Anton Könen

Anton Könen (born July 17, 1929 in Cologne ; † August 7, 2020 in Mechernich ) was a German homeland researcher and postal worker .

Life

Könen worked as a truck driver for the Deutsche Bundespost for 22 years . He volunteers as a local historian and deals with the history of the city of Mechernich and its districts. He published the results of his work in numerous exhibitions, in publications and in contributions to local radio and television stations. In cooperation with the businesswoman Maria Schwer, he published nine dialect books from 1989, the Mechernich Verzällche .

In 2005 he was awarded the Rheinlandtaler for his work .

Publications

800 years of Lückerath . Ed .: Dorfgemeinschaft Lückerath. 1987, DNB 1128841754 .
Chronicle of the Euskirchen Post Office: 1800–1900. 1990.
1100 years of Harzheim 893–1993. 1993.
100 years of sport in Mechernich. 1997.
Mechernich. Tell old pictures . Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2000, ISBN 3-89702-231-1 .
40 years of the Mechernich Carnival Festival Committee V. (1960-2000). 2000.
Mechernich in old views. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-86680-317-6 .
Historical criminal cases in the northern Eifel. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-95400-015-9 .

Web links

Literature by and about Anton Könen in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Trara, the post is here! In: Press Eifel. 22nd August 2015.; accessed on August 7, 2020

Individual evidence

↑ Obituaries of Anton Könen | We are sad. Retrieved on August 26, 2020 (German).
^ Anton Könen: Historical criminal cases in the North Eifel . Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-95400-015-9 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
^ The myth of the Bergstrasse. Mechernich community , December 5, 2019, accessed on August 7, 2020 .
^ The railways in the Euskirchen district, the former Schleiden district and the Eifel - Anton Könen collection, Mechernich. In: Wisoveg - Economic, social and traffic events in the Rhineland. Retrieved on August 7, 2020 (awarding the Rheinlandtaler, see at the bottom of the website).

personal data
SURNAME	Könen, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German civil servant and historian
DATE OF BIRTH	July 17, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	August 7, 2020
Place of death	Mechernich

[1] Obituaries of Anton Könen | We are sad. Retrieved on August 26, 2020 (German).

[A.K.-2] Anton Könen: Historical criminal cases in the North Eifel . Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-95400-015-9 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[3] The myth of the Bergstrasse. Mechernich community , December 5, 2019, accessed on August 7, 2020 .

[4] The railways in the Euskirchen district, the former Schleiden district and the Eifel - Anton Könen collection, Mechernich. In: Wisoveg - Economic, social and traffic events in the Rhineland. Retrieved on August 7, 2020 (awarding the Rheinlandtaler, see at the bottom of the website).