Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen

German missionary (1834-1918)

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Lived 1834–1918, aged 84Germany
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    1834–1918
    Aged 84
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Updated 2026-08-13

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 (bishop) of Batak Christian Protestant Church. He is commemorated as a missionary on 7 November in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church with John Christian Frederick Heyer and Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg.

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