Döbra, Namibia

Döbra is a settlement about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the capital Windhoek.

There is also a mountain with the same name which is 2023m above sea level. It is located near the Kürsteneck in the Eros Mountains and around 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of Otjihase mine.

Döbra houses a mission station of the Roman Catholic Church in Namibia, part of the Archdiocese of Windhoek.[1] The mission station ran a teacher training centre, St Joseph's Teacher Training Centre since 1924, and a school, St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School.[2] The high school is still active today.[3]

The teacher training centre at Döbra was one of very few institutions in the territory of South-West Africa that offered tertiary education to the indigenous population. It graduated many students that after Namibian independence became high-profile people in society.[2] It also developed into a centre of resistance. The Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) was founded here on 2 June 1984, and the 1988 student protests in Namibia started with a march from Döbra to the capital.[4]

References
  1. "St. Joseph". TheCatholicDirectory.com. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. Beris, Hermenegildus (2006). "Chapter 4: Dutch Catholic Missionaries in Namibia" (PDF). In Hendrix, Huub (ed.). Namibia and The Netherlands, 350 Years of relations. Windhoek, Namibia: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. p. 45.
  3. Kangootui, Nomhle (17 June 2014). "Döbra school girls on family planning". The Namibian.
  4. Nunuhe, Margreth (9 July 2018). "The student uprising that changed the course of history". Southern Times.


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