"Die Kirche in Rutenganyo.Geschw. Häfner. Br. Stolz." ("The church in Rutenganio. Br[ethren] Häfner. Br[other] Stolz."). Frontal view of a church surrounded by trees. The Häfners are standing in front of it. Missionary Stolz facing sidewards is standing farther back to the right. In the foreground on the left, a palm tree. Imprinted on the image: "1623.". Cf. photo no. 6850. -- Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917) was a mission trader of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Ipanya from 1898 to 1902 and in Kyimbila from 1903 to 1914. He was responsible for the plantations in Kyimbila and Rutenganio. In 1898 he married Helene Elisabeth, née Kootz (1872-1899), in 1903 Anna, née Schulze. -- Johannes Häfner (1869 in Suriname -- 1929 in Switzerland) was a shoemaker and later a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine from 1891 till 1909. He served in Rungwe in 1891 and 1903, set up a new mission station in Isoko in 1900, served in Rutenganio in 1904, in Kyimbila in 1905 and 1908, and in Ipiana in 1907/08. He left for Europe in 1909 together with his second wife due to health problems. In 1895 he married Christiane (1872-1897), née Jepsen, and six years later Marie Wagner (1867-unknown), née Schmidt.
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2 copies, negative no. 6850 photographic prints, 14.5 x 9.6 cm. photographs
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