Rabaul district

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The Rabaul district was from 1909 to 1918 an administrative unit of the German colonial empire on the Bismarck archipelago with its seat on Rabaul .

District

With the decree of the governor of German New Guinea dated August 20, 1909, the seat of the Herbertshöhe district office was moved from Herbertshöhe to Rabaul. With the announcement of the governor on January 10, 1910, the higher court and the seat of the governor were also moved to Rabaul.

The Rabaul district consisted of the islands of the Neulauenburg group , the island of Neupommern , the French islands and the offshore islands. On February 14, 1913, the Witu Islands were separated from the Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen district and incorporated into the Rabaul district. By order of the governor on August 7, 1914, the district was divided into the Rabaul-Stadt district and the Neupommern district.

The seat of the district office was Rabaul on the Gazelle Peninsula . The Rabaul High Court , the court of second instance of the New Guinea Protected Area, was located in Rabaul . The Rabaul District Court of First Instance also had its seat there. These two courts were the only courts in the New Guinea protected area that were staffed with professional judges. The other district courts were provided with by the respective district officials, so that there was no separation of jurisdiction from administration . There was also a post office, a government school and a hospital in Rabaul.

Station managers in Rabaul were Vahlkamp from 1906 to 1908, Worbs in 1908, Merz in 1909 and Schober in 1910. From 1911 to 1914, Dr. Clever district officer.

Neupommern district

The Neupommern district office was downgraded to a station with its seat in Rabaul . District administrator was also Dr. Smart. Due to the war there was no appointment of a separate station chief.

Simsonhafen station / Rabaul-Stadt district

The Simsonhafen station established in 1906 was closed in 1909 and continued as the Rabaul-Stadt district. Station managers were Vahlkampf from 1906 to 1907 and Worbs in 1908.

Stations

The stations Manus, Käwieng, Namatanai, Kieta and Herbertsthöhe were subordinate to the Rabaul district. The Paparatawa station was established in 1902, but abandoned shortly afterwards.

Käwieng station

In 1900 the Käwieng station was set up on the island of Neumecklenburg . The district included Neumecklenburg-Nord, Neuhannover and the offshore islands. From April 1, 1910, the Käwieng station was converted into its own Käwieng district office. From 1909 to 1913 Franz Boluminski (1863–1913) was the station manager or district administrator . From 1913 to 1914, Dr. Alfred Stübel (1880–1915) as district administrator. As an assessor in the Imperial Government of New Guinea and as a provisional district judge in Herbertshöhe, Stübel had previously worked in the German colony of that time. After his return to Germany in 1914, the doctor of law and former lieutenant in the reserve in the Royal Saxon (body) grenadier regiment No. 100 took part in the First World War and fell as a captain.

Namatanai Station

The Namatanai station was built in 1904 on the north coast of central New Mecklenburg. The district included the island of Neumecklenburg east of the 152nd eastern longitude, the offshore islands as well as Gerrit Denys , St. Francisco, St. Josef, St. Bruno, St. Antonio, the Kaan and St. John islands. From 1904 to 1912, station managers were Wilhelm Wostrack, Steffen in 1913 and Otto Brückner in 1914 .

Kieta station

The Kieta station, based on the island of Bougainville, was responsible for the German Solomon Islands and was set up in 1905. With the announcement of the governor of June 20, 1911, the islands of Nissan , Carteret , Mortlock and Tasman were separated from the Rabaul administrative district and incorporated into the Kieta station from July 1, 1911 . Doellinger was the station manager the whole time. In 1914 there were 74 white people in the station district.

Herbertshöhe station

In 1886 the Matupi station was built as the main station of the New Guinea Company for the Bismarck Archipelago. The station was in Neupommern in the Blanche-Bai. The station director was J. Weißer. In 1887 the station was moved to Kerawara. August Rocholl was station director there in 1887 and Joachim Graf von Pfeil from 1888 to 1889 . From 1889 to 1890 Georg Schmiele was the imperial chancellor and representative of the commissioner at the head of the administration. In 1890 the station was moved to Herbertshöhe. Station managers were Richard Parkinson from 1890 to 1892 , August Rocholl from 1892 to 1893, Paul Kolbe from 1893 to 1894, Wasa Mende in 1894, W. von Hanneken from 1894 to 1895 and Wasa Mende again in 1895.

In 1895 the imperial district court Herbertshöhe and the higher court Herbertshöhe were established and the station was the seat of the district Herbertshöhe . The imperial judge from 1896 to 1898 was Dr. jur. Albert Hahl and from 1898 to 1900 Dr. Heinrich Snow . Kaiser Wilhelm Stuckhardt was from 1900 to 1902 and from 1903 to 1905 Dr. Kornmajer, from 1906 to 1908 Full and 1909 Dr. Smart.

In 1909 the district office was moved to Rabaul and a police station remained in Herbertshöhe. This was re-established in 1913 as a government station. Station manager was Adelmann from 1913 to 1914.

literature

  • Walther Hubatsch (ed.): Outline of German administrative history: 1815–1945 , vol. 22. Federal and Reich authorities, 1983, ISBN 3-87969-156-8 , pp. 520–530

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official Journal 1909, p. 118
  2. ^ Official Journal for the New Guinea Protected Area, 1913, p. 23
  3. ^ Official Journal for the New Guinea Protected Area, 1914, p. 288
  4. ^ Official Journal for the New Guinea Protected Area 1910, p. 3
  5. ^ Colonial trade address book 1914 (18th year) . Edited by Joh. Tesch, Kaiserl. Hofrat in the Reich Colonial Office, Verlag Wilhelm Süssrott, Berlin, p. 18; Digital copy of the Frankfurt a. M. - Colonial Library
  6. ^ Archival records in the Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage : VI. HA, NI Becker, CH, No. 4395
  7. ^ Monument project name plaque for Georg Alfred Stübel at the Johannisfriedhof in Dresden-Tolkewitz
  8. ↑ DKB 1904, p. 657
  9. ^ Outline of German administrative history 1815-1945 , Vol. 22: Federal and Reich authorities, The Protected Areas of the German Empire , p. 527.
  10. ^ Official Journal for the New Guinea Protected Area 1911, p. 138