German placenames German East Africa
most place names in german east africa continued bear german spellings of local names, such udjidji ujiji , kilimandscharo mount kilimanjaro. (kigoma known time rutschugi.) few exceptions rule included
wilhelmstal or wilhelmsdorf (lushoto) on pangani river in northeast of country
neu-hornow (shume) in pare mountains in northeast of country
bismarckburg (kasanga) on southeastern end of lake tanganyika
wissmannhafen (wißmannhafen), port
gottorp or neu-gottorp (uvinza) near northeastern end
langenburg , neu-langenburg (tukuyu) north of lake nyasa
altlangenburg (ikombe)
neu-langenburg (lumbira)
weidhafen (manda) , sphinxhafen (liuli) on eastern shore
st. moritz (galula)
kirondathal (kirondatal) , sachsenwald (sekende), 2 gold mines
neu-trier (mbulu)
neu-bonn (mikese)
neu-bethel (mnazi)
mariahilf (igulwa)
marienthal (ushetu)
emmaberg (ilembule)
kaiseraue (kazimzumbwi)
leudorf (leganga)
friedberg (nyakanazi)
fischerstadt (rombo)
peterswerft (nansio)
bergfrieden (mibirizi)
hohenfriedeberg (mlalo)
hoffnungshöh (kizarawe)
as german translations of local phrases, such kleinaruscha arusha-chini , neu-moschi city known moshi. lake eyasi known hohenlohe sea , , mission town of sankt-michael (st. michael) near kahama formerly more important.
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