Theodor Bumiller

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Theodor Bumiller
Renowned Bumiller as a guard officer

Theodor Bumiller (born June 22, 1864 in Landstuhl ; † November 26, 1912 in San Stephano near Constantinople ) was a German explorer and companion of the African explorer Hermann von Wissmann .

family

Theodor Bumiller came from a Catholic family and was born on June 22, 1864 as the son of the merchant Johannes Theodor Bumiller and Cecilie Hortensie, née. Raquet was born in Landstuhl in the Palatinate . He was married to the daughter of the machine manufacturer Heinrich Lanz .

Life

Bumiller studied at the University of Heidelberg , in Göttingen and in Berlin . In Heidelberg he had been a member of the Corps Suevia since 1883 and was considered to be "the greatest fencer for generations who has ever stood on Hirschgasse in Heidelberg ". During his time in Göttingen in 1884 he also became a member of the Corps Hannovera .

Bumiller was also known as an alpinist: on September 1, 1887, he climbed the north face central pillar of Piz Palü in the Bernina group in Graubünden, which was extremely difficult for mountaineering at the time . The guide has difficulties in the rock up to the upper fifth degree of difficulty (V + according to UIAA scale ), on the exit the 75 ° steep ice nose of a hanging glacier has to be overcome. On his first ascent, he was accompanied by the Pontresin mountain guides Martin Schocher, Johann Gross and Christian Schnitzler. The pillar is known today as the Bumiller pillar . In alpine literature, Theodor Bumiller is almost always listed by the incorrect first name Hans .

Bumiller, intent on his reputation , wanted to do his military service “with the best regiment”. The regiment of the Gardes du Corps was recommended to him. When asked for references by the commanding officer, Bumiller sent the collection of all detention orders and fortress detention convictions . These were read out by the youngest lieutenant in the officers' mess and met with broad approval. As a thank you, Bumiller drank all those present "under the table". Bumiller was the regiment's first civil reserve officer candidate. The three emperor year 1888 fell into his service. He completed his studies at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Berlin with the state examination and the doctorate to Dr. phil. (1889).

He then joined the Imperial Protection Force for German East Africa in 1889 as first lieutenant and adjutant to Major Hermann von Wissmann and became known for his participation in the Kilimanjaro expedition for the first ascent of the mountain and in the uprising of the East African coastal population under Buschiri bin Salim . In 1893 he took part in the expedition to transfer the steamship " Hermann von Wissmann " of the German Anti-Slavery Committee to Lake Nyassa , which was supposed to fight the slave trade on the lake. Further expeditions followed with v. Wissmann to Siberia and China .

With the appointment of v. Wissmanns as governor of the German colony German East Africa , he moved from the protection force as a government councilor to the imperial colonial service in the governorate of the colony in Dar es Salaam . In 1896 he was assigned to the colonial department of the Foreign Office , where he worked from 1898 first as legation councilor , from 1902 as consul in Cairo and later as colonial adviser to the German ambassador in Paris . The famous alpinist Bumiller died during the First Balkan War (1912) as a reporter of the consequences of rampant cholera .

His impressive demeanor earned him the nickname “Palatinate Lohengrin ” throughout his life, his life path was characterized by varied activities, combined with extended stays abroad. He had been married to Emilie Charlotte Lanz, daughter of the manufacturer Heinrich Lanz from Mannheim , since 1895 . In 1920 his widow donated his extensive and important ethnographic collection of East African art to the Zeughaus Museum in Mannheim. After his death, his house in Mannheim city center (D 7, 5) housed social institutions and remained closely associated with his name as the so-called "Bumillerhaus".

Honors

literature

  • Armin Danco: The Yellow Book of the Corps Suevia in Heidelberg. 3rd edition (members 1810–1985), Heidelberg 1985, No. 718.
  • Maria Keipert: Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 1: Johannes Hürter : A – F. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2000, ISBN 3-506-71840-1 , p. 345.
  • Heinrich Ferdinand Curschmann : Blue Book of the Corps Hannovera to Göttingen. Volume 1: 1809-1899. Göttingen 2002, p. 239, no.768.
  • C. Velten: Descriptions of the Swahili of expeditions v. Wissmanns, Dr. Bumillers, Count Goetzens, and others. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1901.
  • Dietrich Bahls: cheek wins! The corps student Theodor Bumiller. In: then and now . Volume 49 (2004), pp. 245-249.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 67 , 715: 42 , 746
  2. ↑ Cf. Marion Jourdan, Ralf Rehberger: Theodor Bumiller - The Mannheimer first ascent of the Piz Palü north face. (pdf) In: 1888 - 2013 Festschrift for the 125th anniversary. German Alpine Association Section Mannheim eV, May 2013, p. 15 , accessed on August 27, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Bumiller, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German explorer and companion of the Africa explorer Hermann von Wissmann
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Landstuhl
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1912
Place of death San Stephano near Constantinople