August Ludwig Koch

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August Ludwig Koch (born September 4, 1791 in Sülze , † September 12, 1866 in Schwerin ) was a German lawyer, mayor and saline official .

August Ludwig Koch was born in Sülze on September 4, 1791 as the son of Johannes Friedrich Theodor Koch († 1827), director and chief magistrate of the Saline Sülze. He studied law at Rostock (1809) and Heidelberg (1811). After passing his exams, he became first mayor and magistrate of the city of Sülz on July 21, 1813 at the age of 22. After the death of his father in 1827, Koch resigned from his position as mayor and took over the management of the Saline Sülze. His great-grandfather Johann Georg Koch (1685–1749) was director of a salt works in Nauheim, Hesse. August Ludwig Koch had been a member of the Rostock Natural Research Society since 1822, the Association for Mecklenburg History from 1835, the Entomological Association in Stettin since 1846 and the Association for Friends of Natural Sciences in Mecklenburg since 1847. Koch was both a councilor (May 16, 1829) and a secret councilor (November 2, 1839) in Sülz. His book History of the Saline zu Sülz contributes significantly to the knowledge of the history of the Saline Sülze and the salt roads Sülze – Damgarten – Dändorf – Wismar and Sülze – Trebel – Peene – Kummerower See – Malchin .

Works

  • August Ludwig Koch: History of the Saline zu Sülz . In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology . tape 11 , 1846, pp. 97-122 ( digitized version ).

literature

  • Dr. phil. Johannes Mager Kückenshagen: From the life and work of August Ludwig Koch (1791-1866) . In: Bad Sülze. History of the former saltworks of the brine bath in northern Germany. Scheunen-Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-929370-68-9 .
  • JF Koch: The secret councilor AL Koch . In: Association of Friends of Natural History in Mecklenburg (ed.): Archives of the Association of Friends of Natural History in Mecklenburg . Volumes 20-22. Opitz, 1866, p. 111 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ^ Koch, August Ludwig in the CERL Thesaurus
  3. ^ Archives for regional studies in the Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg, 20th year, 1870, page 483.
  4. ↑ The Salt Road (Bad Sülze - Dändorf - Wismar)
personal data
SURNAME Koch, August Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, mayor and saline official
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH brawn
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1866
Place of death Schwerin