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After beginnings in Swakopmund and opening mission stations in Kavango and Owamboland the sisters took over the administration of Roman Catholic Hospital next to the cathedral in Windhoek. The incorporation of a large group of Namibian sisters into our Congregation necessitated a larger monastery that was built on dry, hilly land in Nubuamis. In the year 2000 the new Priory House with novitiate was blessed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1920, expulsion of the German Sisters from East Africa allowed the Congregation to start a new mission in South Africa and Southwest Africa, now Namibia.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2933,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"region":[50],"class_list":["post-2931","where-we-are","type-where-we-are","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","region-africa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWindhoek Priory - Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover Windhoek Priory in Namibia and the missionary service of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing in the local community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.osbtutzing.org\/de\/where-we-are\/namibia-windhoek-priory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Windhoek Priory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover Windhoek Priory in Namibia and the missionary service of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing in the local community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.osbtutzing.org\/de\/where-we-are\/namibia-windhoek-priory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-24T10:12:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.osbtutzing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Windhoek-prioryhouse.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"638\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"256\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1\u00a0Minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.osbtutzing.org\\\/where-we-are\\\/namibia-windhoek-priory\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.osbtutzing.org\\\/where-we-are\\\/namibia-windhoek-priory\\\/\",\"name\":\"Windhoek Priory - 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