Turnhalle

The Turnhalle is a constructing in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. Built at some point of the technology of Imperial Germany's colonisation of South-West Africa, it has been through a diffusion of makes use of, maximum prominently as the venue for the 1975 to 1977 Turnhalle Constitutional Conference, an try to quell armed resistance waged by the People's Liberation Army of Namibia towards South African profession. The Turnhalle housed the Tribunal court docket of the Southern African Development Community until disbandment in 2012. The Turnhalle became used for faculty physical training and gymnastic competitions, in addition to for leisure sports activities. During World War I it accommodated South African troops.

After a degree changed into added, the constructing was extensively utilized for theatre performances and cinema. After Namibian independence in 1990, the Turnhalle changed into used as conference venue, and for the National Council of Namibia, until that frame moved to Tintenpalast. Afterwards it changed into earmarked to accommodate the SADC Tribunal court but burned down on 18 January 2007. It has been restored on account that then; the SADC Tribunal have become operational in April of the equal year.