Claus Burfeindt

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View from the Horn (with a cemented iron bar in the foreground) to the Königstein (1966)

Claus Burfeindt (* 1891 in the German Empire , † after 1970) was a German soldier ( NCO ) in the protection force for German South West Africa . He measured parts of the German colony . Burfeindt is considered to be the first to create a detailed map of the Brandberg massif in what is now Namibia .

Burfeindt grew up in the heather . He works as a servant in rural areas. On October 15, 1909, Burfeindt became a member of Field Artillery Regiment No. 60 in Schwerin . As a member of the 3rd Transport Company, he boarded the Prinzregent on August 30, 1911 for a crossing to German South West Africa. Burfeindt set foot on African soil in Swakopmund on November 24, 1911 .

Burfeindt, together with Hans Carstensen and some changing local companions, climbed the Brandberg massif from February 6, 1914 over the Numas Gorge , which housed a natural source of water supply. The 120 kilogram theodolite was brought to the Claus Burfeindt Horn or Burfeindthorn on another tour on August 3, 1914 . A cemented iron rod for measuring was evidence of Burfeindt's measurements at least in 1966.

That Burfeindt and Carstensen had not reached the highest peak with the Horn, the Königstein , only became apparent in the 1950s.

Works and evidence

  • The way to the Brandberg. Bookstore St. Peter in Komm., 1970. ( PDF )

literature

  • Jana Moser: Studies on the history of cartography in Namibia The development of mapping and surveying from its beginnings to independence in 1990. Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden 2007, dissertation. ( PDF )
  • Christiane Witte: Claus Burfeindt - namesake of the “Burfeindt Horn” in Namibia. In: Bulletin of the Society for Tönninger City History , No. 25, 2006, p. 25.
  • David Coulson: Mountain Odyssey in Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, 1983.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 50 years ago, 1970-08-05. Allgemeine Zeitung, August 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Ferdinand Lempp: Exploration work by the surveying team in Hochbrandberg 1914 . In: Journal of the SWA Scientific Society . tape 1959/60 , 1960, pp. 39-41 .
  3. ^ Article in the Allgemeine Zeitung, February 1955.
personal data
SURNAME Burfeindt, Claus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cartographer and soldier (NCO) of the protection force for German South West Africa
DATE OF BIRTH 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH German Empire
DATE OF DEATH after 1970