Reiterdenkmal, Windhoek
Sign in to saveThe Equestrian Monument, more commonly known under its German original name ' and the name ' (Rider of South West), was a monument in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It was inaugurated on 27 January 1912, the birthday of German emperor Wilhelm II. The monument honoured the soldiers and civilians that died on the German side of the Herero and Nama Wars of 1904–1908, a situation that caused controversy about its role in a democratic Namibia that has shed its colonial occupation and gained independence.
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- Instance of
- monument
- Country
- Namibia
- Located in
- Windhoek
- Genre
- public art
- Main subject
- German South-West Africa
- Depicts
- Corporal
- Material used
- bronze
- Image
- Südwest Reiter Windhoek.jpg
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- Reiterdenkmal Windhoek
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- Theodor Seitz
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The Equestrian Monument, more commonly known under its German original name ' and the name ' (Rider of South West), was a monument in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It was inaugurated on 27 January 1912, the birthday of German emperor Wilhelm II. The monument honoured the soldiers and civilians that died on the German side of the Herero and Nama Wars of 1904–1908, a situation that caused controversy about its role in a democratic Namibia that has shed its colonial occupation and gained independence.
The monument was unmounted in 2009 at its original location opposite the Christuskirche in central Windhoek, and in 2010 re-erected a few metres away in front of the Alte Feste. After public controversy did not cease, it was removed altogether in 2013. The bronze statue is currently in storage in the courtyard of the Alte Feste.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reiterdenkmal, Windhoek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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