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Emilie Christaller
Christiane Emilie Christaller, née Ziegler, (1829 – 13 August 1866) was a Germanic peoples, German Teacher, educator and Christian mission, missionary in Akropong in colonial Ghana. She was the first wife of Johann Gottlieb Christaller (1827–1895), a German missionary, Linguistics, linguist and philologist of the Basel Mission, notable for his leading role in the translation of the entire Bible, Holy Bible into the Twi, Twi language. Early life and education Christiane Emilie Ziegler was born in 1829 in the town of Waiblingen near Stuttgart in the southwest German state of Baden-Württemberg. Her parents were Christian Ludwig Ziegler and Rosine Kübler, who were described as non-church-going Christians who always prayed at the table. Emilie Ziegler had seven siblings including Pauline (Frau Haefner), Marie (Frau Pfleiderer) and Bertha Ziegler who eventually married J.G. Christaller in 1872 after her sister's death in 1866. Emilie Ziegler's parents permitted her to go to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waiblingen
Waiblingen (; Swabian: ''Woeblinge'') is a town in the southwest of Germany, located in the center of the densely populated Stuttgart region, directly neighboring Stuttgart. It is the capital and largest city of the Rems-Murr district. , Waiblingen had 55,449 inhabitants (27,334 men and 28,115 women). , the area of the town (including all external properties, such as forests) was . History Waiblingen was first mentioned in Carolingian documents in 885 at the time of Charles the Fat. It received its town charter in 1250. Waiblingen was the property of the Salian kings, from whom the Hohenstaufen dukes and kings inherited it. It is intimately tied to the conflict between Guelphs and Ghibellines in the 12th and 13th century. During the Siege of Weinsberg in 1140, the Hohenstaufens of Swabia (led by Conrad III of Germany) used "Wibellingen" - a version of the town name - as their rallying cry; "Wibellingen" subsequently became Ghibellino in Italian. The town was almost completel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
