Herbertshöhe (Kokopo)
The seat of Government Deutsch-Neuguinea
Kaiser Wilhelm Land: approximately 180,000 square kilometres about 100,000 inhabitants . Friedrich Wilhelm port (location ofProvincial Governor ) Constantine Harbor, Stephansort , Erima , Maraga , Jomba . the Sovereignty over German New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago and the northern Solomon islands was exercised in 1899 by the New Guinea Company. Bismarck Archipelago : about 52,000 square kilometre about 200,000 Residents . Main islands are separated by the St. George Channel Islands New Pomerania, to Gazelle Peninsula and New Mecklenburg .In the north- west are the Admiralty Islands. In St. George Channel Islands New Lauenburg, on north-western end of the island of New Mecklenburg New Hanover . stations : Mioko , Matupi , etc. Ralum main station : Herbert height ( seat of government ).Northern Solomon Islands: 21,000 sq km , about 100,000 Residents . Larger islands German-owned : Bougainville , Choiseul and Ysabel . Marshall Islands: about 400 sq km spread over 350 islands , about 15,000 residents , 83 Europeans , including 43 German . Imperial administration , the seat of the Imperial Governor of Jaluit is ( District office on Nauru )
Source: German colonial -Gesellschaft
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Map of the North Coast of New Britain and Duke of York Islands [ cartographic material] after the recordings SMS Gazelle & The sketch maps of the Captains H. Bruck , E. Blohm & Hernsheim / sgd v. L. Friederichsen .Scale : Scale 1:260,000 .
German New Guinea Bismarck Archipelago: Deutsche Reichspost Herbertshöhe
(German Post Office Kokopo)
Rear of the Post Office in Herbertshöhe. (Kokopo)
The German colony was mostly dominated by the Deutsch-Neuguinea Unternehmen (German New Guinea Company) between, 1844 to 1899 the colony was administered by the company. The plantation being in the early stages had the owners mining for copper and whilst planting coconuts, Most of the plantations were located on the coastal region, leaving the inland to the missionaries and military explorers.
Landing wharf at Herbertshöhe backgrounds is the volcanoes, Neu- Pomerania.
Kaiserliches Gouvernement Gebäude Herbertshöhe
German Government building Kokopo
German New Guinea (Deutsch Neu-Guinea) was a German colonial protectorate from 1894-1914. The Capital was Herbertshöhe (Kokopo), and the foreign population was 773 (474 white).Albert Hah who became acting Governor in 1901 saw the need for a deep water sheltered Harbour. With no money allocated to the project Hahl approached Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping company with a plan, a generous land concession was offered for payment. The most obvious position was Simpsonhafen (Simpson Harbour).A new shipping wharf was built in 1905 and a town was planned. The port of Simpsonhafen was officially opened on 1 October 1905 .The move of the capital from Herbertshöhe to Rabaul was without official sanction from the Reich land.
The German Government sent an auditor from Germany, there was no fraudulent misuse of Government funds, the port of Rabaul officially opened in January 1910 to become the capital of German New Guinea
Looking down the Main Street in Herbertshöhe (Kokopo)
Commissioners of German New Guinea (1885–1887)
Gustav von Oertzen, 1885–January 1887
Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company (1886–1889)
Georg Freiherr von Schleinitz, 10 June 1886 – 1 March 1888
Reinhold Kraetke, 1 March 1888 – 31 October 1889
Commissioners of German New Guinea (1889–1892)
Fritz Rose, 1 November 1889 – 31 August 1892, acting to 30 September 1890
Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company (1892–1914)
Georg Schmiele, 1 September 1892 – 3 March 1895
Hugo Rüdiger, 3 March 1895 – 17 August 1896
Curt von Hagen, 22 September 1896 – 13 August 1897
Albert Hahl, 15 August 1897 – 11 September 1897, acting, first time
Hugo Skopnik, 11 September 1897 – 31 March 1899
Governors of German New Guinea (1899–1914)
In 1899, Imperial Germany assumed direct control of the colony, appointing a governor.
Rudolf von Bennigsen, 1 April 1899 – 10 July 1901
Albert Hahl, 10 July 1901 – 13 April 1914, acting to 10 November 1902, second time
Eduard Haber, 13 April 1914 – 17 October 1914, acting
On April 1, 1899, Rudolf von f Bennigsen was appointed for the first governor of German New Guinea and the island region of the Caroline's , Palau Islands and Mariana appointed. That same year he moved the seat of colonial administration from Friedrich-Wilhelm-port on the Kaiser Wilhelm country after Herbertshöhe (Kokopo ) on the island of New Britain . Rudolf von Bennigsen was primarily concerned with enforcing the colonial claim to power of the German Reich with punitive expeditions. Whether for political or health reasons it remains unclear, but on July 10, 1901 Rudolf von Bennigsen resigned his service in German New Guinea with the handover of the governorship to Albert Hahl .
A typical German residence Kokopo
Herbertshöhe, New Britain. The town as seen from Blanche Bay later calles Kokopo, was the capital of the Protectorate of German New Guinea
Hoisting of the German Imperial War Flag on November 4th 1884 on Mioko Island, Neulauenburg, Bismarck Archipelago (now Duke of York Islands, Papua New Guinea).
The German Club at Herbertshöhe (Kokopo)...
View of Herbertshöhe (Kokopo)
Katholische Missionskirche in Herbertshöhe (Kokopo) auf Neu-Guinea,
Hotel Deutscher Hof "at Herbertshöhe: Herbertshöhe (today Kokopo) on the island of Neu-Pommern (New Britain) in the Bismarck archipelago was the seat of the German government in German-New Guinea until 1910. In 1910, the Governor's seat was transferred to Rabaul.
Playing tennis court at the German Club at Herbertshöhe
Looking down the Kokopo foreshore.
Kokopo Guest House Herbertshöhe (Kokopo) —front view.
Kokopo Guest House and Hotel
