GOBABIS
Site of a Rhenish mission station since 1856 and that of a Roman Catholic mission station since 1907. It grew into a village with a management board in 1935 and a municipal council in 1944. The name of Khoikhoi origin means ‘place of arguing or discussing. Popularly it was supposed to mean ’place of elephants’.
Roman Catholic Church St Conrad Parish
• Roman Catholic Church St Conrad Parish, Church St – Cornerstone was laid in 1935
Deutshe Evangelish Lutherische Kirche
• Deutshe Evangelish Lutherische Kirche – the cornerstone dated 1952
Bull statue
• Bull statue – entrance to town indicate cattle country – it represents the rich heritage of cattle farming in the area.
Cemetery
• Cemetery – memorial to the military magistrate with 8 men who acted against the Bushmen against stock theft in 1918 /1919 and died of poison arrows. There are also graves of German soldiers who lost their lives for Germany in 1894 to 1908.
Witvlei Church
• Witvlei Church – about 50 km from Gobabis to Windhoek – This church was later dedicated as the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of Namibia Betesda Assemblies by Dr Martin van Niekerk on 10 November 2007.
