Heinitzburg (originally ''Heynitzburg'', ''Heinitz' castle'') is one of the three

castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

s in

Windhoek Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 202 ...

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

. It was built in 1914 by architect

Wilhelm Sander Wilhelm Sander (10 December 1860, in Berlin – 22 November 1930, in Lüderitz) was a master architect and contractor working for Sander & Kock known for his work in German South West Africa, today's Namibia. Sander studied Civil engineering i ...

. 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 Le Relais is a ski mountain just 15 minutes from downtown Quebec City, Canada. It is the smallest of the four ski stations located near Quebec City with Mont Sainte-Anne, Stoneham and Le Massif. Description Located in Lac-Beauport, Le Re ...

group, a global consortium of individually owned and operated luxury hotels.

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Heinitzburg Hotel

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1914 establishments in German South West Africa Buildings and structures in Windhoek Castles in Namibia {{Namibia-struct-stub

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