History of the authorities The legation in Hamburg was one of the most important diplomatic representations of Prussia in Germany. Its importance lay above all in the field of trade and customs policy and shipping. Special emphasis was placed on the economic geographic location of the embassy's area of responsibility as the starting point for German overseas trade and as the end point of the important inland waterways Elbe and Weser. The legation gained an additional significance in the context of colonial politics. The development of the competence of the Hamburg legation is quite complicated, but it should be noted that the three Hanseatic cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck as well as the two Mecklenburg usually belonged to the legation area. From the Tilsit peace of 1807 until the annexation of the Hanseatic cities and Oldenburgs by France in December 1810, the competence of the mission extended to Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz in addition to the states mentioned. After the dissolution of the Hamburg legation in 1810 due to the French annexation of the German North Sea coast, the diplomatic contacts of Prussia to Mecklenburg, bound to the person of the previous legation in Hamburg, were essentially perceived by the legation in Dresden. After the Paris Peace of 30 May 1814, the legation was newly founded and was given a large area of responsibility, which extended not only to the Hanseatic cities and Mecklenburg but also to Hanover, Brunswick, Oldenburg, Schaumburg-Lippe and Lippe-Detmold. In 1832 the representatives near Hanover, Braunschweig, Schaumburg-Lippe and Lippe-Detmold were taken over by the Kassel legation. In 1837 Oldenburg was included in the newly founded mission in Hanover. The area of responsibility thus narrowed to the Hanseatic cities and Mecklenburg remained constant until the dissolution of the Hamburg legation, which took place on 31 March 1920. Heads of Mission 1804 - 1811 Grote, Count August Otto from 1814 - 1830 1830 - 1832 Maltzan, Mortimer from 1832 - 1848 Haenlein, Johann Christian Ferdinand Louis from 1848 - 1859 Kamptz, Carl Ludwig Georg Friedrich Ernst Albert from 1859 - 1867 Richthofen, Baron Emil Carl Heinrich from 1867 - 1869 Kamptz, Carl Ludwig Georg Friedrich Ernst Albert from 1869 - 1872 Magnus, Anton from 1872 - 1875 Rosenberg, Baron Adalbert from 1875 - 1885 Wentzel, Robert Albrecht Friedrich Otto from 1885 - 1890 Kusserow, Heinrich from 1890 - 1894 Thielmann, Baron Max from 1894 - 1895 Kiderlen-Waechter, Alfred from 1895 - 1898 Wallwitz, Count Nikolaus from 1898 - 1902 Metternich, Count Paul from 1902 - 1907 Tschirschky and Boegendorff, Heinrich Leonhard from 1907 - 1908 Heyking, Baron Edmund from 1908 - 1915 Bülow, Gustav Adolf from 1915 - 1920 Quadt von Wyckradt und Isny, Albert inventory description: Inventory history The inventory consisted of five registry or (A-E), which came into the archive between 1834 and 1940. In 1840 a find book was created for Group A, in which the other tax layers were also entered. Accessions No. 8042 to 8168 were combined into groups in January 1870, some of them classified as worthless (cf. VI. HA Nl. Friedländer, G., No. 13, fol. 33). During the Second World War, the Rep. 81 Hamburg stock was transferred to the salt mines in Staßfurt and Schönebeck and brought to the Soviet Union at the end of the war. In 1955 he was returned to the Central State Archives in Merseburg. The stock was divided into the part before 1807 and the part after 1807. The latter part was newly recorded in 1968 by Joachim Nossol and arranged in 1969 under the guidance of Dr. Joachim Lehmann and Roswitha Nagel according to factual aspects. The lowest level of classification is arranged chronologically - while preserving factual contexts. The editorial work was done by the archivist Maria Lehmann, the find book was written by Magdalena Sabor. The history of the institution was written by Dr. Joachim Lehman. In the course of the re-listing of the I. HA Rep. 81 Hanover legation, a file was found which belongs to the Hamburg legation in terms of provenance (old signature Rep. 81 Hanover B 4 a). The Hamburg legation comprises a total of 1,350 files from the period 1804 to 1920, Merseburg, signed in June 1981. Nagel revised Berlin, signed in February 2011 Dr. Puppel last assigned number: ____ to order: GStA PK, I. HA Rep. 81 Hamburg legation: GStA PK, I. HA Rep. 81 legations and consulates after 1807, Hamburg legation finding aids: database; find book, 1 vol.

Contains among other things: H. Bohner, The main tasks of a West African colonial government. At the same time a cultural picture from the mission areas of West Africa. Basel, 1889 H. Seidel, pledge system and guilty detention in Togo. According to surveys in the missionary district Amedschovhe. Special print from: "Globus" Bd 79, No. 20, Braunschweig 1901

Beisenherz: The Gospel a Godpower, ca. 1912; Beisenherz: The enemies in the Batakmission, 1913; Siegner: Mission Sermon, Acts 10:42-48, no year; Hippenstiel: How does the missionary find entrance among primitive Gentiles? ca. 1912; hipstick: God builds a house on the ruins, n.J.; Becker: Heidenmission is a highly necessary urgent work, after 1923; Schnatbaum: Mission Prayer and Sacrifice Week, 1929; Becker: The Lord gives open doors in the mission, 1936; Borutta: From idolatry to worship, after 1932; Sckär: Die Ältesten in den Ovambogemeinden, o.J.; Sckär: The Poverty of the Gentiles, n.J.; Hippenstiel: The Revival Movement on Nias, and what we can learn from it for our time, c. 1916; Pichler: The Gentiles will walk in your light, n.J.; Siegner: Salvation Desires of the Gentiles, n.J.; Eiffert: What RM achieved in almost 50 years of work in New Guinea, 1927; Schildmann: Bericht über die Arbeit d. RM auf Mentawei, n.J.; Klappert: How does the missionary see the future of the mission and the missionary of the future, 1966

Wuppertal: Kriegserlebnisse e. Rheinischen Missionars, newspaper article, 1935; Erastus Omulundu; Haluodi; Nekoto u. Haischi in Zwistigkeit, 2 versions; Schihepo u. Schalnlange; Haschipala: Memories e. old missionaries of the.., what he heard and experienced under the heathens, pictures from the life of the heathens in Ovamboland German Southwest Africa; Memories e. old missionaries, speech at the mission evening in the mission house Barmen, 1933; Untitled (Memories); Experiences and Memories from Southwest Africa in d. Zeit d. Weltkrieges (1914-18), 2 versions; What the history of the RMG tells us, especially of Southwest Africa; The Portuguese campaign against Mandume; About the Efundula (consecration of a girl) in Southwest Africa; The missionary in the fight with paganism; Kaukungua (Noah), hs. u. ms..;

Oldest travel reports of the RMG about Southwest Africa (transcript from the Monatsblatt d. Norddeutscher Missionsgesellschaft, 2. Jg., p. 146-155), 8 p., ms., double available, 1841; extracts from letters of Friedr. Simon Eggert, Scheppmansdorf, ms.., 1859-1868; Request of Jonas and Jacobus Boois to Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt for e. Missionary (2 original letters, afrikaans), 1861; Peter Heinrich Brincker: I. Die Ovaherero, II. Die Missionsarbeit unter d. Herero, 90 p., hs, 1876; Defense of the defamation of Dr. Theophil Hahn against the Damra missionaries, deputation of the RMG, Dr., 1884; Hendrik Witbooi's request to Inspector Dr. August Schreiber for e. Missionary (Original, afrikaans), 1895; Hendrik Witbooi's request to Francois for ammunition and rifles, (copy), 1893; P. Kunze, Sülldorf, about Hendrik Witbooi, 1906; Die Geschichte d. "Kowese volk" written down by e. members of the people themselves in Afrikaans, 8 p., hs. u. Kopie, N. N., no year; suggestions for missionary work in South West Africa, by Heinrich Vedder, 19 p., ms., c. 1910; excerpt from "Beitrag zur Geschichte d. Kowesi-Stammes, 1897", Johannes Olpp, 7 p., 1906; overview of the work of the RMG in "Deutsch-Südwestafrika", 1903; "Die Religion d. Herero", August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, with remarks by Jakob Friedrich Johann Irle, 20 p., ms, 1912; The situation of the indigenous people of South Africa in social and political relations, (S.-Abdr. from "Mitteilungen aus d. deutschen Schutzgebieten", 34th vol., H. 1), Prof. Dr. G. Knothe, 1926

The missionary work in Southwest Africa according to the annual reports of 1949; Der künstliche Abortus bei d. Herero u. Ovambo, N. N., o. J.; Arigene Religion u. Christentum, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, o. J.; Foreign - and yet at the heights of Christianity, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, o. J.; As under d. Church of the Urafrikans, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, n.d.; The "Old Holy Book" in Africa, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, n.d.; Visiting d. Hei-//om (Buschschläfern), Friedrich Pönnighaus, 1936; Unter d. Buschmännern in Südwestafrika, Alfred Unterkötter, 1936; Ein Dankopfer, Friedrich Hermann Rust, no year; Der heute Stand d. Missionsarbeit im Waterberg-Reservat, Friedrich Pönnighaus, 1936; Death Sunday in Swakopmund, Heinrich Johann Brockmann, 1937; Abendmahl u. Orunjara bei d. Herero, Friedrich Pönnighaus, n. J.; Comfort in the African earth sorrow, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, n. J.; The natives of Southwest Africa, Heinrich Vedder? o. J.; Unterwegs (im Ochsenwagen), by Friedrich Pönnighaus, o. J.; Zur Frage d. finanz Selbstständmachung unserer Gemeinden oder wie erziehehehe ich meine Gemeinde zum finanz Selbstständigkeit, Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer, 1937; Ist finanzielle Selbstständmachung unserer Gemeinden in Südwestafrika möglich, u. wie?, Karl Schmitz, 1937; Zu d. Bericht d. Bruder's Karl Sckär über Ehescheidung, Johannes Georg Heinrich Heinrich Olpp, 1929; Ist d. Ausbau unserer Missionskonferenz zu e. Synod required and possible, Friedrich Pönnighaus, 1937; Annunciation in the Mix of Nations of Southwest Africa, Friedrich Pönnighaus, no year; The Battle with the Holy Fire, Friedrich Pönnighaus 1935; The Holy Fire (The Sacrificial Altar of Herero = okuruuo), Friedrich Pönnighaus, no year; Hurus, Friedrich Pönnighaus, 1932; "On African Travelling Routes", N.N..., Windhoek, 1934; World and world view of Bergdama in Southwest Africa, Heinrich Vedder, without year; Unter d. Betschuanen, Friedrich Pönnighaus, without year; Remarks to the Lecture by Pg Reinbeck on the activities of the Pagan Mission in South West Africa, Mission Director J. Warneck, 1935; Die Akazien unseres Landes, Friedrich Pönnighaus, no year; The trees and shrubs of the District of Windhoek (excluding the Akazien), Friedrich Pönnighaus, no year; Which duties does the Protestant Germany in South West Africa have? ca. 1910; The Jackal and the Leopard, e. Märchen aus Südwestafrika, Heinrich Vedder, without year; Das Volk hinter d. Berge, Wilhelm Loeber, 1937; A strange Christmas message, Wilhelm Loeber, o. J.; And new life blooms from the ruins, Wilhelm Loeber, no year; house building in the Heidenland (Ovamboland), N. N.?, no year; The Chief's Hunt (Mandume), N. N.., n. J.; Rasse u. Mission in Südwestafrika, N. N., ca. 1935; Between War and Crisis: On the 125th Anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in South-West Africa (Rheinische Missionskirche), press release by RMG, Werner Andreas Wienecke, 1967; Südwestafrika - e. zweites Kongo?, newspaper article, General-Anzeiger Wuppertal, 08.04.1967;

Contains: The Evangelist in church history; Communion celebrations in East Frisia; Calvin's significance for us; The Basel Mission in Cameroon (before 1914); pamphlets from the early years of the Reformation

Cover letters from German Christians who returned their membership card

Among other things: What does the ethnological exhibition of the Basler und Leipziger Mission want? (Flyer, ed.: Der geschäftsführende Ausschuss (among others: Domprediger von Schwartz, Pfarrer Eisenberg), print: Friedr. Bosse, Braunschweig, 23x 29.5 cm) 1912

Contains among other things: Dissolution of the Mission Hospital in Dar es Salaam

Contains among other things: Continuation of the Mission Hospital after the establishment of the Government Hospital in Dar es Salaam. - Correspondence with Pastor Friedrich Bodelschwingh, Bielefeld

• Author: From Miss's diary. Althaus in Mamba, 2. May 1895. Scope: S. 281-285* 298-302. Includes among others: - 1st (SW: main work - language studies and construction; agency with brand sales in Moshi; arrival of Miss. Müller; trip to English station Taweta; description of missionary work there; circumcision; divine service; Miss. Steggal) - 2nd "Excursion to Lake Dschala" (SW: Excursion from Taweta; hunting with Steggal; contact with lions; way back to Mamba via Mwika; visit of chief Bararia; description of his house; Miss. Müller back to Madchame)

Author: Anonymous. Scope: pp. 155-156. Includes, among other things: - (SW: Fights between Chief Meli and the German Schutztruppe; removal of the English Miss. Steggal by Moshi)

Correspondence, 1827-1845, 1899 1931-1932, etc. Rev. Emil Wilhelm Krummacher; Foundation Protocol with Statutes, 1826; Donation List with Names and Amounts, 1826; Historical Notes about the Hülfsverein in Langenberg, 1834

Purchase contracts and site plans as originals, 1894-1908; deed of return of expropriated mission land by British authorities, 1938

Copies of Purchase Agreements, 1902-1908; Inventory, 1925-1926; Correspondence on Mission Property, 1950 and 1957

Site plans of mission stations; site maps; plan of the church of Kigarama; certificate of return of expropriated land

Sermon for a hospital service by K. Hoffmann, 1937; application, medical certificate, curriculum vitae, 1937; instruction and ordination certificate, 1939; curriculum vitae and. Medical testimony by Elisabeth Menzel, 1938; engagement announcement Menzel/Hoffmann, 1938; correspondence, also with Elisabeth Menzel-Hoffmann, 1937-1947; medical report by the married couple Hoffmann, 1947; correspondence with Kurt Hoffmann in various parishes in Schleswig-Holstein, 1947-1963; "Commemoration of Pastor Franz Gleiß, essay by Kurt Hoffmann, 3 p, typescript

Vol. 1; Letters and Reports from New Guinea, 1888-1894; Correspondence between the New Guinea Company and Governor Schmiele and the RMG with detailed description of the beginnings of the New Guinea mission, 1894; Private letters to inspectors of the RMG, 1888-1899; Statements concerning the acquisition of a mission ship, 1895; Vol. 2; "A Greeting from New Guinea", No. 1, 7 and 8, Dr., 1891-1894; Letters and reports from New Guinea, 1898-1899; Conference sermon "Der Menschenfischer u. sein Beruf", 1898; Bericht einer Reise zur Ramu-Mündung, 1898; Statement on the question "Kostschule oder Ortsschule", 1899; Correspondence on the employment of Kunze in church service, 1900-1910; Correspondence with Georg Kunze in the homeland, 1905-1910; Correspondence with Mrs. Johanne Kunze, née. Schmitz, for moving from Pomerania to Honnef, 1945-1947; obituary, obituary and letter of condolence for Johanne Kunze, 1956

Enthält: - Erlebnisse in Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika - Heirat mit Maria Louise Ritter, 1903 - Dr. Ph. Kuhn: Die Rheinische Mission und der Herero-Aufstand: Erlebnisse und Beobachtungen rheinischer Missionare, 1904 - Unterlagen über seine Tätigkeit als Arzt in Südwestafrika - Fotos von der Familie und von Südwestafrika - Korrespondenzen.

1898-1945 in Okazewa, Otjimbingue, Omburo, Omaruru, see RMG 1.482 estate; letters and reports, private letters, 1898-1945; curriculum vitae, application, certificates, recommendations, 1892; seven weeks under d. Insurgent Hereros, report, March 1904; marginal notes on the Herero War, critical statement, May 1904; Our Herero Christians in the War Camps, May 1904; The Lie in the Herero War, June 1904; August Kuhlmann's request for pardon from the Hereros, reply by Trothas to this, Febr. 1905; Report about peace mediation attempts in Otjimbingue, Febr. 1905; Supplements to "Windhoeker Nachrichten" with attacks against mission, June 1905; Report about the prisoner on the shark island near Lüderitzbucht, Aug. 1905; Report about the work in Karibib and at the prisoners of war at the Otavi Railway, Aug. 1905; Reports from the collection camps for Hereros in Omburo, 1906; leaflet "Three Christmas in German Southwest Africa", Dr., 1904-1906; Lecture: "What can and must happen to follow the scattered heathens and Christians", 11 p., hectographed, 1909; Lecture: "Zur Psychologie d. Glaubenslebens unserer afrikanischen Christen", 14 p., ms., 1913; Lecture: "Das Problem d. christlichen Ehe unter d. afrikanischen Heidenchristen", n. J.; Correspondence with Mrs. Elisabeth Kuhlmann, née Dannert u. Familie, 1946-1965

After training soldier, from 1946 YMCA-Westbund, Kassel; curriculum vitae with photo, certificates, medical examination, 1931; diploma of mission seminar, 1939; curriculum vitae, certificates, medical examination of bride Erna Probst, 1940; correspondence, partly from the field

Curriculum vitae and health certificates, 1926-1929; diploma of the mission seminar and ordination certificate, 1929-1930; letters and reports from New Guinea, 1930-1932; correspondence for Kruger's further education, 1934-1936; correspondence with him in his capacity as pastor and mission officer for the Church District of Kleve, 1951-1964

1895-1900 in Rietfontein, Warmbad, Pfarramt USA et al. in St. John's Luth Church, Campbell Hill, Ill.; letters and reports, 1895-1900; curriculum vitae, ca. 1890; private letters to inspectors of the RMG, 1895-1900; What can we learn from the Good Samaritan for our mission, paper, 1899; letter about his departure from Mission, 1900; letters from Campbell Hill, Illinois/USA, 1921-1922;

Local directory d. Kollektenvereine, 1874 1884; Jahresber. d. Ev. Missionsvereins zu Königsberg, Dr., 1905; Königsberger Missionsblatt, No. 9, 1907; Experiences b. e. Missionreise nach Ostpreußen, v. A. Hoffmann, 1910; Jahresber. d. Königsberger Missionsdirektion, Dr., 1929

Templates for Deputation Sessions; p. 115: Obituary for A. Bonn, 1944; p. 122: Effects of the air raids of May 30 and June 25, 1943 on the mission

few letters and reports from New Guinea, 1901; letters from North America, 1904-1920

Correspondence; Guidelines of the working group between Diakonissen-Anstalt, Königsberg u. Bethel-Mission, n.J.; Die Königsberger "Barmherzigkeit heute; im Sonderdruck aus dem Ostpreußenblatt, ep. 12, June 1951