Johann Jakob Irle

Johann Jakob Irle (born January 28, 1843 in Hatzfeld , Hesse , † September 7, 1924 in Witten ) was a missionary of the Rhenish Mission Society in German South West Africa , today's Namibia.

Life

Irle grew up in Elberfeld-Barmen and initially worked as a carpenter . In 1863 he entered the Barmer Mission School and received his ordination on August 12, 1868. Then Irle went to what would later become German South West Africa . In 1870 he worked in Otjikango, in 1871 in Okahandja . In 1872 Irle built the Otjosazu station (today: Otjisazu) and worked here until 1903.

Johann Jakob Irle, like many other missionaries, campaigned for the rights and preservation of the Herero people .

family

Johann Jakob Irle married Emilie Schweißfurt (1839–1888) on January 21, 1872 in Otjimbingwe , from this marriage there were eight children, two of whom died in childhood:

• Emilie (* 1872)
• Maria (* 1875)
• Jakob (* 1878), also a missionary
• Otto (* 1879)
• Luise (* 1880)
• Bertha (1881–1918), married the missionary Eduard Müller in 1907

On July 7, 1890, Irle married Sophie Hedwig von Rohden in Barmen , the daughter of the mission inspector Ludwig von Rohden . From this marriage there were three children.

Works

• What should become of the Herero? Gütersloh 1905
• The Herero. A contribution to regional, folk and mission studies . Verlag C. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1906 (various reprints available)
• German-Herero dictionary . Published by Hamburg Friederichsen, Hamburg 1917
• The religion of the Herero . (Co-author: Johannes von Moltke), Verlag Friedr. Vieweg & Son, Braunschweig 1921

Web links

• Namibiana book depot: Johann Jakob Irle

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stefan Gilsbach: Missionaries from the Bergisches Land ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)