Hamburg Colonial Institute


The Hamburg Colonial Institute was a higher education establishment founded in 1908 by the City of Hamburg with the support of Bernhard Dernburg, head of the Imperial [Colonial Office]. In 1919 it was merged with the Hamburg [Scientific Foundation] to create the University of Hamburg.
The institute was established with two main tasks:
  1. Training civil servants referred to the institute by the Imperial Colonial Office as wellas other people who intend to emigrate to the German protectorates
  2. The creation of a centre for scientific and economic colonial research