Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Koenigs

Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Koenigs (born June 15, 1843 , † July 24, 1904 in Cologne ) was a German banker .

Life

Ernst Koenigs was appointed to the board of the A. Schaaffhausen'schen Bankverein in Cologne in 1871 . He held this position until 1896 when he moved to the supervisory board .

In 1872 he married Johanna Bunge (March 18, 1851 - 1934), daughter of the Cologne merchant Gustav Bunge, who had Sinzig Castle built as a summer residence for his family. After the death of her parents, Johanna Bunge inherited the castle.

family

His father was the Kommerzienrat Franz Wilhelm Koenigs (May 8, 1819 - 1882), who from 1832 completed his apprenticeship in the Dülken thread factory of his uncle Gerhard Mevissen (January 25, 1776 - 1843). There he married his commercially active cousin Wilhelmine Mevissen (1809–1873), the sister of Gustav Mevissen , with whom Franz Wilhelm Koenigs worked closely in 1843 . In October 1856 the family moved to Cologne with six children.

Family tomb of Koenig

His siblings were:

• Gustav Koenigs (January 11, 1845 - 1896)
• Felix Koenigs (May 18, 1846-1900); In 1866 he began an apprenticeship at the Delbrück bank , where he became an authorized signatory and from 1878 to 1901 a partner.
• Elise Koenigs (October 30, 1848-1932), patron
• Wilhelm Koenigs (April 22, 1851-1906); He studied chemistry with Emil Fischer under Adolf von Baeyer in Munich.
• Richard Koenigs (March 28, 1856-1921)

Ernst Koenigs died in 1904 at the age of 61 and was buried in the family vault at the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (MA, between lit. P + Q).

literature

• Wilhelm Koenigs. In: Reports of the German Chemical Society , 45th year 1912, pp. 3781–3830. ( doi : 10.1002 / cber.191204503143 )
• Knut Borchardt (Ed.): Max Weber. Complete edition. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2000, ISBN 3-16-147256-X , p. 1022.
• Morten Reitmayer: Bankers in the Empire. Social profile and habitus of German high finance. (Dissertation, University of Hanover) Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-525-35799-0 , p. 111. ( limited preview on Google books )