KARIBIB
Developed from a trading post, followed by a Rhenish mission station in 1902. The name is from Khoikhoi origin and refers to a type of plant of the Moraea species found there.
• Christus Kirche (Christ Church)
• Christus Kirche (Christ Church) – of the former Rhenish Mission Society. Designed by Gottlieb Redecker and built by the farmer Paul Hoppe. It was inaugurated in 1910. It now belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
• Proviantamt, Main st
• Proviantamt, Main st – Erected in 1911 as quartermaster’s stores by the German Schutztruppe and was known as the “proviantamt’. The provisions office with a storeroom and office accommodation was erected for the German Imperial government. Proclaimed a national monument on 15 May 1986. Now the administrative and residential building of the Karibib marble works.??????
• Railway station
• Railway station, Hidipo Hamutenya Rd- built in 1902. It is situated on the railway line between Windhoek and Swakopmund which was laid between 1897 and 1902.
• Rosemann Building
• Rosemann Building, Hidipo Hamutenya Rd – erected in 1900. Gustav Rosemann and Bernhard Kronewitter founded a trading company (Roseman & Kronewitter) and the head office was moved to Karibib. By the end of 1900 the head office accommodates the trading company’s premises and hotel. It offered overnight accommodation to train passengers because the trains on the line initially only operated during the daytime. Roseman was mayor of the town several times. Roseman ran the company until 1947. The western part was built between 1907 and 1908. The façade was proclaimed a national monument on 20 December 1979.
• Chimney stack
• Chimney stack – Here bricks were baked on the brickyard.
• Church Main Rd
• Church Main Rd – dated 1953
• Corner building
• Corner building – dated 1913
