cover image: People who are passing the baptismal-education. Brother Löbner (l), Brother Seibt, Urambo, Tanzania

20.500.12592/9q75bw

People who are passing the baptismal-education. Brother Löbner (l), Brother Seibt, Urambo, Tanzania

“Urambo. Leute, die im Taufunterricht stehen. Bruder Löbner (l), Bruder Seibt“ („Urambo. People who are standing in the baptismal-education. Brother Löbner (l), Brother Seibt”). 17 persons in 3 rows (persons sitting in the first row): 2 Europeans (in the middle row) and 15 African men (mostly young men white fezes, white t-shirts, draperies). Mads Hansen Löbner, born on September 26th, 1868 in Stenderup (Denmark), was a pastor. On April 2nd, 1902 he married Ane Marie Pedersen in Kopenhagen. From 1906-1914 he worked as a missionary in Unyamwezi, from 1906-08 he was stationed in Urambo. In 1908 he was substitute head of the synod. In 1910 he was head in Sikonge and became head of the synod of the Unyamwezi mission in the same year. From 1912 onwards he was in Tabora. In 1914 he was on vacation in Europe. He died in 1922 in Götterup (Denmark).--August Seibt (1875-1943) was a teacher and a missionary of the Moravian Church. He served in Unyamwezi (1904-1916) and Usoke (1930-1937). In 1905 he married Frieda Scholz. They returned to Germany in 1937.
christians clergy group portraits
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15745
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
9.1 x 13.7 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Tanzania Unknown
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m15745 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-1-01235
Rights
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany http://www.archiv.ebu.de unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/e659aa03da22b1858409e6337ba472af

Related Topics

All