A visit to Kolmanskop ghost town in Namibia

STORY: A visit to Kolmanskop ghost town in Namibia SHOOTING TIME: May 1, 2024 DATELINE: May 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: KOLMANSKOP, Namibia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Kolmanskop ghost town STORYLINE: In the southern part of Namibia, heaps of sand fill the German-architecture-style buildings in deserted Kolmanskop town. Known as the ghost town, the once prosperous diamond mining hub has become a popular destination for both local and international travelers. Kolmanskop, located less than 10 kilometers from the main port of Lüderitz town, was founded in 1908 after a local rail worker named Zacharias Lewala discovered a diamond and showed it to August Stauch, a German railroad inspector and supervisor at that time. With the discovery of minerals, the town began to develop and attract more settlers. By the 1920s, Kolmanskop's population had grown to 1,200 from about 700 families. The diamond mines, however, dried up after World War I, depleting the town's resources and causing its

A visit to "ghost town" in southern Namibia

STORY: A visit to "ghost town" in southern Namibia DATELINE: May 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:12 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kolmanskop town and exhibited items STORYLINE: In an inconspicuous corner of southern Namibia, there is a place known to the locals as a "ghost town." It welcomes tourists from all over the world every day, and it is also a photographer's paradise. The story began at the beginning of the last century when someone discovered a desolate desert place with great wealth hidden in it. In 1908, the Germans led a large number of miners to Kolmanskop. With their hard work and perseverance in finding diamonds, they quickly developed the desert land into a prosperous place. As the first city in Africa to manufacture trams, it soon became a typical German town with a bustling community. They minimized the hardships of living in the desert with the power of wealth. Even after a hundred years, weathering has caused some roofs to collapse and wall paint to peel off, bu