Kolmanskop (Afrikaans for Coleman's hill, German: Kolmannskuppe) is a ghost town in the Namib desert in southern Namibia, 10 kilometres inland from the port town of Lüderitz. It was named after a transport driver named Johnny Coleman who, during a sand storm, abandoned his ox wagon on a small incline opposite the settlement. Once a small but very rich mining village, it is now a tourist destination run by the joint firm Namibia-De Beers.

In 1908, the worker Zacharias Lewala found a diamond while working in this area and showed it to his supervisor, the German railway inspector August Stauch. Realizing the area was rich in diamonds, German miners began settlement, and soon after the German government declared a large area as a "Sperrgebiet", starting to exploit the diamond field.  Wikipedia

 

 

 

 

 

 Dr. B.Lasek i Dr. J. Dubla.

 

 mgr. inz.J. K. Chodacki.

 

 

Lüderitz is a harbour town in the Karas Region of southern Namibia, lying on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa. It is a port developed around Robert Harbour and Shark Island.

 

 

 

 

 

 P. Chodacki.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo. J K & B Chodacki 1987  Journey through Namibia.