Clemens Denhardt
Clemens Andreas Denhardt ( born August 3, 1852 in Zeitz, † June 7, 1929 in Bad Sulza ) was a German explorer of Africa at the time of the race for Africa.
Life
With his brother Gustav Denhardt (* June 16, 1856; † July 17, 1917 ) and the doctor and African explorer Gustav Adolf Fischer he undertook in 1878 a tour of the Tana River region in East Africa with the intention to open up for the German trade.
Six years later, she began a second expedition from the island of Lamu to witu ( March 1885 ), where the Sultan of Swahili to establish a friendship and protection treaty with Germany asked, based on the proposals that he made already 18 years ago, when he asked the African traveler Richard burner to provide a protection treaty with Prussia.
A part of the territories that were acquired by Clemens Denhardt, he appropriated the German Colonial Society, also known as German Witugesellschaft. 1890 Germany made a trade with Britain. The British transferred all rights in this area and in return Germany got the Island of Heligoland and the Caprivi Strip. As compensation the German government paid the brothers a compensation of 150,000 gold marks.
Works
An important work of Clemens Denhardt in 1883 under the title Guide to Working at geographical explorations, in the Communications of the Association for Geography in Leipzig, published
Reception
During the Third Reich Denhardt activity has been exploited for the purposes of the National Socialist regime. On his 10th death anniversary was inaugurated in 1939 in Bad Sulza by the Reichskolonialbund, by representatives of Wehrmacht and SS to his former home a commemorative plaque. The city named a street after him. Held at his grave local NSDAP and Hitler Youth leader guard of honor. The same has been completed on the 15th anniversary of his death in 1944.
In 2002, the city unveiled for its honorary citizen a new memorial stone in the presence of members of the traditional association of former protection and overseas troops, who had come with Peter flag.