Kolmanskuppe Tree and Church!

[Mike Voden (RIP)]

I have a few other interesting facts given to me by Anita Reschke whilst she stayed with us recently, will add these in the near future........... She was very impressed with this subject, and brought back some good memories

[micha]

Hey Mike,

Glad to hear! Can't wait to read more :)

[Mike Voden (RIP)]

Here are just a few items that Anita can remember from her time in Luderitz and Kolmanskuppe, although reading the entries in this subject, she said it brought back some good memories of her time spent there.

She remembers that what is now the OPS Clock Tower was in fact from the old Post Office building, not the Admin building as stated.

There is mention of a "Marianne", now Anita remembers a person of this name whose first husband was Wolff. She thinks Wolff's mother's maiden name was Pieterson. This Marianne's second husband was Coleman but Anita cannot remember if it was spelt with a "C" or a "K". She is also not sure if there is any connection to the Kolman's mentioned elsewhere

Anita remembers that many of the old Kolmanskop wooden houses were dismantled and transported to Oranjemund, where they still stand today.

There is an old age home in Ring Strasse, Luderitz which was run by a Mrs Shmidt, also from Kolmankop

Anita's late husband Mickey can be seen in photo 0317 on page 15, posted by Alfie Boehme. He is on the very top of the stairs on the left hand side looking at the Photo. Anita always laughs at this photo as she remembers that Mickey's shirt collar was half in, half out. Typical of him as a youngster she said to me, always looking slightly scruffy.........

Well, that is all the info I have at the moment but next time we meet, I'll try and get some more about the area from Anita.

[henniek]

aafter a bit of research : Correct Mike V . Sorry , my mistake. Mariannes surname was Pederson - Danish. Her mother was German . Her farther was old Kat Pederson. Marianne's husband was  ? . Coleman .. with a C . he worked at the fishery.  in the canning department Luderitz  .

[henniek]

found the pic in my reject box

[henniek]

I found this story in an old book in my Garage ackn.  W Maritz who compiled stories in one book : - 

[Michael Alexander]

Lovely tale, nice bit of the history,

Two things come to mind, I have attached a recent photo of what remains of the line to Pomona, piles of metal stacked , that were meant to be shipped to Germany to help with the war effort.....

I have also attached a 2nd pic, that faces north and shows the raised ground along which ran the line between Pomona and Kolmanskuppe..

Secondly, by reading that tale, I just remembered seeing large hessian bags  filled with compost scattered around the town in the 70's..... wonder where that manure was sourced from?

[Alfred Boehme]

Mike the last bit of rail line steel sleepers - they where all removed and gathered together to be used at the steel factories at the out break of the war the story I've heard

[Bob Molloy]

Mike,
           The bags of compost were ordered by the Oranjemund Garden Club and delivered at intervals of several months. Each member bought one or more bags as required. Can't recall the exact cost but it was minimal. The bags came from Beauvallon Farm.

[Michael Alexander]

Thanks for that Bob, often saw these rather large brown bags around the various parks.

For what it's worth, the public lawns around the town are starting to look a lot sharper than they did!

Thumbs up to Hugo!

[Leon Sumter]

The houses from left to right looking at the hill from the Recreation Club.

Mine Manager's (Han Horlein) house (restored for tourism)
Bookeeper's House (Dorma window in roof)
Architect's house (Herr Ziegler) (has open verandah with flag pole)
Teacher's house.
Quartermaster's house (similar in style to architect's house except no open verandah)
Mine Engineer's (Leonard Kolle) house. Has remains off pillars supporting what was once a fully enclosed verandah running the entire length of the house)

[Leon Sumter]

The engineer Leonard Kolle's house in its heyday. Note trees.

[Leon Sumter]

Leonard Kolle's house these days, so sad !

[henniek]

For Malcolm : I eventually found some scraps I kept for nearly 45 Years . Auther = unknown .  Quote re Hans Eberlanz. " .. And so I leave this quaint little place .... [Luderitz ] I salute my absent friends and return to our little town at the mouth of the mighty orange , where Fritz Nieswant's craft still rust away amid the dumps , where a memorial marks the spot where Herr Eberlanz's son was drowned and where no man knows or tell just how and why Adolf Luderitz met his death in those lawless days , somewhere between Angwigarub and the Delta "   

[Malcolm Bertoni]

Hi Henniek

Thanks for that info.

Interesting - seems that old Eberlanz thought that Adolf Luderitz died upstream of the river as Angwigarub is about 12 km from the river mouth (half way between Swartkops and Hohenfels).

Malcolm