Ernst Münchmeyer (medic, 1778)

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Ernst Münchmeyer, City Physician of Hanover

Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm Münchmeyer (born September 21, 1778 in Mellinghausen near Nienburg / Weser , district of Diepholz , Lower Saxony ; † June 29, 1851 in Lüneburg , Lower Saxony) was a general practitioner and a rural and urban physician . Several of his descendants were successful in other areas, see the Münchmeyer family .

family

Münchmeyer came from the old Lower Saxon family Münchmeyer and was the son of pastor Conrad Münchmeyer (born April 6, 1733 in Einbeck; † November 16, 1811 in Lavelsloh) and Eva Sophie Schulze (* July 23, 1739 in Beckedorf; † February 27 1821 in Lüneburg ).

He married in his first marriage on October 6, 1803 in Rahden ( Lübbecke district , Westphalia ) Amalie Meyersiek (born August 11, 1786 in Rahden; † November 5, 1850 in Lüneburg), the daughter of the businessman Ludolf Meyersiek (1748-1804) and his second wife Karolina Baare (* 1769).

His son was Hermann Münchmeyer the Elder. Ä. (1815–1909), founder of the Hamburg trading company and private bank Münchmeyer & Co. and ancestor of the well-known Hamburg family branch.

Life

Münchmeyer was initially a general practitioner in Diepenau ( district of Nienburg / Weser ), in 1807 he became a rural physician at Gifhorn and in the same position after 1814 at Schöningen near Braunschweig . In 1824 he was the " Maigräfe " of the Lüneburg rifle guild .

From 1824 he was a doctor and city physician in Hanover and was later appointed Royal Hanoverian Secret Medical Council due to his services .

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personal data
SURNAME Münchmeyer, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Münchmeyer, Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION General practitioner and city physician in Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Mellinghausen near Nienburg / Weser , Lower Saxony
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1851
Place of death Lueneburg , Lower Saxony