Gottlieb Viehe

It was here he had a confrontation with Theodor Leutwein, commandant of the Schutztruppe, who accused Viehe of "mild treatment" in regard to his relations with indigenous Africans.

In May 1867, Viehe began his stay in Otjimbingwe, where he taught at the Augustineum with Carl Hugo Hahn and learned the Herero language.

[2] In 1870, he moved to Okozondje (Omaruru), established in 1868 by Herero from Otjimbingwe and others from Otjikango (Gross Barmen), once the local Damara people fled to Okombahe.

Other publications include the second edition of Peter Heinrich Brincker's hymnal Omaimburiro oozombongo zovaherero puna Okatechismium katiti (Bielefeld, 1895); "Grammatik des Otjiherero nebst Wörterbuch" ("Herero Grammar and Dictionary," Lehrbücher des Seminars für orientalischen Sprachen zu Berlin), vol.

16 (Stuttgart, 1897); Omambo Uomahihamisiro nongokero ja Muhona Jesus Christus (a Passion narrative) (Cape Town, 1897); and Omaitonge uokutjanga nonkulesa otjiherero la (a prayer book) (Gütersloh, 1897).

A description of him and his first pupils can be found in Julius Baumann's Van sending tot kerk (125 jaar Rynse sendingwerk in Suidwes-Afrika, 1842–1967) (Karibib, 1967).

There is also a description of Viehe in August Wilhelm Schreiber's Fünf Monate in Süd-Afrika ("Five Months in Southern Africa", Barmen, 1894) and Johannes Spiecker's Er führt mich auf rechter Strasse ("He Leads Me on the Right Path," Gütersloh, 1903).