South West Africa Memorial
South West Africa Memorial is a memorial in Göttingen, Southern Lower Saxony, Lower Saxony. South West Africa Memorial is situated nearby to the government office Landkreis Göttingen - Amt für Ordnung und Verkehr, as well as near Stadt Göttingen - Fachbereich Jugend.Photo: GeorgDerReisende, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: monument in Göttingen, Germany
- Inscription: “Für Kaiser und Reich starben in Südwest-Afrika 1904–1910 vom 2. Kurhess. Inf. Regt. Nr.2. Zur bleibenden Erinnerung gewidmet in Dankbarkeit und Treue von den Offizieren, Unteroffizieren und Mannschaften des 2. Kurhessischen Inf.-Regt. 82.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Göttingen Convention Center and Albanifriedhof.
Göttingen Convention Center
Community center
Photo: Kresspahl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Göttingen Convention Center is a community center, which is situated 1 km north of South West Africa Memorial.
Albanifriedhof
Cemetery
Photo: Hichhich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Albanifriedhof is a cemetery in Göttingen, Germany, just outside the city wall to the southeast. It is most famous as the final resting place of Carl Friedrich Gauss.The cemetery is named after the adjacent St Albani Evangelical Lutheran Church. Albanifriedhof is situated 770 metres northwest of South West Africa Memorial.
Old Town Hall
Community center
Old Town Hall is a community center, which is situated 1¼ km northwest of South West Africa Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Innenstadt and Herberhausen.
Herberhausen
Suburb
Photo: Dehio, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Herberhausen is a village belonging to Göttingen, Lower Saxony, in Germany. Herberhausen is situated 3 km northeast of South West Africa Memorial.
Weststadt
Suburb
Photo: Simon-Martin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Weststadt is a suburb, which is situated 3 km northwest of South West Africa Memorial.
South West Africa Memorial
- Categories: war memorial and historic site
- Location: Göttingen, Göttingen, Southern Lower Saxony, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.52566° or 51° 31′ 32″ northLongitude
9.94707° or 9° 56′ 49″ eastInception
1910Open location code
9F3FGWGW+7ROpenStreetMap ID
node 540309614OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q125450520
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In Other Languages
“South West Africa Memorial” goes by many names.
- German: “Südwestafrika-Denkmal”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Landkreis Göttingen - Amt für Ordnung und Verkehr and Stadt Göttingen - Fachbereich Jugend.
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