Kiser

Kiser

Kiser (Kisser), Insel in der Bandasee, nordöstlich von Timor, zur niederländ. Residentschaft Amboina gehörig, unter 8°12' südl. Br., 154 qkm groß, bis 245 m hoch, gebirgig (kristallinischer Schiefer und Kalkstein) und bewohnt von 9000 Menschen, außer den ursprünglichen malaiischen Bewohnern Nachkommen von holländischen, französischen und deutschen Soldaten der Ostindischen Kompanie, noch Christen, die aber gleichfalls Malaiisch sprechen. Hauptort ist Delftshaven. Die frühern Forts der Ostindischen Kompanie sind verfallen.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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