Anton Greven

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Anton Greven , (born March 16, 1793 in Cologne ; † March 3, 1870 ibid) was a German publisher and founder of Greven's Address Book Publishing House and Greven Publishing House Cologne .

Life

Anton Greven, son of the civil servant Jakob Franz Joseph Greven, entered the service of the administration of the city of Cologne under French rule in the so-called "Charity Bureau" as an apprentice boy . In 1811 he moved to the municipal tax authority ("Octroi municipal"). In 1812 he was drafted by the French and assigned to the Departmental Guard stationed there in Aachen, which was busy with recruiting work. In early 1814 he left the French army and returned to Cologne on February 14, 1814. Here he entered the provisional administration, in which he was responsible for the clothing of the Northern Army set up by the allies. After the wars of freedom had ended, he was accepted into the Prussian civil service in 1815, where he became head of passport and foreign affairs in the Prussian police administration. Two years later, Anton Greven became the first police secretary in the city police headquarters, where he was responsible for the registration of foreigners.

Family grave site Greven (April 2018)

In 1827 he founded Greven Verlag in Cologne. The first published item to appear on a daily basis from January 1, 1828, was the city of Cologne's foreign newspaper . In addition to a daily newspaper and the first Cologne address book, mainly contemporary historical works followed. The main business of the publishing house was the publication of the Cologne address books, in which telephone numbers were also included over the years.

With his wife Maria Elisabeth (daughter of Johann Wilhelm Claasen and Maria Gertrud, née Ringelhoven), whom he married in 1820, Anton Greven had twelve children, five of whom died in childhood. His eldest son Johann Wilhelm Greven took over the publishing business from his father while he was still alive.

Anton Greven died on March 3, 1870. His grave is in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (lit. R, between lit. B + C; previously: lit. O).

literature

  • Soénius, Ulrich S. , Wilhelm, Jürgen (2007) Kölner Personen-Lexikon . Greven Verlag Cologne
  • Wilhelm, Jürgen (2009) The great Cologne Lexicon . Greven Verlag Cologne

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Grevens and their address book (Festschrift for the 125th anniversary of Greven Verlag and Greven's Cologne address book 1956)
  2. ^ Eduard Prüssen (linocuts), Werner Schäfke and Günter Henne (texts): Cologne heads . 1st edition. University and City Library, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-931596-53-8 , pp. 74 .
  3. ^ Josef Abt, Johann Ralf Beines, Celia Körber-Leupold: Melaten - Cologne graves and history . Greven, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7743-0305-3 , p. 47
personal data
SURNAME Greven, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1870
Place of death Cologne