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Chairman of Ernst II's Committee for the Promotion of the Africa Expedition of Duke Adolf Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1873-1969) [nephew by marriage].
HZAN La 142 Bü 584 · File · 1907-1909
Part of State Archive Baden-Württemberg, Hohenlohe Central Archive Neuenstein (Archivtektonik)

Contains: Correspondence concerning planning and financing (e.g. creation of an expedition fund) as well as follow-up (e.g. operation of the order award to the patron Hugo von Gahlen, owner of factory and manor); scientific expert's opinion: drawn map of Central Africa; reports on the expedition in the "Tägliche Rundschau" (mainly parts of the travel report "Ins Innerste Afrikas", 1908, written by Adolf Friedrich himself).
Colonial enterprises.
HZAN La 140 Bü 252 · File · 1897-1903, 1908
Part of State Archive Baden-Württemberg, Hohenlohe Central Archive Neuenstein (Archivtektonik)

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 the German settlement in Palestine (Prince Carl von Urach), 1899; 5th liberation of Carl Neufeld, captured in Sudan, 1898; 4th promotion of the German settlement in Palestine (Prince Carl von Urach), 1899; 5th liberation of Carl Neufeld, captured in Sudan, 1898. South West African Shepherding Society (former Minister of State v. Hofmann), 1901; 6th Railway Construction Project Porto Alegre-Pelotas (Carl Bolle), 1901; 7th Safata Samoa Society, 1903; 8th Evangelical Africa Society, 1903; 9th Fazenda do Baranco Branco in Matto Grosso, Brazil, 1908.
Correspondence with Freiherr Karl von der Heydt and Dr. Carl Peters on matters of the D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a S c h e G e s e l l l l s c h a f t , above all on the founding negotiations; merger of the D e u t s c h e K o l o n i a n i a l V e l l s c h a f t with the Gesellschaft für Deutsche Kolonisation; reports by Peters on his undertakings.
HZAN La 140 Bü 212 · File · 1886-1893
Part of State Archive Baden-Württemberg, Hohenlohe Central Archive Neuenstein (Archivtektonik)
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.
HZAN La 140 Bü 231 · File · 1891-1895
Part of State Archive Baden-Württemberg, Hohenlohe Central Archive Neuenstein (Archivtektonik)

Darin: 3 photographs of the school in Tanga, 1894.
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.
HZAN La 140 Bü 228 · File · 1890-1894
Part of State Archive Baden-Württemberg, Hohenlohe Central Archive Neuenstein (Archivtektonik)
Expedition to Witu to take over the land acquired by the Denhardt brothers and to investigate the economic possibilities; reports by Captain R. Rabenhorst as expedition leader and Lieutenant Schmid from Lamu to Prof. Eggert in Berlin and his successor as head of the Witu affairs E. Arnhold; differences between Lieutenant (retired) von Wittich and Lieutenant Schmid with Captain Rabenhorst.
HZAN La 140 Bü 199 · File · 1886-1888
Part of State Archive Baden-Württemberg, Hohenlohe Central Archive Neuenstein (Archivtektonik)

Berichte des Kapitäns R. Rabenhorst als Expeditionsleiter und des Leutnants Schmid aus Lamu an Prof. Eggert in Berlin und seinen Nachfolger als Leiter der Witu-Angelegeheiten E. Arnhold; Differenzen des Leutnants a.D. von Wittich und des Leutnants Schmid mit Kapitän Rabenhorst.
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.
HZAN La 140 Bü 218 · File · 1891-1896
Part of State Archive Baden-Württemberg, Hohenlohe Central Archive Neuenstein (Archivtektonik)
General correspondence of the Witu Society; expedition under Captain Rabenhorst to take possession in the autumn of 1886; weapons provided by the Prussian War Ministry; negotiations on the sale of Witu to the British East African Society.
HZAN La 140 Bü 204 · File · 1886-1889
Part of State Archive Baden-Württemberg, Hohenlohe Central Archive Neuenstein (Archivtektonik)

Expedition unter Hauptmann Rabenhorst zur Besitzübernahme im Herbst 1886; Stellung von Waffen durch das preußische Kriegsministerium; Verhandlungen über den Verkauf von Witu an die Britisch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft.
General development in Witu: Reports of the authorized representative of the Witu Society in Lamu Kurt Toeppen to the Board of Directors and the authorized representative of the Society in Germany Heinrich Scharrer; transmission of Toeppen's correspondence (in copy) to Prince Hermann; correspondence of the Prince with Toeppen; merger of the Witu Society with the German East African Society; efforts to obtain an imperial award for Consul Schwabe; dismissal of Toeppen.
HZAN La 140 Bü 205 · File · 1887-1890
Part of State Archive Baden-Württemberg, Hohenlohe Central Archive Neuenstein (Archivtektonik)

Übersendung der Korrespondenz Toeppens (in Abschrift) an den Fürsten Hermann; Korrespondenz des Fürsten mit Toeppen; Fusion der Witu-Gesellschaft mit der Deutsch-Ostafrikanischen Gesellschaft; Bemühungen um eine kaiserliche Auszeichnung für Konsul Schwabe; Entlassung von Toeppen.
Printed matter on colonial issues.
HZAN La 140 Bü 244 · File · 1886-1893
Part of State Archive Baden-Württemberg, Hohenlohe Central Archive Neuenstein (Archivtektonik)

Darin: 1. the limited liability company. A legislative study by Rob. Esser II, Cologne. Berlin: Julius Sittenfeld, printed as manuscript. Confidential, 1886; 2nd utilization of E. Nagel's contract on land acquisition in Pondoland, South Africa, 1886; 3rd annual report of the South American Colonization Society of Leipzig for 1885, 1886; 4th draft of a law regulating emigration in the German Empire. By A.W. Sellin, o.D.; 5. statutes of the German Women's Association for Nursing in the Colonies; 6. map of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land and Bismarck-Archipel; 7. circular letter of the Colonial Society.
Purchase of the Witu land by Prince Hermann in the name of the Deutscher Kolonialverein from the brothers Gustav and Clemens Denhardt; disputes with Denhardt about the payment modalities; notarization of the transfer of land; Denhardt's trial with his creditor P. Recknagel; association of the Witu Society with the German East African Society (Dr. Timotheus Fabri); trial of the Denhardt creditor H.W. Schlurmann, Barmen, against the German East African Society.
HZAN La 140 Bü 196 · File · 1883, 1886-1892
Part of State Archive Baden-Württemberg, Hohenlohe Central Archive Neuenstein (Archivtektonik)

Auseinandersetzungen mit Denhardt über die Zahlungsmodalitäten; Beurkundung der Landübergabe; Prozeß Denhardts mit seinem Gläubiger P. Recknagel; Vereinigung der Witu-Gesellschaft mit der Deutsch-Ostafrikanischen Gesellschaft (Dr. Timotheus Fabri); Prozeß des Denhardt-Gläubigers H.W. Schlurmann, Barmen, gegen die Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft.