Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg was a German Lutheran missionary and the first Pietist missionary to India. Sent under the patronage of Frederick IV of Denmark, he co-founded the Danish-Halle Mission in Tranquebar with Heinrich Plütschau in 1706.
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Statue of Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg at Tranquebar
Pulsnitz, birthplace of Ziegenbalg (2013)![Ziegenbalg Leaving Tranquebar (p.170, 1890), London Missionary Society[3]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Ziegenbalg_Leaving_Tranquebar_%28p.170%29_-_Copy.jpg/500px-Ziegenbalg_Leaving_Tranquebar_%28p.170%29_-_Copy.jpg)
Ziegenbalg Leaving Tranquebar (p.170, 1890), London Missionary Society[3]
Ziegenbalg Landing Plaque, Tharangambadi (Tranquebar)
Tomb of Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg
A page from the Tamil New Testament published by Ziegenbalg
"Ziegenbalgplatz" - Road sign in PulsnitzActors born in the 1680s 6
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Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg was a German Lutheran missionary and the first Pietist missionary to India. Sent under the patronage of Frederick IV of Denmark, he co-founded the Danish-Halle Mission in Tranquebar with Heinrich Plütschau in 1706. Ziegenbalg is noted for producing the first complete translation of the New Testament into Tamil, for introducing the printing press to Protestant mission work in India, and for promoting Tamil literature and education.
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