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Between 2004 and 2006 Warmbad was developed for tourism purposes, with the |Aixa-aibes healing hot spa as the main attraction. The project was supported by the
Namibian and the German governments and included the renovation of the public bath as well as the reconstruction of some of the historic
460:, in 1910 the settlement gained District status. Still, Warmbad lost its original importance as a stop-over during this time, becoming bypassed by railway connections and new road construction. Many of the buildings began to decay.
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The majority of
Warmbad's approximately 1,200 inhabitants live in abject poverty, 90% are unemployed. There is no industry in the area, residents survive from old-age pensions and subsistence goat farming.
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until April 1935. On June 22, 1935, J.H. Steenkamp was invested as the church's next pastor. During his tenure, on May 14, 1939, near the railway station in
Kalkfontein (now
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from which the settlement's name is derived were first exploited at the beginning of the 20th century and are now being developed into a tourist attraction. Recently,
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Olivier, Dr. P.L. (compiler). 1952. Ons gemeentelike feesalbum ("Our congregational festival album"). Cape Town and
Pretoria: Dutch Reformed Church Press.
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348:, Abraham and Christian Albrecht, initiated the erection of a church and a pastor's house, thereby establishing the first mission station in
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territory that today forms the state of
Namibia. At the time it served as stop-over for traders, adventurers and large game hunters from the
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over remaining in South Africa under
British rule. As more Afrikaans-speakers came to the area, the need for an Afrikaans church grew.
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Froehling, Marc (November 2012). "Warmbad: (Noch) Abseits der
Touristenrouten" [Warmbad: (Yet) Beyond the Beaten Track].
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pioneer, Rev. Leonard, who then had all South West Africa in his purview, ministered to settlers largely by ox and donkey cart.
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entered the area and erected a new missionary building on the foundations of the destroyed buildings. Scientist Sir
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Kirchen in Namibia (Teil 1)" [The oldest churches in Namibia, part 1].
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The settlement features a school for 160 learners, a museum situated in the former police station and a church.
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soon became angry about the
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which was built before the advent of the 19th century the oldest structure in
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was stationed here and embarked on several journeys to nearby Orlam communities. He referred to Warmbad as
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buildings. While under South African mandate, the hot springs were sold to a private investor for 12,000
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had declared its territorial rights over South West Africa, a fort was built in Warmbad in 1905, and
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These two buildings were the first European-style buildings on South West African soil. The local
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took over operations in Warmbad. A school was built in 1868, and a new church in 1877.
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lived in one of its rooms during his stay in 1836. In the 1840s
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Climatically, Warmbad lies between the coastal desert and the
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In 1908 the first swimming pool was built at the |Aixa-aibes
577:(in German). Vol. 2012, no. 10. Tourismus Namibia.
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Jacobus Coetzee, the first documented European to cross the
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deposits in the area. Xemplar has since been listed at the
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soldiers were stationed at the settlement to counter the
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791:. "Chapter 2: The Rediscovery of ǁKhauxaǃnas".
375:Stamps for German South West Africa postmarked
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679:"Warmbad becomes two hundred years"
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