"Komitee-Mitglieder. "
Item Details
Title:
"Komitee-Mitglieder. "
Alternate title:
"Members of the Basel Mission Committee."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
1936
Proper date:
1936
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:
communication, group, inspector m, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, pastor m, home board member m
Individuals:
Anstein, Hans (Mr)Name: Anstein, Hans (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: LV 0225
Date of Birth: 20.06.1863
Date of Death: 27.11.1940
Biography: A.k.a. Anstein, Johannes. Komitee-Sekretär. Basel Mission home board ("Committee") member from 1904 to 1920 and from 1932 until his death. In Vienna from 1922 to 1924. Travelled around the world from Oct. 1924 - May 1926.
Profession: pastor (Pfarrer)
Need more information?, Burckhardt, Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Burckhardt, Wilhelm (Mr)
Date of Birth: 24.01.1865
Date of Death: 21.06.1943
Biography: President of the Basel Mission from 1915 to 1936.
Profession: pastor (Pfarrer)
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Burckhardt-Brenner, Maria (Mrs)
Need more information?, Buxtorf-Müller, Karl (Mr)Name: Buxtorf-Müller, Karl (Mr)
Date of Birth: 30.11.1881
Date of Death: 30.11.1952
Biography: Basel Mission home board ("Committee") member 1930 - 1953.
Need more information?, Eichrodt-Nyffeler, Walther (Mr)Name: Eichrodt-Nyffeler, Walther (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: LV 0300
Date of Birth: 01.08.1890
Date of Death: 20.05.1978
Biography: a.k.a. Walter. Basel Mission home board member ("Committee"), 1924 until 1950. Aushilfe als Lehrer für 'Religionsgeschichte der Primitiven' 1933/34
Profession: Prof. theol.
Need more information?, 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?, Hannich, Gustav Ludwig Hermann (Mr)Name: Hannich, Gustav Ludwig Hermann (Mr)
Date of Birth: 17.12.1898
Date of Death: 02.10.1942
Biography: Hannich was the Basel Mission's "Inspektor" for Germany from 1934 to 1939 and for China from 1936 to 1939.
Profession: pastor (Pfarrer)
Need more information?, Hartenstein, Karl (Mr)Name: Hartenstein, Karl (Mr)
Date of Birth: 25.01.1894
Date of Death: 01.10.1952
Biography: Director of the BM from 1926 to 1939. During this time he travelled to all mission areas of the BM. As a result of the Second World War he resigned and moved back to Germany in 1939 where he was head of the nascent Basel Mission German Branch (BMDZ).
Profession: pastor; director of the BM (Pfarrer; Direktor der BM)
Need more information?, Huppenbauer, Hans (Mr)Name: Huppenbauer, Hans (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1831
Date of Birth: 20.03.1888
Date of Death: 07.06.1976
Biography: Internment from 1916 -18. Assistant pastor in Freudenstadt from 1918 -19. Secretary in the Basel Mission house from 1920 - 26. Inspector for Germany from 1926-34. Editor of mission publications Committee Secretary 1938 - 60. Librarian till 1972.
Profession: student of theology (stud. theol.)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Huppenbauer, Karl (Mr), Tochter/Sohn von: Huppenbauer, David (Mr), verheiratet mit: Huppenbauer-Hoch,Elisabeth Maria (Mrs)
Geographic references: Mission area: Togo {mission area}
Need more information?, Kellerhals, Emanuel (Mr)Name: Kellerhals, Emanuel (Mr)
Biography: Basel Mission home board ("Committee") member 1932 - 1960. Finanzkommission bis 1960. Inspektor für Afrika 1932-1948; Redaktion des Missions-Magazins seit 1940
Profession: pastor (Pfarrer)
Need more information?, Köchlin, Alphons (Mr)Name: Köchlin, Alphons (Mr)
Date of Birth: 30.11.1884
Date of Death: 30.11.1964
Biography: Home board ("Committee") member 1923 - 1959, from 1927 vice-president, from 1936 president. .
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?, La Roche-Fröhlich, Fritz (Mr)Name: La Roche-Fröhlich, Fritz (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: LV 0275
Date of Birth: 08.02.1868
Date of Death: 31.07.1949
Biography: Missionssektretär ab 1916. Bibliothekar seit 1918. Komitee-Sekretär. Basel Mission home board ("Committee") member 1919 - 1937. Lehrer am Missionhaus 1916-1947
Profession: pastor (Pfarrer)
Need more information?, Nidecker, H. (Mr)Name: Nidecker, H. (Mr)
Biography: Basel Mission home board ("Committee") member 1921 - 1940.
Profession: pastor (Pfarrer)
Need more information?, Niffeler, Ernst (Mr)Name: Niffeler, Ernst (Mr)
Biography: Basel Mission home board ("Committee") member 1924 - 1941.
Need more information?, Schultze, Willi (Mr)Name: Schultze, Willi (Mr)
Biography: Member of the Comitee from 1926 to 1957.
Need more information?, Witschi, Hermann (Mr)Name: Witschi, Hermann (Mr)
Date of Birth: 09.12.1895
Date of Death: 10.05.1984
Biography: Basel Mission home board ("Committee") member. Basel Mission "Inspector" (Area Secretary) from 1926 - 1963, mostly responsible for Kalimantan.
Profession: pastor (Pfarrer)
Need more information?, Werner-Wachter, K. (Mr)Name: Werner-Wachter, K. (Mr)
Biography: Basel Mission home board ("Committee") member from 1928 - 1949.
Need more information?, Oehler-Riggenbach, Albrecht (Mr)Name: Oehler-Riggenbach, Albrecht (Mr)
Biography: Basel Mission home board ("Committee") member 1932 - 1960.
Profession: Dr. jur.
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Relationships
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 16.5cm x 22cm
[Condition]: good
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QS-30.014.0014
Citation:
Reference: BMA QS-30.014.0014
Title: "Komitee-Mitglieder. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 1936

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