Chronicle of the city of Düren / 1801–1825

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This list is a partial list of the chronicle of the city of Düren . It lists dated events in Düren in the first quarter of the 19th century .

1801

Introduction of the French weights and measures

1802

Dissolution of the Düren monasteries of the Franciscans, Capuchins and Annunties by the French

1805

Düren has 4,562 inhabitants

1807

Foundation of the first cloth factory (Schoeller and Sons) on the market

1808

JULY 6: The Clemens relics are from the former electoral chapel at Bonn in the Anna church brought

1809

March 14: First employment of a police commissioner in Düren

1810

  • The Schoeller & Söhne cloth factory moves to the current Kaufhof area
  • French is introduced as a subject in elementary education
  • Establishment of a cadastre

1811

1812

  • There were 17 paper, 11 cloth and blanket factories, 1 iron hammer mill, 2 rolling mills and 2 iron foundries in the Düren area
  • The granary becomes a French military hospital

1814

1815

  • 11 January: Eight citizens of Düren save the Anna church tower, which was ignited by lightning (6th fire)
  • April 20th: Mayor wing announces on April 5th the Complete incorporation of the Rhineland into the Prussian state

1816

May 1st: The first district administrator in Düren , Gerhard Freiherr von Lommessem (1780–1824), takes office.

1817

The old Kölntor in Kölnstrasse is being torn down. In the same year a new Kölntor with an apartment is built

1818

  • July 22nd: Freiherr von Lommessem sets the duration of the Annakirmes to eight days
  • The population of the city is 4,978
  • August 1: Franz Knoll in Düren publishes the first Düren newspaper as a 'Landrathliches Korrespondenzblatt', initially irregularly

1819

  • First public street lighting with 'oil lamps in lanterns' (Rüböllampen)
  • March 27th: The 'Landräthliche Korrespondenzblatt' appears regularly as a weekly paper
  • The introduction of the Prussian weights and measures provided for in the law of May 16, 1816 is enforced

1820

  • The first houses are built in front of the ramparts
  • NOVEMBER 27: The city of Düren acquires the Capuchin monastery and build it from 1824 to 1826 for the school to

1821

The city's own street lighting, which was built in 1819, is being canceled because of the high costs

1822

1823

  • In Düren there are 7 cloth, 7 paper, 1 thimble, 2 blanket and 1 flannel factory as well as 2 iron works and 2 soap factories
  • Construction of a windmill (hence the street 'An der Windmühle'), burnt down in 1844 and not rebuilt
  • 1,800 workers are employed in the cloth and iron works in Düren.

1824

  • The Philipptor is broken off
  • In the granary a cloth factory is put into operation
  • Start of the conversion of the former Capuchin monastery into a grammar school, completion in 1826

1825

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