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/...

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Accounts of the printing house, the sawmill, the Lutindi companies, Duka Lwandai, the joinery, the publishing house, the savings bank and "Ufalme

Correspondence with imperial colonial authorities; correspondence with the missionaries Becker, Gleiss, Langheinrich and the deacons Liebusch and Bokermann; travel reports; purchase contracts as copies

Land register extracts, purchase contracts, map sketches (originals, photocopies and blueprints)

Contains among other things: Administrative structure and staffing plans

Contains among other things: General overview plan of Togo (1 : 500,000) with drawing in of the planned administrative division

Contains: Provincial division for Cameroon

Contains among other things: Discussion at the Führer's Chancellery on 6 March 1942 (transcript of the minutes of the meeting)

Contains: Minutes of the meetings of the National Council of 22 and 23 March 1915

Contains: Reptilian collection; collection of anatomical images and photos by Alexander Ecker; collection of skulls by general physician Dr. von Beck (14 pieces, antiquity-17th century); donation of 2 pictures by Mrs. Ecker; osteological specimens by Dr. Ecker by Beck; brains of anthropoid monkeys from Banana, Congo estuary by Dr. Kloberg; photos of grave finds by Dr. Bäumler; Japanese art products; 2 skulls from West Africa (Togo) by Dr. von Beck; wax models by Dr. Franz Keibel; library gifts;

Contains: Letter from the Marineintendantursekretärs in Wilhelmshaven Ernst Voigt and the Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz concerning Voigt's application for a post in the governorate of Kiautschou; letter from the Mayor of the municipality of Friedrichroda concerning railway taxation.

Power of attorney by Emperor Wilhelm II within the Togo Hinterland Expedition

Letters and diary reports from Becker & Döring

(1910) 1937-1938, Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart

Handwritten diary (with confidentiality note, submitted only by the managing director or director), kept until 1938 by P. Scholten, then by two other writers in Bukoba, one volume bound as folio

Report on the Elderly Order in Bungu, 1936; Thoughts on the Foundation of the Native Church of Buhaya by P. Scholten, 1938; Church Breeding Order and Community Order of Buhaya, 1938

Reports, newsletters and stories from employees

Work and travel reports of the staff; report on the third Lutheran mission conference in Tanganyika-Territory, October

Work reports of the employees; report on the life and death of Hermann Kanafunzi von P. Gleiss

Reports, newsletters and stories of the employees

Reports, newsletters and narratives of the employees

Reports, newsletters and narratives of the co-workers

Correspondence of Rorarius, Accounts, etc., 1937-1938; A Few Pen-pictures from the Work of the Bethel-Missionary Society; Mother's Love in the Heart of Africa, 4 p., print, 1938; "The Usambara Association (the Settler) - A Memorandum on the Objectives and Objects of this Association, June 1938

Correspondence from Rorarius, accounts, etc.; "Christmas Greetings from Bethel, 4 p., printed, December 1935; flyer "We have promised our help from Friedrich von Bodelschwingh with an essay "Das rufende Land (Usambara) von Rorarius, September 1935

Correspondence of the Langheinrich Manor, 1912-1913; Power of Attorney for Ruccius Manor, 1914

Correspondence from Rorarius, 1929-1934; Correspondence concerning the return of mission property, 1930; Draft of a Land Order of the Bethel Mission, 1931; So-called "Landsache, July 1934; Draft of an Order for the Usambara Church Treasury, 1934

Contains: Correspondence of Ernst II. with the members of the Committee Ministerialdirigent Prof. Dr. Kirchner and Dr. Katz as well as with the State Secretary of the R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t Solf concerning the use of the funds made available by the Committee to the Colonial Office; copy of the correspondence of the State Secretary with the Governor of D e u t s c h - S ü d w e s t a f r i k a and Prof. Kirchner on the same matter; copy of the minutes of a meeting of the Committee.