History of the inventor: In 1884 the German Reich took over the protection of the Bremen merchant Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz by acquiring land; in 1885 the German administration was established; the German colonial society, founded in 1895, expanded the German sphere of influence; in 1915 the Schutztruppe surrendered to the armed forces of the South African Union and the German administration ended. Inventory description: Inventory history At the end of the 1930s, the Reichsarchiv took over the files of the Colonial Administration of D e u t s c h - S ü d w e s t a f r i k a, in some cases with considerable gaps in their transmission. After the relocation caused by the war, they were transferred to the Central State Archive in Potsdam in 1945. Here, the classification of the holdings into the central administration of Windhoek, the local administrations and the special administrations (justice, police, mining, railways) with their substructures, which had already been carried out in the Reich Archives, was preserved. The few volumes of files kept in the Federal Archives in Koblenz were assigned to the holdings after the reunification of Germany. Archive evaluation and processing In addition to the factual files of the most varied areas and administrative levels, the personnel files of the inspection of the state police as well as the railway administration and railway construction authorities form the most extensive groups of files with about 80 per cent of the transmission. The classification of the stock was carried out largely in accordance with the classification shown in the provisional finding aid, which was based on the registry scheme valid at the time. Only in a few individual cases were volumes assigned to a different classification. The order and titles of the volumes remained essentially unchanged. An index of persons, objects and places has been omitted, so that searches are only possible via the online version of this finding aid book. Content characterisation: Central administration; governorate in Windhoek; commissioner of the former governorate in Windhoek; local administration; district offices; district offices; administration of justice; high court in Windhoek; district courts; mountain authorities; registration aids. State of development: Findbuch 1942; Online-Findbuch 2002 Citation method: BArch, R 1002/...

Contains among other things: "Attempts to Cultivate Cigarette Tobacco in the German Protectorates", 1922; "The Colonial Problem"; "The German Schools in Southwest Africa", Kastl paper, 1921; newspaper article on colonial policy (1914) and Hindenburg's death (1934); Report of the Deutsche Afrika-Bank Aktiengesellschaft, 1908; Report of the Deutsche Kolonial-Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebs-Gesellschfat, 1908; Outline of the Terms and Conditions for the Mortgage Loans of the Southwest African Soil Credit Society

Contains among other things: "The most common abbreviations in England", 1908; Treaty on Landing in Swakopmund, o.Dat.

Contains among other things: Correspondence of Ernst II, Draft of an ordinance and memorandum concerning the R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t ; conditions of the German Schutztruppe in South West Africa (including the Herero Uprising, railway construction, port facilities, organisational issues) ; border issues (including correspondence with King Leopold II of Belgium) ; business distribution plans ; budget for 1906 ; newspaper clippings Darin: overview plan of the railway line Windhuk-Rehoboth ; caricature from the "Kladderadatsch" (with illustration of Ernst II).

Minutes and correspondence concerning; claims on land; mistreatment of prisoners; Herero war; exile of Witbooi; site plan and profile railway Swakopmund-Windhuk, 1:1.200.000, 1901; correspondence with the president of the German colonial society concerning the lecture by Insp. Hannig in Bielefeld, 1927 (see also RMG 1.092)

Contains: Activity in the German colonies: materials for this: a) The military railway Swakopmund - Windhoek, in the uprising years 1904-1907; b) The traffic troops in South West Africa; c) Activity of the technical troops in the Herero and Hotten dead uprising 1904-1907; d) the new landing bridge in Swakopmund; e) The food difficulties in the Groß-Namalande and the railway Lüderitzbucht - Kubub; f) Ostave-Bahn; g)The Usambarabahn in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the World War; h) This year's Colonial Railway - submission to the German Reichs- tage;

Contains: Map Warmbad - Naukluft - Hoachanas - Heirachabis Map Karibib - Namutoni - Gobabis - Windhoek

Picture postcard no. 5060;nSender: Spenker, Franz [publisher];nLabelling: Franz Spenker, Hamburg 19; front

Gun of the protection force in fire position at the railway line Windhoek - Keetmanshoop / Photographer: Scherl

The railway line Windhuk - Keetmanshoop in the colony Deutsch-Südwestafrika was haunted in 1914. Here soldiers of the Schutztruppe walk along their tracks / Photographer: Scherl

Contains: Landing conditions in Swakopmund; Contract between the German Southwest African State Treasury and the Woermann Line Hamburg concerning transport services, 28 Dec. 1903; Siltation of the Port of Swakopmund and Removal, 22 Aug. 1904; Landing Diary; Relations between Maj. Lequis and the Swakopmund Stage prior to the takeover of the Stage; Permanent orders for the troops and other forces accommodated in Swakopmund, including the German Army, the German Army and the German Army, the German Army, the German Army and the German Army, the German Army, the German Army and the German Army. d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage magazine service d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d. Stage management services d.

Departure from the railway station in Windhoek. The German group goes south / Photographer: Scherl

Transport of German troops at the railway station in Windhoek / Photographer: Scherl