Valentin von Massow (colonial officer)
Valentin Albrecht Ludwig August Hubertus von Massow (born November 3, 1864 in Steinhöfel , † July 23, 1899 in Kirikiri) was a German officer and colonial official.
Life
Valentin was a son of the Prussian lieutenant colonel Valentin von Massow (1825–1868) and his wife Adelheid, née von der Asseburg (1844–1912).
After visiting the monastery Roßleben studied Massow at the University of Bonn Law and 1885 was a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn . As a lieutenant in the Cuirassiers "of Driesen" (Westphalian) no. 4 à la suite found he was in May 1896 commander of the police force in Togo and later station chief in Bassari . In the years 1896 and 1897 he undertook several expeditions into the hinterland of Togo, which led to fighting against the Dagomba and Konkomba. After he had taken over the leadership of the German commission of the Franco-German border demarcation work, he died on July 23, 1899 of black water fever in Kirikiri. His body was transferred to Germany and buried in Steinhöfel.
The Massow estate is in the state archive of Saxony-Anhalt , branch in Wernigerode as part of the Falkenstein-Meisdorf estate archive (Rep. H).
literature
- Peter Sebald : Togo 1884–1914. Berlin 1988. ISBN 3-05-000248-4 .
- Bettina Zurstrassen: “Creating a piece of German soil”. Colonial officials 1884–1914. Frankfurt am Main 2008.
- Friedrich Karl Devens: Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1827-1902. Düsseldorf, 1902, p. 214.
- Gustav Gotthilf Winkel : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1821–1928. Aschaffenburg 1928, p. 208.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 597
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Massow, Valentin von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Massow, Valentin Albrecht Ludwig August Hubertus von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, commander of the police force in Togo |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Steinhöfel |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1899 |
| Place of death | Kirikiri, Togo |