Hans Gruner

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Hans Gruner

Hans Gruner (born March 10, 1865 in Wahrenbrück , † August 6, 1943 in Jena ) was a German Africa explorer and colonial official in Togo .

life and work

Gruner studied general natural sciences in Jena and Freiburg im Breisgau and from 1887 to 1891 he worked in chemistry , mineralogy and geology in particular and worked at the observatories in Leipzig and Jena . He completed his studies as Dr. phil. from.

In 1892 Gruner was commissioned by the German government to convert the Misahöhe military post in the German colony of Togo into a scientific station. When the English and French tried in 1893 and 1894 in the race for Africa to subjugate the countries west of the Niger to their colonial rule, Gruner, together with the doctor Richard Döring (* 1868) and Lieutenant Carnap-Quernheimb , undertook a major expedition from Togo on the orders of the government after Sokoto . He set out from Misahöhe on November 6, 1894 and reached Kankantschali at the end of January 1895 , where he concluded an alliance with the Prince of Gurma . The travelers then arrived in Say on February 19 and made a detour to Gando in Sokoto in March and returned to Togo through Borgu .

After a short stay in Germany, Gruner worked in Sansanné-Mango between 1892 and 1899 and then in Misahöhe until 1914 as a station manager and district administrator . Together with his wife Luise he was interned in Dahomey after the war began .

Hans Gruner died on August 6, 1943 in Jena.

literature

  • Hans Gruner, Peter Sebald (Ed.): Advance to Niger. The memoirs of the leader of the Togo hinterland expedition 1894/95. Edition Ost, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3929161079 .

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personal data
SURNAME Gruner, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German African explorer and colonial officer in Togo
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Jena
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1943
Place of death Jena