State · 1884 – 1915
German South West Africa
A state of 1884 – 1915 — 31 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It was replaced by South West Africa. The atlas holds its heads of government, 13 terms.
- Wikidata's English label: German South-West Africa.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 31 years
- 1884 – 1915
- Symbol
- 1
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
After it
- South West Africa · replaced by · 1915 – 1990
Rulers
Heads of government
The line of head of government, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Heinrich Vogelsang | 1883 – 1883 |
| Adolf Lüderitz | 1883 – 1884 |
| Gustav Nachtigal | 1884 – 1885 |
| Heinrich Ernst Göring | 1885 – 1890 |
| Louis Nels | 1890 – 1891 |
| Curt von François | 1891 – 1893 |
| Curt von François | 1893 – 1894 |
| Theodor Leutwein | 1894 – 1898 |
| Theodor Leutwein | 1898 – 1905 |
| Friedrich von Lindequist | 1905 – 1907 |
| Lothar von Trotha | 1905 – 1905 |
| Bruno von Schuckmann | 1907 – 1910 |
| Theodor Seitz | 1910 – 1915 |
Flag or arms
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, undatedReichskolonialflagge · Public domain
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood31 years
stood longer than 27% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1874 – 1925, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1900, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q153665 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.