Eduard Halbich

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former Wagenbau Eduard Hälbich, Otjimbingwe 2012
Ox wagon of the wagon builder Eduard Hälbich in the Swakopmund Museum
former trading house Eduard Hälbich d. J., Karibib 2014
Eduard Hälbich grave site, Otjimbingwe 2014

Johann Karl Eduard Hälbich (born March 19, 1836 in Groß Reichen in the Lüben district , Silesia ; † December 21, 1888 in Otjimbingwe ) was a businessman and entrepreneur in German South West Africa , now Namibia .

Life

On January 9, 1863, the blacksmith, gunsmith and craftsman Eduard Hälbich came to South West Africa via Walvis Bay together with Carl Hugo Hahn , a missionary from the Rhenish Mission Society .

In 1864 Hälbich settled in Otjimbingwe where he worked for many years as a mission colonist and merchant. He worked as an architect and builder for the Rhenish Mission Church in Otjimbingwe , which was inaugurated by Hugo Hahn in 1867. He also built a car factory (the wind engine was only built in 1897) and in 1872 the so-called powder tower . Today they are national monuments of Namibia. In 1876 a representative of the Cape Government appointed him justice of the peace.

One of his sons, who was also called Eduard, bought a waterhole called Otjandjomboimwe and around 20,000 hectares of land from the Herero under their captain Zacharias Zeraua in 1894/95 . Within just a few years, a settlement was built that was named Karibib when it was connected to the newly built railway network on June 1, 1900 . Around 1897 Eduard Hälbich the Younger also opened a shop here in the Hälbich House , and in 1903 founded the Okomitundu farm for cattle breeding. In 1909 Eduard Hälbich the Elder was born. J. Mayor of Karibib.

family

Eduard Hälbich married Friederike Amalie Barthel (1834–1911) on January 3, 1864 (according to another source on March 1, 1864). There were 6 children from this marriage: Christoph, Clara (later married von Goldammer), Eduard d. J., Wilhelm, August and Johannes Hälbich.

See also

  • Otjimbingwe with views of the church and the powder tower

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Klaus Dierks: Biography Hälbich. Retrieved January 21, 2014 .
  2. ^ Heinrich Vedder: The old South West Africa - South West Africa's history up to the death of Maharero in 1890, Martin Warneck Verlag, Berlin 1934, page 498
  3. ↑ Klaus Dierks: Photos of Central Namibia. Retrieved April 7, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung: The Hälbich family is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the country in Namibia
  5. ↑ Okomitundu Farm. Allgemeine Zeitung Windhoek, August 20, 2002, accessed April 7, 2013 .
  6. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung: The Hälbich family is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the country in Namibia
  7. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung: The Hälbich family is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the country in Namibia
personal data
SURNAME Halbich, Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hälbich, Johann Karl Eduard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Big rich
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1888
Place of death Otjimbingwe