Otavi Mining and Railway Company

The Otavi Mining and Railway Company ( omeg ) was founded in 1900 with headquarters in Berlin, to build a railway between Swakopmund and Tsumeb ( Otavibahn ) in what was then German South-West Africa, now Namibia, and to reduce the local copper ore.

History

It was initiated by the Hamburg lawyer and colonial entrepreneur Julius scarlet, CEO during the construction phase was from 1903 to 1907 the railway engineer Alfred Gaedertz. The railway reached Tsumeb in March 1906 after 567 kilometers and 110 bridges, the line was opened on 12 November 1906. The South West Africa Company established 1907/1908 in just nine months between Otavi and Grootfontein a 91.3 km long branch line, which was also operated by the omeg. 1910 bought the treasury of the sanctuary the Otavibahn, but the omeg continued the business as lessee under the name Deutsch-Südwestafrikanische-Eisenbahn/Otavi-Eisenbahn ( DSWAE / OE) on. The network was 672 km with the largest uniform operated in the 600 mm gauge.

1947, the remaining assets in today's Namibia the omeg was sold by the Union steward for the enemy's property. The buyer was Okiep Copper Company, which is the business of Tsumeb Corporation Ltd.. -actuated.

The company still exists today as the " Otavi Minerals GmbH", based in Neuss am Rhein. It operates global trade in mineral resources. The former is Otavibahn - now umgespurt on Cape gauge - part of the network of the Trans Namib Holding Ltd.. ( Group structure basis GmbH ), the state railway company of Namibia.