Felsenkirche

Felsenkirche is the highest placed building in Luderitz. It is one of Namibia's oldest Evangelical Lutheran churches and the cornerstone was laid on 19th November 1911. Felsen is the German word for a natural granite outcrop hence the church is known as the 'Felsenkirche' or the 'church on the rocks'. The church was built to serve the European population in Luderitz at the height of the diamond rush and was proclaimed a national monument on 21st September 1978.