The Official Gazette of the time described the Höhenzollern Building in Swakopmund as: 'An imposing Victorian baroque style double-storeyed building, with its high mansard roof, was erected during 1905-1906 for Hermann Dietz. Architecturally, the building is a relic of the German colonial era'. The building was mostly used as a Swakopmund hotel in its existence, known as Hotel Höhenzollern and named after the German Imperial family of the same name. After its hotel days the Höhenzollern became a

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Location: Namibia, Namibia
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Keywords: colonial, hohenzollern building, namib desert, namib-naukluft park. namib desert, swakopmund, namibia