Heinitzburg is one of the three castle

Castle

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Windhoek

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, Namibia

Namibia

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. It was built in 1914 by architect Wilhelm Sander

Wilhelm Sander

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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

Relais & Chateaux

Relais & Châteaux is a global fellowship of individually owned and operated luxury hotels and restaurants. Although the total number or members changes as members are added and others drop away, the group currently has some 500 members in 60 countries on five continents. Strongly represented in...

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

External links

• Heinitzburg Hotel