"Mitarbeiter des Missionshauses. "
Item Details
Title:
"Mitarbeiter des Missionshauses. "
Alternate title:
"Employees in the mission house."
Description
Names
Dates
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:
economy - general, employee m, communication, group, interior, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, mission house, missionary f, missionary m, home board member m, employee f
Individuals:
Gelzer-Lüdecke, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Gelzer-Lüdecke, Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: LV 0284
Date of Birth: 08.08.1888
Date of Death: 28.10.1963
Biography: Pastor. Lehrer am Missionshaus 1922-1955, Letzter Rektor des Missionsseminars. Komiteemitglied 1930-1955.
Profession: Pfarrer
Need more information?, Kühner-Frohnmeyer, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Kühner-Frohnmeyer, Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1464, LV 0295
Date of Birth: 19.03.1871
Date of Death: 24.08.1940
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company. Internee in India 1914 - 1920. Komiteemitglied 1930-1939, Lehrer 1926-?
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Oehler, Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Oehler, Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1786
Date of Birth: 04.06.1877
Date of Death: 20.03.1966
Biography: Oehler went to Palestine before entering the Basel Mission (1903 - 04). Doctorate in philosophy (1904) and in theology (1926). University teacher for missionary sciences at the University of Tübingen (1920-1926). BM inspector for China (1926 - 32).
Profession: student of theology (cand. theol.)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}, Mission area: Palestine {mission area}
Need more information?, Riggenbach-Thurneysen, Emil Eduard (Mr)Name: Riggenbach-Thurneysen, Emil Eduard (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: LV 0227
Date of Birth: 18.09.1861
Date of Death: 04.10.1927
Biography: Basel Mission home board ("Committee") member 1915 - 1927. Teacher of Basel Mission 1888/1889.
Profession: pastor (Pfarrer)
Need more information?, Ruff, Ernst Erich (Mr)Name: Ruff, Ernst Erich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1800
Date of Birth: 04.03.1887
Date of Death: 06.09.1944
Biography: Between his two stays in China Ruff was a travelling secretary of the Basel Mission (1925-1928) and after 1934 he was a city missioner in Frankfurt a. M. (1934-1941) and in Freiburg i. Br. (after 1941).
Profession: taylor (Schneider)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Stricker, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Stricker, Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1958/ LV 0269
Date of Birth: 08.11.1891
Date of Death: 11.10.1964
Biography: Internment 1918. Teacher at the Mission Seminary in Basel from 1919 to 1953.
Profession: teacher in training (Lehramtskandidat)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Need more information?, Weismann, Gotthilf (Mr)Name: Weismann, Gotthilf (Mr)
Date of Birth: 20.07.1873
Date of Death: 23.05.1937
Biography: a.k.a Gottfried. Worked as teacher for Basel Mission from 1912 - 1930. Home board ("Committee") member from 1918 - 1930 (1931?).
Profession: pastor (Pfarrer)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: [leer] N, Tochter/Sohn von: [leer] N
Need more information?, Ruff-Wolff, Margarethe (Mrs)Name: Ruff-Wolff, Margarethe (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 26.07.1892
Date of Death: 16.06.1976
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Ruff, Ernst Erich (Mr)
Need more information?, Grütter, Elise (Ms)Name: Grütter, Elise (Ms)
Date of Birth: 20.07.1870
Date of Death: 07.01.1940
Biography: Hausmutter 1919-1937
Profession: Hausmutter
Need more information?, Oehler-Heimerdinger, Elisabeth (Mrs)Name: Oehler-Heimerdinger, Elisabeth (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 13.01.1884
Date of Death: 30.03.1955
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Oehler, Wilhelm (Mr)
Need more information?, Gelzer, Heinrich* (Mrs)Name: Gelzer, Heinrich* (Mrs)
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Gelzer-Lüdecke, Heinrich (Mr)
Need more information?, Oehler (Ms)
Relationships
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 75cm x 10cm
[Condition]: good - medium
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QS-30.013.0015
Citation:
Reference: BMA QS-30.013.0015
Title: "Mitarbeiter des Missionshauses. "
Creator: unknown
Date:

“Mitarbeiter des Missionshauses. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 28, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/81729.
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