"Partie vom Kibila-Fluss, 2 Stunden von Rutenganyo entfernt. Br. Holland [=Hollan] u. Br. Kretschmer" ("Part of Kiwira River, 2 hours away from Rutenganio. Br[other] Hollan[ ] a[nd] Br[other] Kretschmer"). View of a river with rocky banks. The missionaries are standing on a rock on the left. A mountain in the background. Imprinted on the image: "1883.". The name of the river was spelled "Kibila", "Kibira" and "Kiwira". Today the name of the stream is Kiwira. It is situated in Tanzania near the southern border to Malawi. -- Johannes Kretschmer (1867-unknown) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served in Rungwe from November 1892 to 1894, in Rutenganio from 1894 to 1902 and from 1904 to May 1916. In 1894 he married Anna, née Wicke. -- Paul Oswald Hollan (1877-unknown) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served as a joiner from 1903 to 1916 in Rungwe until his internment in 1916. He returned to Germany in 1919. In 1909 he had married Augusta Gertrud(e), née Zöllner (1883-unknown).
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