Lüderitz (disambiguation) explained

Lüderitz is a town in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia.

Lüderitz may also refer to:

Places

Namibia

Several places in Namibia have been named after Adolf Lüderitz, a German merchant and colonialist:

• Lüderitz Airport
• Lüderitz Bay, next to the town
• Lüderitz railway station
• ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency (formerly Lüderitz Constituency), an electoral constituency in Namibia
• Naval Calling Station Luderitz

Europe

• Łabiszyn, a town in Poland that was named Lüderitz between 1940 and 1945
• Lüderitz, Germany, a village in Germany

People

• Adolf Lüderitz (1834–1886), German merchant and founder of German South West Africa
• Alexander Lüderitz (born 1973), German former freestyle swimmer
• (1854–1930), German doctor and scientist
• (1858–1930), German painter
• (1864–1909), German diplomat
• Wolfgang Lüderitz (composer) (1926–2012), German composer of choral music
• Wolfgang Lüderitz (pentathlete) (born 1936), German modern pentathlete

Other

• German fleet tender Adolf Lüderitz, a fleet tender of the Kriegsmarine
• Lüderitz Reformed Church, a congregation of the Reformed Churches in South Africa (GKSA) in southern Namibia
• Lüderitz Speed Challenge, an annual speed sailing event
• Monelytrum luederitzianum, a grass endemic to Namibia, commonly known in English as Lüderitz grass