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station, 24 kilometers east of Lüderitz. People travelling from the inland to Lüderitz had to stay overnight at Seeheim junction. This was the reason for the erection of two hotels, one of which has become operational again after standing empty for 30 years.
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In the 1950s, Seeheim was a settlement of considerable size. Afterwards, the town gradually fell into decline. The school closed down and the residents began to leave.
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was re-directed, leaving Seeheim in the middle of nowhere with only a small gravel access road, and the railway access.
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was the reason to build these railway links through inhospitable land. Soon however, transport demand peaked due to the
46: 216: 62: 320:. The maintenance and repair of the railway line remains an ongoing struggle for the Namibian Government. 271:. The line Keetmanshoop-Lüderitz was built from 1905 to 1908, the line Keetmanshoop-Karasburg in 1909. The 341: 186: 303: 259:. Early in the 20th century its sole purpose was that of a junction station where the lines from 240: 8: 375: 244: 144: 370: 329: 296: 210: 17: 232: 149: 206: 393: 468: 450: 437: 109: 96: 328:
Apart from Seeheim Hotel, a nostalgic stopover for tourists on their way to
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that developed after a railway worker picked up a diamond near
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Seeheim was founded in 1896 as a base for the German
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Seeheim-Jugenheim
Settlement
Aerial view on Seeheim (2018)
Seeheim is located in Namibia
26°49′S 17°47′E / 26.817°S 17.783°E / -26.817; 17.783
Namibia
Region
ǁKaras Region
Time zone
UTC+2
South African Standard Time
click symbols
Khoekhoe language
rendering support
question marks, boxes, or other symbols
ǁKaras Region
Namibia
railway station
Keetmanshoop Rural
Schutztruppe
Keetmanshoop
Lüderitz
Karasburg
First World War
diamond rush
Grasplatz
B2
Seeheim railway station
Namibian Railways
Aus

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