"Von der Stirne heiss, rinnen muss der Schweiss. "
Item Details
Title:
"Von der Stirne heiss, rinnen muss der Schweiss. "
Alternate title:
"The sweat must pour down from the hot forehead."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
01.01.1889
Date late:
31.12.1894
Proper date:
01.01.1889-31.12.1894
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Europe {continent}: Switzerland {modern state}: Basel-Stadt {region}: Basel {place}
[Geography]: Europe {continent}: Switzerland {modern state}: Basel-Stadt {region}: Basel {place}: Mission House premises and garden {other geogr names}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
apron, craft production, axe, communication, group, hoe, seminarist m, technical objects and installations, shovel, theology, tool, training, wheelbarrow
Individuals:
Borel, Peter (Mr)Name: Borel, Peter (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1251
Date of Birth: 03.12.1868
Date of Death: 26.10.1919
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Deuber, Arnold (Mr)Name: Deuber, Arnold (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1242
Date of Birth: 18.10.1867
Date of Death: 19.10.1930
Biography: After his return from Ghana Deuber was a pastor in Marthalen, Switzerland.
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Deuber-Noz, Maria (Mrs)
Need more information?, Fischer, Gottfried (Mr)Name: Fischer, Gottfried (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1253
Date of Birth: 20.06.1869
Date of Death: 24.05.1953
Profession: winegrower (Weingärtner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: [leer] N
Need more information?, Fischer, Gottlieb (Mr)Name: Fischer, Gottlieb (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1273
Date of Birth: 28.09.1868
Date of Death: 12.05.1940
Biography: As internee in India 1915. 1st stay 1896-1904, 2nd: 1906-1915, 3rd 1928-1930, 4th: 1934-1938
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Fischer-Krauss, Martha (Mrs)
Need more information?, Freyburger, Carl (Mr)Name: Freyburger, Carl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1279
Date of Birth: 27.09.1869
Date of Death: 27.05.1945
Biography: Bremen Mission. Internment in 1916. BV ("List of the Brethren") doesn't give an exact mission area: Freyburger was in Ghana and Togo until 1916 and between 1923 and 1927.
Profession: secondary school pupil (Realschüler)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: Togo {mission area}
Need more information?, Fritz, Christian Gottlieb (Mr)Name: Fritz, Christian Gottlieb (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1255
Date of Birth: 07.12.1869
Date of Death: 10.12.1957
Profession: blacksmith (Schmied)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Fritz, Karl Gotthilf (Mr), verheiratet mit: Fritz-Elsaesser, Martha (Mrs)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Gonser, Gotthilf (Mr)Name: Gonser, Gotthilf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1252
Date of Birth: 22.01.1869
Date of Death: 07.07.1898
Profession: weaver (Weber)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Gonser-Schaz, Anna (Mrs)
Need more information?, Graf, Albert (Mr)Name: Graf, Albert (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1272
Date of Birth: 13.09.1868
Date of Death: 09.06.1949
Biography: Assistant pastor in the Protestant Church of Baden from 1904 to 1933.
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Graf, Christian (Mr), verheiratet mit: Graf-Deuber, Hanna (Mrs)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Hey, Friedrich (Mr)Name: Hey, Friedrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1261
Date of Birth: 14.11.1864
Date of Death: 30.12.1960
Biography: Hey studied medicine in Basel from 1890 to 1894 and went to Ghana as a qualified medical doctor.
Profession: male nurse (Krankenwärter)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}, Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Hey-Hagemeister, Frieda (Mrs)
Need more information?, Kurtz, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Kurtz, Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1283
Date of Birth: 02.06.1870
Date of Death: 04.01.1947
Biography: Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission from 1903 to 1933. NB Kurtz' wife Line Kurtz-Hesse was a cousing of Johannes Hesse (in this database). His son Robert, a pastor in Zürich, was the BM's "Secretary for Switzerland & Germany 1946-56.
Profession: secondary school pupil (Realschüler)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Lauffer, Nathanael (Mr)Name: Lauffer, Nathanael (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1294
Date of Birth: 08.08.1869
Date of Death: 15.09.1954
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Lauffer, Jakob (Mr)
Need more information?, Lochmann, Adam Jakob (Mr)Name: Lochmann, Adam Jakob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1227
Date of Birth: 08.07.1868
Date of Death: 28.01.1937
Biography: Deputy pastor in the Protestant Church of Württemberg from 1914 to 1921. Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission from 1921 to 1936.
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Junginger, Michael (Mr)Name: Junginger, Michael (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1274
Date of Birth: 08.03.1869
Biography: We have no date of death in our records. Left the Mission College having not kept up with the first year's work.
Profession: Tailor
Need more information?, Mader, Friedrich (Mr)Name: Mader, Friedrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1248
Need more information?, Maier, Johannes [Ghana] (Mr)Name: Maier, Johannes [Ghana] (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0602
Date of Birth: 21.07.1840
Date of Death: 14.06.1864
Profession: blacksmith (Schmied)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Maier, Joh. Martin (Mr)Name: Maier, Joh. Martin (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1263
Date of Birth: 19.03.1866
Date of Death: 16.05.1954
Biography: After his return from China Maier worked as a deputy pastor (1913-1918) and as a pastor (1918 to 1929).
Profession: typesetter (Schriftsetzer)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Metz, August (Mr)Name: Metz, August (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1247
Date of Birth: 18.09.1868
Date of Death: 30.11.1922
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Mootz, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Mootz, Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1210
Date of Birth: 02.10.1865
Date of Death: 22.04.1921
Biography: BV ("List of the Brethren") doesn't give the date of Mootz' return from China.
Profession: miller (Müller)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Nagel, August Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Nagel, August Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1278
Date of Birth: 24.08.1869
Date of Death: 12.09.1953
Profession: farmer (Bauer)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Nagel, Theodor (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Rohm, August (Mr)Name: Rohm, August (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1276
Biography: Left Basel Mission during training.
Need more information?, Schosser, Alfons (Mr)Name: Schosser, Alfons (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1280
Date of Birth: 26.11.1869
Date of Death: 10.10.1950
Biography: As internee in Bellary 1915.
Profession: book-keeper (Buchhalter)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Schröder, Joh. Hermann (Mr)Name: Schröder, Joh. Hermann (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1262
Date of Birth: 17.02.1865
Biography: Bremen Mission. Internment from 1914 to 1918. BV ("List of the Brethren") doesn't give an exact mission area: Schröder was in Ghana and Togo between 1894 and 1914 and from 1923 to 1925. gestorben ??.04.1929
Profession: carpenter (Zimmermann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: Togo {mission area}
Need more information?, Schweizer, Karl Julius (Mr)Name: Schweizer, Karl Julius (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1250
Date of Birth: 28.11.1868
Date of Death: 21.02.1951
Biography: From 1904 to 1921 Schweizer was a publisher for mission publications in Twi and from 1921 until 1927 he was a teacher for Latin and Greek in the Mission Seminary in Basel.
Profession: mechanic (Mechaniker)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Siegle, Wilhelm Gottlob (Mr)Name: Siegle, Wilhelm Gottlob (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1270
Date of Birth: 14.05.1868
Date of Death: 14.02.1935
Profession: winegrower (Weingärtner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Spiess, Karl Ludwig August (Mr)Name: Spiess, Karl Ludwig August (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1215
Date of Birth: 09.04.1867
Date of Death: 05.10.1936
Biography: Bremen Mission. BV ("List of the Brethren") doesn't give an exact mission area: Spiess was in Ghana or Togo. After his return he was the secretary of the Bremen Mission.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: Togo {mission area}
Need more information?, Wieber, Karl (Mr)Name: Wieber, Karl (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1299
Date of Birth: 15.07.1870
Date of Death: 31.01.1953
Biography: After his return from Ghana Wieber was a deputy pastor and a travelling secretary of the Basel Mission until 1935.
Profession: factory worker (Fabrikarbeiter)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Reinhardt, Paul Jos. (Mr)Name: Reinhardt, Paul Jos. (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1240
Need more information?, Böhm, Ernst (Mr)Name: Böhm, Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1218
Need more information?, Stetter, Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Stetter, Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1268
Need more information?, von Minden, Friedrich (Mr)Name: von Minden, Friedrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1267
Need more information?, Westhäuser (Mr)Name: Westhäuser (Mr)
Profession: gardener (Gärtner)
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Relationships
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 10cm x 14cm
[Condition]: medium
[Special format]: cabinet
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, albumen
Identifier
Reference:
QS-30.013.0003
Citation:
Reference: BMA QS-30.013.0003
Title: "Von der Stirne heiss, rinnen muss der Schweiss. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 01.01.1889-31.12.1894

“Von der Stirne heiss, rinnen muss der Schweiss. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 28, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/81717.
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