Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen
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Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen was a German Lutheran missionary to Batak lands, North Sumatra. He also translated the New Testament into the native Batak language and the first Ephorus of Batak Christian Pro
Gereja Dame (Dame Church) at Saitnihuta, Tarutung, North Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra, the first church built by Nommensen in 1865 that became the foothold of Batak Christian Protestant Church (HKBP)
The monument of Nommensen at Silindung Valley, North Tapanuli Regency, that was dedicated on 27 December 1932 and later destroyed by Japanese soldiers in 1942 during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
Sisingamangaraja XII
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Patuan Bosar Sinambela ginoar Ompu Pulo Batu, better known as Sisingamangaraja XII, was the last priest-king of the Dynasty of Sisingamangaraja of the Batak people in northern Sumatra. In the course o
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…into Batak. In the same year, he and his fellow missionaries, and the Christian Batak people themselves, were threatened by the Batak priest king Sisingamangaraja XII, who, with support from Aceh, was involved in a war against the Dutch occupants. In the subsequent military expedition against Singamangaraja XII, known…
Sisingamangaraja XII
Batak warriors in traditional dress, ca. 1870.
Sisimangaraja XII featured on the 1,000-rupiah banknote.