Heroes’ Acre.
Heroes’ Acre
- Categories: cemetery and historic site
- Location: Khomas, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.66277° or 22° 39′ 46″ southLongitude
17.07794° or 17° 4′ 41″ eastElevation
1,825 metres (5,988 feet)Open location code
5F9V83PH+V5OpenStreetMap ID
way 120802721OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
11821143Wikidata ID
Q5743019
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Heroes’ Acre” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Heroes‘ Acre”
- Dutch: “Heroes’ Acre”
- Dutch: “oorlogsmonumet in Namibië”
- French: “Heroes‘ Acre”
- French: “Heroes’ Acre”
- German: “Heldenacker”
- German: “Heroes Acre”
- German: “Heroes‘ Acre”
- Slovenian: “Spomenik herojem, Windhoek”
- Slovenian: “Spomenik herojem”
- Spanish: “Acre de los Heroes de Namibia”
- Spanish: “Acre de los Héroes de Namibia”
- Spanish: “Acre de los Heroes”
- Spanish: “Acre de los Héroes”
- Swedish: “Heldenacker”
- “Heroes‘ Acre”
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