Richard Kund

Richard Kund (born June 19, 1852 in Zielenzig , Neumark; † July 31, 1904 in Sellin , Rügen) was a German officer and explorer.

Life

Kund took part as a lieutenant on behalf of the "African Society" in Hans Tappenbeck's research trip in the southern Congo region . In 1887 he was involved in the South Cameroon research expedition sent by the Federal Foreign Office and in 1888, together with Tappenbeck, founded the scientific research station Yaoundé (today Yaoundé , the capital of the Republic of Cameroon ). In addition to exploring the hinterland of the German colony of Cameroon, the aim of the expedition was to break through the monopoly of the domestic transfer trade system in order to enable European merchants to have direct access to producers and consumers in the inland .

Kund left Cameroon in 1889 for health reasons, was relieved of his command at the Foreign Office in March 1890 and transferred to the General Staff . After Tappenbeck's death, he was once again briefly commanded to Africa as head of the so-called " Batanga Expedition ". However, he could no longer make the trip himself, but had to return to Europe due to illness and was replaced by Kurt von Morgen . In 1891 he took his leave. In 1899 he was promoted to major.

Kund was the recipient of the silver Karl-Ritter-Medal of the Society for Geography in Berlin (1890).

Richard Kund was the uncle of Herbert Kund , who was in Cameroon from 1904 to 1907.

Individual evidence

^ Florian Hoffmann: Occupation and military administration in Cameroon . Part II - The imperial protection force and their officer corps, Göttingen: Cuvillier, 2007, p. 123f. ISBN 978-3-86727-473-9 .

literature

Günther Jantzen: Kund, Richard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 288 f. ( Digitized version ).
Heinrich Schnee (Ed.): German Colonial Lexicon , Leipzig 1920, Volume II, p. 392 ( entry Kund online )

Web links

Literature about Richard Kund in the Landesbibliographie MV

personal data
SURNAME	Kund, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer and explorer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zielenzig , Neumark
DATE OF DEATH	July 31, 1904
Place of death	Sellin , Ruegen

[1] Florian Hoffmann: Occupation and military administration in Cameroon . Part II - The imperial protection force and their officer corps, Göttingen: Cuvillier, 2007, p. 123f. ISBN 978-3-86727-473-9 .