Wolö-Ntem

Wolö-Ntem was an administrative district of the German colony of Cameroon . Its territory is now in Gabon in the area of ​​the Woleu-Ntem province of the same name .

Location, borders, population

The military district belonging to New Cameroon was ceded by French Equatorial Africa as part of the Morocco-Congo Agreement . It bordered the Spanish and German Muni area to the west, the old districts of Kribi and Ebolowa to the north, and the new border against French territory to the south. The eastern border formed a straight line that ran approximately from the source of the Iwindo to the south. The population consisted mainly of fishing groups.

Taking possession and administration

The district was taken over in September and October 1912 by the 10th company of the protection force from Yaounde under the direction of Captain Haedicke. The French occupation vacated the Bitam, Mimwul and Nzork posts on September 30, and the Ojem military station on October 3, which became the new headquarters of the 10th Company. By government decree of February 1, 1913, the 10th Company was given administrative powers for the district. From February 1, 1913, there was a temporary auxiliary post in Nzork, which was evacuated when its location on Spanish territory was unequivocally established. Despite several military expeditions, German rule was not enforced throughout the district. During the First World War , the area was reoccupied by French troops and, with all of New Cameroon, ceded to France again in the Treaty of Versailles .

literature

• Florian Hoffmann: Occupation and military administration in Cameroon. Establishment and institutionalization of the colonial monopoly of violence , Part 1, Göttingen 2007, pp. 337–338