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Namibia :: Namib-Naukluft
:: Luderitz
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Attraction :: Museum
Woermann Haus in Lüderitz. This house was built in 1906 for the 'Woermann Linie', a German shipping line. There is also a Woermann Haus in Swakopmund, Namibia. (it is being used as a Library) The Woermann Linie was a shipping transport company, run by Adolf Woermann, and based in Hamburg, Germany. This shipping company serviced mainly the West Coast of Africa, and was the only company to bring in supplies during the war between Germany and the Herreros in 1904. The doctor in Lüderitz occupies Woermann Haus in Lüderitz at the present time.