Ossidings

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Coordinates: 5 ° 53 '  N , 9 ° 8'  E

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Ossidinge was the government station and seat of the administrative district of the same name in the German colony of Cameroon .

location

The (original) station Ossidinge (I) was about 200 m from the Cross River on a low ridge of the terraced bank area between the Ekoi villages of Agborkum and Oban.

history

In the course of the licensing of the Northwest Cameroon Society (GNK) and the transfer of large areas in western Cameroon to the same by the colonial administration, the station manager of the government station in Rio del Rey , Lieutenant von Queis , was commissioned to establish an advanced station in the area of ​​the Cross River . Queis was killed in battles with the Ekoi . The government arranged a punitive expedition under the direction of Captain von Besser, who began building a station in Nssakpe in July 1900 , which was moved to Ossidinge on July 17, 1901 by Hans Glauning . On November 15, 1902, it was transferred to civil administration, with Kurt Graf Pückler-Limpurg taking over the management .

In January 1904, after riots by European and black merchants, serious unrest broke out among the Anyang located north of the station, in the course of which Count Pückler was killed and the Ossidinge station was completely destroyed ( Anyang uprising ). The uprising was put down with a massive military presence, and the station was then rebuilt. In 1908, however, it consisted only of temporary barracks and huts.

Since 1904, for hygienic and strategic reasons, there were considerations to relocate the station. In 1909 it was advanced to Mamfé , 30 km upstream , to which the name Ossidinge (II) was transferred. On April 1, 1909, the previous government station was raised to the district office. The last district leader was the former Schutztruppe officer Adolf Schipper , who was killed in combat near Banyo in 1915 . Today Ossidinge (II) bears the name Mamfé.

literature

  • Florian Hoffmann: Occupation and military administration in Cameroon. Establishment and institutionalization of the colonial monopoly of violence 1891–1914. 2 volumes. Cuvillier, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-86727-472-2 (vol. 1), ISBN 978-3-86727-473-9 (vol. 2), (also: Münster (Westphalia), Univ., Diss. , 2006).