Kasanga

Bismarckburg is a colonial name for the modern city Kasanga on Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, Africa, under 8 ° 28 ' S, 31 ° 9' O 8.466666666666731.15810. At 810 meters above sea level on the Adadoberg, not far from the port, ( German East Africa ) was there during the German colonial period, a research station of the ruins are available today. The station was founded in 1888 by the explorer Ludwig Wolf is repealed as Europeans station since 1894. The place was named after the founder of Empire Otto von Bismarck.

In the German colony of Togoland there were also a Bismarckburg. Nearby there is now Yégué (8 ° 11 ' N, 0 ° 39' O8.18333333333330.65 ) in the prefecture Sotouboua.

References

  • Heinrich Schnee, German colonial lexicon, Vol 1-3, Leipzig, 1920.
  • Meyer's Encyclopedic Lexicon.
  • The Great World Atlas, Cartographic Institute Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1963.
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