Otto Heinrich Röttcher
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|birth_date={{Birth date|df=yes|1834|11|7}}
|birth_place=Müden (Aller), Germany
|death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1911|12|27|1834|11|7}}
|death_place= Muden, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
|occupation=Missionary
|known_for=Town establishment. Making "wine" out of oranges
|spouse=Marie Sophie Auguste Horst
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Otto Heinrich Röttcher (7 November 1834 – 27 December 1911) was a missionary, established a town in South Africa and is known for making “wine“ out of oranges. He came from Müden (Aller), Germany to South Africa.
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He came to South Africa in 1862 on the ship Candace{{cite web|url=http://www.ivala.co.za/history.html|title=Ivala Guest Lodge - Muden, South Africa|website=www.ivala.co.za}} from Germany. He was first stationed at Hermannsburg, KwaZulu-Natal.{{cite web|url=http://www.safrika.org/Names/HmbMissM-R.html|title=Hermannsburger Missionare & Mitarbeiter M-R / Hermannsburg Missionaries and Co-Workers M-R|first=Joachim|last=Schubert|website=www.safrika.org}}
Work life
As a missionary he was deployed in Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.{{Cite web|url=http://fromtheold.com/index-names-deutsche-wanderung-2010021316633.htm|title=fromtheold.com|website=fromtheold.com|accessdate=21 September 2023}} He was a member of the Berlin Missionary Society. He worked under the Zulu nation.{{cite web|url=http://www.safrika.org/hmiss_de.html|title=Die Hermannsburger Mission|website=www.safrika.org}}
He established a town in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal calling it Muden, KwaZulu-Natal, named after the town he came from in Germany. The town still exist today.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names|last=RE Raper - HSRC|publisher=|via=Internet Archive}}{{cite news |access-date=2023-09-16 |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/sunday-tribune/20170514/281951722741359 |title=They set up KZN’S German towns |via=PressReader}}
Because he needed wine for Holy Communion, the missionary in 1916 was forced to make “wine” from oranges,{{Cite web|url=http://www.rottcher.com/index.php|title=十八禁无码免费网站，十八禁男女猛烈拍拍拍无遮挡，十八禁漫画之大乳老师5.2KM|website=www.rottcher.com}} since no grapes were available. He established the Sonnegold Orange Winery. His son Heinrich Christoph Röttcher (b.10 Sep 1879, d.17 Oct 1958) continued his father's “wine”-making, which was handed over to his grandchild Karl Kurt Röttcher (b. 25 Aug 1910). Karl opened a formal business in 1959 called Röttcher Wineries, which is situated between Nelspruit and White River, Mpumalanga in the Lowveld, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa.{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/dvsdvsdvfdfv132/docs/16dfvdfdvf/60|title=16dfvdfdvf|publisher=}}
Personal life
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Category:German Protestant missionaries