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Maria Hartmann
Maria (sometimes Marie) Lobach Hartmann (11 December 1798 – 30 December 1853) was a German-born Moravian missionary in Suriname. Maria Lobach ( Sorbian: ''Marija Lobakojc'') was born to a Sorbian family in Turnow, Lower Lusatia. She married the missionary Johann Gottlieb Hartmann, and travelled with him to Suriname in 1826; the couple lived and worked in Paramaribo and Charlottenburg, Wanhatti. They had five children, including Maria Heyde; another of their children followed in his parents' footsteps, continuing to work in Suriname. One of their sons went to South Africa to work with the slaves there. Johann died in 1844, but Maria continued her service, working with the black population of Berg en Dal and Bambey, and traveling into the bush country to teach the freed blacks. 1851 was the darkest year, everybody, except for Hartmann, died of yellow fever, and Hartmann left Bambey, and moved to the forest. Among her activities was teaching younger missionaries. She suffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turnow-Preilack
Turnow-Preilack (Lower Sorbian language, Lower Sorbian: Turnow-Pśiłuk) is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany. History The municipality of Turnow-Preilack was formed on 31 December 2001 by merging the municipalities of Turnow and Preilack. From 1815 to 1947, Turnow and Preilack were part of the Prussia, Prussian Province of Brandenburg. After World War II, Turnow and Preilack were incorporated into the State of Brandenburg from 1947 to 1952 and the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, they have been part of Brandenburg, since 2001 united as the municipality of Turnow-Preilack. Demography References Populated places in Spree-Neiße {{Brandenburg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |