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Central Railway in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a

In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Organizations, associations and commercial enterprises >> Foreign Affairs and Colonial Administration >> German Colonial Society (inventory) >> R 8023 German Colonial Society >> railroad

German Colonial Society

Colonial enterprises.

Contains: 1st colony Dona Franziska in Brazil, 1897; 2nd liberation of Carl Neufeld, captured in Sudan, 1898; 3rd offer for sale of files from the time of the foundation of the German Colonial Society by Richard Jakob, 1898-1899; 4th promotion of ...

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.5 Colonial affairs during and after the governor's term.

Damaraland concession (South West Africa) - Granting of land, mining and railway rights in a part of Damaraland from the Federal Foreign Office to the South Westafrican Company Ltd. in London

Contains: Memorandum on the violation of the interests of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft für Südwestafrika by the Damaraland Concession

In: Pfeil, Joachim Graf >> N 2225 Pfeil, Joachim Graf von >> Kolonialpolitik >> Afrika >> Deutsch-Südwestafrika und Südafrika >> Zeitungsausschnitte und Druckschriften; BArch, N 2225 Pfeil, Joachim Graf

Pfeil, Joachim von

Establishment of a German native school in Dar es Salaam at the suggestion of the governor of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a Freiherr von Soden; recruitment of a teacher by the German Colonial Society; correspondence with von Soden, the Württemberg Minister of Churches and Education Sarwey and applicants for the position; acceptance of teacher Barth from Friedrichshafen to complete a Swahili language course; establishment of the school in Tanga; complaints by Barth about lack of support and his return to Germany.

Darin: 3 photographs of the school in Tanga, 1894.

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.3 Colonial enterprises of the colonial society. >> 4.3.2 Scientific and cultural enterprises in Africa

Execution of an anti-slavery lottery; appointment of Prince Hermann to the Executive Committee; support of the Wißmann Sea Expedition and the Wißmann Steamship; expedition in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a; dispute between the Carl-Peters Foundation and the Anti-Slavery Committee about the use of foundation funds; correspondence with the Federal Foreign Office (Dr. Kayser), Prince Wilhelm zu Wied, Bergrat Dr. M. Busse; Koblenz and others; minutes of meetings, printed matter, press releases.

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.3 Colonial enterprises of the colonial society. >> 4.3.2 Scientific and cultural enterprises in Africa

Federal Foreign Office Berlin, Colonial Department in Southwest Africa Affairs

Minutes and correspondence concerning; claims on land; mistreatment of prisoners; Herero war; exile of Witbooi; site plan and profile railway Swakopmund-Windhuk, 1:1.200.000, 1901; correspondence with the president of the German colonial society c...

In: Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik) >> Archive of the Rhenish Mission Society >> Mission and Colonialism

Rhenish Missionary Society

Foundation of a settlement company for Southwest Africa (Syndicate for Southwest African Settlement); preparatory exploration in the Windhoek area; correspondence with the Colonial Department of the Foreign Office; allocation of settlement land by the Colonial Department; establishment of a regular steamboat connection to Walfischbay; establishment of a protection force.

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.3 Colonial enterprises of the colonial society. >> 4.3.1 Afrika >> 4.3.1.3 Other enterprises in Africa.

German Colonial Society, Essen Dept., later Reichskolonialbund

Statements, petitions, minutes of board meetings; correspondence; Die Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft: Geschichte, Ziele, Satzung, Dr., 1903; Petition of the Deportation Association to the Reichstag concerning the settlement of released prisoners in...

In: Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik) >> Archive of the Rhenish Mission Society >> Mission and Colonialism

Rhenish Missionary Society

Plan of the Deutsch-Ostafrikanischen Gesellschaft for the establishment of a railway company for the construction of a railway line from the port of Tanga inland to Lake Victoria (Usambara Line); draft statutes; planned election of Prince Hermann to the Board of Directors.

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.3 Colonial enterprises of the colonial society. >> 4.3.1 Afrika >> 4.3.1.2 German East African Society.

Support of the committee for the Carl-Peters-Foundation by the colonial society, planned construction of a collapsible steamer "Carl Peters" and plant of a shipyard in Bukoba at Lake Victoria; differences due to simultaneous actions for the construction of a Wißmann steamer.

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.3 Colonial enterprises of the colonial society. >> 4.3.2 Scientific and cultural enterprises in Africa

Utilization of the navigable waterways in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a and Cameroon

In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Organizations, associations and commercial enterprises >> Foreign Affairs and Colonial Administration >> German Colonial Society (inventory) >> R 8023 German Colonial Society >> Shipping and waterways

German Colonial Society

Welfare lottery in favour of the German protectorates: vol. 15

Contains above all: granting of aid. - Applications from the Africa Archive, the Institute for Ship and Tropical Diseases and the Reich Ministry for Reconstruction/Colonial Central Administration Support for the Needy in the German Colonies

In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Organizations, associations and commercial enterprises >> Foreign Affairs and Colonial Administration >> German Colonial Society (inventory) >> R 8023 German Colonial Society >> Donations and lotteries >> Welfare lottery in favour of the German protectorates

German Colonial Society