Tobias Fennel
Formerly Rhenish Mission Church in Keetmanshoop, today the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Keetmanshoop
Tobias Fenchel (born May 30, 1849 in Gambach , † December 8, 1910 in Keetmanshoop ) was a German missionary of the Rhenish Mission Society in South West Africa .
Tobias Fennel first traveled to South West Africa in 1876, when the country was not yet subject to any state authority. He was the first missionary of the Nama . In 1877 he married Anna, nee Bröder. During his activity, the area became the property of Adolf Lüderitz in 1883 and became German state property in 1884. Today the country belongs to the Republic of Namibia .
The church of the Rhenish Mission , which Tobias Fenchel and his congregation built from natural stone in Keetmanshoop, is today a national monument in Namibia .
literature
- Werner Wagner: The work of the Gambach missionary Tobias Fenchel in South West Africa . Butzbacher Geschichtsblätter, Vol. 97 (1994), pp. 2-4.
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| SURNAME | Fennel, Tobias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German missionary in South West Africa |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gambach , Wetterau |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1910 |
| Place of death | Keetmanshoop |