Theodor Krump (* 1672 in Aichach; gestorben 1724 in Dingolfing)
war ein Franziskaner, Mediziner, Reisender und Autor, der im Jahr .... 1700 () als einer der ersten Europäer den Sudan besuchte.
Krump verfasste einen umfangreichen Reisebericht unter dem Namen ......
Hoher, und Fruchtbahrer Palm-Baum
Deß Heiligen Evangelij, Das ist:Tieff-eingepflantzter Glaubens-Lehr,
In das Hertz deß Hohen Abyssiner Monarchen, erwisen: In einem Diario oder Täglich- und ordentlicher Reiß-Beschreibung der mühesamen Verrichtungen jener Apostolischen Glaubens-Sendlingen auß dem Orden deß Heil. Seraphischen Vatters Francisci der Reformirten, so Anno 1700. von der Päpstl. Heiligk. Innocentio XII. von Rom auß, biß zu dem Großmächtigen Abyssiner-Käyser Adiam Saghed Jasu, auß Eyffer selbigen zu dem wahren Romanischen, Catholischen allein seeligmachenden Glauben zu bekehren, seynd geschickt worden. Welcher dann auch durch sonderbahre Mitwürckung, und Gnaden-reiche Erleuchtung Gottes deß H. Geistes die Christ-Catholische Glaubens-Bekandtnus, würcklich Anno 1702. den 2. Februarij in ihre Händ abgelegt hat. Neben unterschidlichen Anmerckungen, und Beschreibungen deren Länder, Städt, Sitten der Menschen, Beschaffenheiten der Thieren, Fischen, und anderen, so sich zu Wasser und Land durch mehr dann 4. Jahr vilfältig haben ereignet, mit Fleiß verzeichnet, auf guter Freund anhalten in Druck gegeben
Von
Von P. F. Theodoro Krump, Ord. Min. S. Francisci Reform. Provinciae Bavariae, Lectore, Concionatore & Missionario Apostolico Aethiopiae
Der Reisebericht "Fruchtbarer Palm-Baum" (Augsburg 1710) wurde wenig rezipiert, wie Rolf Herzog nachweist.
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Sonderdrucke aus der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
ROLF HERZOG
Ethnographical notes on the Sudan in an early
traveller’s account
Originalbeitrag erschienen in:
Sudan notes and records 38 (1957), S. [119]-129
It is to the undisputed credit of Crawford that he used for his profound investiga-
tion into the "Fung Kingdom of Sennar" a source that had escaped almost all authors :
the itinerary of Theodor Krump. Crawford, in co-operation with Dr. Maria Bersu,
published a full translation of a few pages of this book which deal with the history
and administration of the Fung Kingdom. Since it did not form part of his task,
he either did not take into consideration most of the ethnographical notes given by
Krump, or else merely summarized them. My contribution may therefore bring to
light through my translation those sketches in Krump's book that describe the every-
day events happening in the life of the average Sudanese of more than 250 years ago.
Theodor Krump, who was born about 1660 at Aichach in Bavaria (Germany),
was a member of the Catholic Franciscan order.
He went to Rome, after the Pope at the end of the 17th century had sanctioned new attempts to convert the Abyssinian Christians to the Catholic Church. After having studied Arabic and medicine he was attached to a deputation of missionaries who in 1700 left Cairo for Gondar, at that time the residence of the Abyssinian soveriegn. Joining one of the great caravans, these missionaries travelled on the Darb el-Arba`in southwards to the Selima Oasis, where they all turned towards Mosho at the third cataract of the Nile, which they reached on 6th January, 1701. After crossing the Bayuda, they stopped at Sennar, which most of the friars left soon to penetrate further into Abyssinia ; but Krump, not being one of the leaders of the delegation and as he had some knowledge of medicine, was ordered to remain behind to act as a physician in the Sudan, being placed at the disposal of the Fung king. Krump therefore never saw Abyssinia. During his stay in the Fung kingdom he spent a few months at Gerri, and then returned to Sennar where he met those of his fellows who had survived. Meanwhile the friars had been expelled from Abyssinia. Krump made his journey home by the same route, i.e. through the Bayuda and via Old Dongola. In November, 1702, he left Selima Oasis and the Sudan, where he had lived for nearly two years. An exact chronology of all the events in Krump's life during this period is given by Crawford.' Upon his return to Germany, Krump became a curate at Dingolfing, where he died on 8th October, 1724. Using a diary that he had carefull
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Kategorie:Mann
Kategorie:Gestorben 1724
Kategorie:Geboren im 16. Jahrhundert
Kategorie:Missionar
Kategorie:Geistlicher
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