Namibia · 20th century
Heinitzburg ranks #5,506 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 5 mapped in Namibia. Founded 1914, one of 161 atlas entries founded in the 20th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Namibia compares in the castle statistics.
Heinitzburg (originally Heynitzburg, Heinitz' castle) is one of the three castles in Windhoek, Namibia. It was built in 1914 by architect Wilhelm Sander.
Sander originally built the castle for himself but sold it in 1916 to Hans Bogislav Graf von Schwerin, who named the castle Heynitzburg after his wife Margarete's birth name "von Heynitz".
Heinitzburg is used today as a restaurant and hotel. The hotel is a member of the Relais & Chateaux group, a global consortium of individually owned and operated luxury hotels.
Text adapted from “Heinitzburg” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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