Collection 35.008 - Richard Kalkhof Collection

The list includes the collection of the Wertinger chief official judge Richard Kalkhof (born 31.12.1858 in Gersfeld (Rhön); died 06.06.1925 in Traunstein) for a parliamentary study trip to D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a in 1906. Kalkhof had been appointed head of the district court of Wertingen in 1897. In 1903 he was elected to the Augsburg-Schwabmünchen-Wertingen constituency as a member of the Reichstag of the Zentrums-Partei, for which he sat in the Reichstag for two terms. As a member of the Colonial Committee in 1906, he belonged to a group of nine members of the Reichstag who undertook a study trip to D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a , about which he wrote a book entitled "Parlamentarische Studienreise nach Deutsch-Ostafrika" (Parliamentary Study Trip to D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a) (Berlin 1907). In 1974 Kalkhof's daughter Josefine Mayr donated memorabilia from the study trip to the museum of local history and the town archive in Wertingen. The objects in rem of this collection are recorded in the database of the Heimatmuseum and are located in the exhibition rooms of the museum in Schloss Wertingen. Documents, postcards and photos are kept in the town archive Wertingen under the sign 35.008.

• Book: Richard Kalkhof, Parlamentarische Studienreise nach Deutsch-Ostafrika, Berlin 1907 (previous owner: Volksschule Bliensbach)- two notebooks with handwritten diary-like notes about the study trip to D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a (presumably written by Richard Kalkhof)- approx. 150 postcards with motives of German-Africa (partly with lettering)Collecting file to the study trip to German East Africa: - Panoroma postcard of Amani - handwritten notes (1 sheet) - illustrated book: August Fonck, The natural beauty of German tropics. Die Bevölkerung und Erschließung, Altenburg 1911 (with dedication of the author for Richard Kalkhof and letter of the author due to sending a test print 1911) - Photo: Port of Tanga - Photo: Westumbara. Column of riders from Wilhelmsthal to Mombo- poem "This little tie up..."; author: Georg; addressee: Maria (surname not mentioned), written at Christmas 1908 in WertingenBriefkuvert (overprint: "printed matter for the member of the Reichstag Mr. Kalkhof"): travel pictures from the missions- pictures of mission schools (a. o. Engelport) and colonial mission students in D e u t s c h - S ü d w e s t a f r i k a (a.o. during the Herero Uprising)- partly with handwritten notes on the pictures- handwritten compilation of the Reich subsidies for the colonies (incl. deletions by the Reichstag) for the period 1891/92 to 1905- Photo album (96 pictures): Journey to D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a 1906 (incl. table of contents)

City Archive Wertingen >> Unofficial documents (collected material)

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Jürgen Fiedler: Wertinger Geschichte(n), Wertingen2014, S. 24–30