"Dürrer Geisterbaum. "
Item Details
Title:
"Dürrer Geisterbaum. "
Alternate title:
"Dried up spirit-tree."
Description
Names
Creator:
Hofmeister, Hermann Karl (Mr)Name: Hofmeister, Hermann Karl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2391
Date of Birth: 05.07.1908
Date of Death: 04.10.1990
Biography: After his return from China Hofmeister was a travelling secretary of the Basel Mission (1949-1954). BV ("List of the Brethren") mentions that in 1954 he left for Malaya but it doesn't give the date of his return. He died however in Germany.
Profession: farmer (Landwirt)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}, Mission area: Malaysia {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Hofmeister-Mondon, Lotte (Mrs)
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Basel mission membership number: 2391
Date of Birth: 05.07.1908
Date of Death: 04.10.1990
Biography: After his return from China Hofmeister was a travelling secretary of the Basel Mission (1949-1954). BV ("List of the Brethren") mentions that in 1954 he left for Malaya but it doesn't give the date of his return. He died however in Germany.
Profession: farmer (Landwirt)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}, Mission area: Malaysia {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Hofmeister-Mondon, Lotte (Mrs)
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Dates
Date early:
01.01.1918
Date late:
31.12.1939
Proper date:
01.01.1918-31.12.1939
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Asia {continent}: China {modern state}People:
Subject
Keywords:
sacral tree, religion and philosophy (general), Taoism Individuals:
Hofmeister, Hermann Karl (Mr)Name: Hofmeister, Hermann Karl (Mr)Basel mission membership number: 2391
Date of Birth: 05.07.1908
Date of Death: 04.10.1990
Biography: After his return from China Hofmeister was a travelling secretary of the Basel Mission (1949-1954). BV ("List of the Brethren") mentions that in 1954 he left for Malaya but it doesn't give the date of his return. He died however in Germany.
Profession: farmer (Landwirt)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}, Mission area: Malaysia {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Hofmeister-Mondon, Lotte (Mrs)
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Relationships
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 5.3cm x 3.9cm
[Condition]: good
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
[Condition]: good
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
A-30.82.029
Citation:
Reference: BMA A-30.82.029
Title: "Dürrer Geisterbaum. "
Creator: Hofmeister, Hermann Karl (Mr)
Date: 01.01.1918-31.12.1939
Hofmeister, Hermann Karl (Mr), “Dürrer Geisterbaum. ,” BMArchives, accessed May 14, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/51860.
Title: "Dürrer Geisterbaum. "
Creator: Hofmeister, Hermann Karl (Mr)
Date: 01.01.1918-31.12.1939
Hofmeister, Hermann Karl (Mr), “Dürrer Geisterbaum. ,” BMArchives, accessed May 14, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/51860.
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