Wolfgang Schwartz
Wolfgang Nikolaus Alexis Schwartz (* around 1871 in Riga ; † October 14, 1914 in Königsberg (Prussia) ) was a German officer and resident in Adamaua .
Life
Born in Russia, Schwartz was an officer in the Prussian Railway Regiment No. 1 and was initially temporarily assigned to serve at the Foreign Office and the Reich Colonial Office. In 1901 he took part in the border regulation in the Kivu area in German East Africa , and in 1906 as second commissioner on the South Cameroon border expedition. In 1908 he left the Prussian army and joined the Imperial Protection Force for Cameroon , where he was employed as head of the Adamaua residence. In 1910 he was promoted to captain. In 1912 he undertook an expedition to subjugate the Kirdi societies in the hinterland of Meiha, Paka, Gela and Mubi (so-called Mubi expedition ). In 1913, Schwartz was in discussion as the head of a planned “Oberresidentur”, consisting of the residences Adamaua , German Tschadseeländer and Ngaundere . Corresponding plans were no longer realized before the First World War . In August 1914 he resigned from the Schutztruppe and was employed in a mobile formation with the army , most recently with Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 3. On August 20, 1914 he was wounded in Tautschillen and later died in Königsberg.
Fonts
- The Mubi expedition . In: Deutsches Kolonialblatt 23 (1912), pp. 489–493
literature
- Florian Hoffmann: Occupation and military administration in Cameroon. Establishment and institutionalization of the colonial monopoly of violence 1891–1914 , Göttingen 2007
supporting documents
- ^ Standesamt Berlin I, II: death register . No. 261/1914.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwartz, Wolfgang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwartz, Wolfgang Nikolaus Alexis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer and resident in Adamaua |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1914 |
| Place of death | Königsberg (Prussia) |