History of the inventor: In 1884 the German Reich took over the protection of the Bremen merchant Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz by acquiring land; in 1885 the German administration was established; the German colonial society, founded in 1895, expanded the German sphere of influence; in 1915 the Schutztruppe surrendered to the armed forces of the South African Union and the German administration ended. Inventory description: Inventory history At the end of the 1930s, the Reichsarchiv took over the files of the Colonial Administration of D e u t s c h - S ü d w e s t a f r i k a, in some cases with considerable gaps in their transmission. After the relocation caused by the war, they were transferred to the Central State Archive in Potsdam in 1945. Here, the classification of the holdings into the central administration of Windhoek, the local administrations and the special administrations (justice, police, mining, railways) with their substructures, which had already been carried out in the Reich Archives, was preserved. The few volumes of files kept in the Federal Archives in Koblenz were assigned to the holdings after the reunification of Germany. Archive evaluation and processing In addition to the factual files of the most varied areas and administrative levels, the personnel files of the inspection of the state police as well as the railway administration and railway construction authorities form the most extensive groups of files with about 80 per cent of the transmission. The classification of the stock was carried out largely in accordance with the classification shown in the provisional finding aid, which was based on the registry scheme valid at the time. Only in a few individual cases were volumes assigned to a different classification. The order and titles of the volumes remained essentially unchanged. An index of persons, objects and places has been omitted, so that searches are only possible via the online version of this finding aid book. Content characterisation: Central administration; governorate in Windhoek; commissioner of the former governorate in Windhoek; local administration; district offices; district offices; administration of justice; high court in Windhoek; district courts; mountain authorities; registration aids. State of development: Findbuch 1942; Online-Findbuch 2002 Citation method: BArch, R 1002/...

Contains: Wolfgang Heinze: Civil rights for Reich Germans abroad and in the colonies. <1914>, 8 S. Money and commemorative coins. 1, . Africa. 8, including illustrations by Franz Vollbehr, 1955, 1971. Wars against Hottentots and Hereros. 3, <1904>, 1934. German South West Africa in word and picture. Publisher of the "Maria Immaculata", Hünfeld near Fulda <1906>, 32 p. . Gustav Nightingale. 4.<1934>, oD. Dr. Carl Peters. 3, 2 Ab, [1941], 1956, 1958, o.D.Old signatures: L 1348.

Contains among other things: Agreement with the British government on the delimitation of the mutual spheres of interest in the hinterland of Cameroon; instructions to Varnbüler's representative of the Bundesrat; railway construction in Togo Darin: "Deutscher Reichsanzeiger und Königlich Preußischer Staatsanzeiger" of 20 November 1893; maps of the above-mentioned colonies; "Zur Trassierung der Togo-Eisenbahn Lomé - Palimé. Mit Karten, Längenprofil, Tafeln und Abbildungen" ("With Maps, Longitudinal Profile, Plates and Illustrations"), published by the Colonial Economic Committee, 1 issue, 50 p., Berlin 1904; Report on a study trip of the settlement commissioner Dr. Rohrbach to the Cape Colony and the adjoining British parts, print, 10 p.; "Die Kolonialdeutschen aus Kamerun und Togo in französischer Gefangenschaft" ("The Colonial Germans from Cameroon and Togo in French Captivity"), published by the R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t, 178 p.., Berlin 1917; "Behaviour of the English and French troops under English supreme command against the white population of the German protectorates Cameroon and Togo", published by the Reichskolonialamt, 258 p., Berlin 1916

Einkreisstempel Kamerun; nImperial Reichspost (1871 - 1918) [customer];n'Deutsche Reichspost', 'Deutsch - Afrika', '285'; postmark on front: 'Kamerun/11/2/85/8N' 'Menu', 'Berlin, 11 February 1885.'; reverse

Colonial military participant award as uniform accessory, war award, badge of honour (for service clothing);nunknown manufacturer;ncast/raised: 'HEREROLAND/ WATERBERG/ OMAHEKE/ GROSS-NAMALAND/ KARAS-BERGE/ ORANJE/ KALAHARI 1908'; obverse

Motif: Swakopmund, means of payment German Reich, inflation money, banknotes of the inflation period, voucher;nunknown manufacturer;n'German South West Africa', 'Swakopmund', (4x) '75/Pf.'; obverse 'German Hanseatic/Colonial Memorial Day'; reverse

Motif: South Sea scene with boat, means of payment German Reich, inflation money, banknotes of the inflation period, voucher;nunknown manufacturer;n'German South Sea Islands', 'Kaiser Wilhelmsland', (4x) '75/Pf.'; obverse 'German Hanseatic/Colonial Remembrance Day'; reverse

Motif: South Sea scene with boat, means of payment German Reich, inflation money, banknotes of the inflation period, voucher;nunknown manufacturer;n'German South Sea Islands', 'Kaiser Wilhelmsland', (4x) '75/Pf.'; obverse 'German Hanseatic/Colonial Remembrance Day'; reverse

Motif: Der Waterberg in Namibia, Zahlungsmittel Deutsches Reich, Inflationsgeld, Geldscheine der Inflationszeit;nunbekannter Hersteller;n'D.South-West Africa', '3) The Waterberg', (2x) '75'; obverse 'Amt Neustadt i/M.', '75', 'Pfg'; reverse

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