Gustav Adolf von Götzen (1866-1910)
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/persinst/44932
- Name (English)
- Gustav Adolf von Götzen
- Short name
- Gustav Adolf von Götzen
- Year of birth
- 1866
- Year of death
- 1910
- Short Description
- "Gustav Adolf Graf von Götzen (12 May 1866 – 2 December 1910) was a German explorer and Governor of German East Africa. He came to Rwanda in 1894 at the head of a troop of 620 soldiers, becoming the second European to set foot in Rwanda, after Oscar Baumann, and later became the first European to cross the length of Rwanda. Götzen was the first governor of German East Africa." - (en.wikipedia.org 09.07.2020)
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