Friedrich Wilhelm Simons-Koehler

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Friedrich Wilhelm Simons , from 1828 Friedrich Wilhelm Simons-Köhler (born February 13, 1802 in Naumburg an der Saale ; † January 20, 1856 in Elberfeld ), was an entrepreneur and President of the Chamber of Commerce in Elberfeld.

Life

As the son of the businessman Johannes Simons (1771–1817), Friedrich Wilhelm Simons joined the company founded by his grandfather in 1828, the well-known silk weaving mill Johann Simons Erben . In the same year on September 17th, he married the daughter of the factory owner Ludwig Ferdinand Köhler, Emilia Köhler (* 1807 in Elberfeld) and took the name Simons-Köhler. Ludwig Ferdinand was a partner in the Bockmühl brothers' tape factory .

Friedrich Wilhelm Simons-Köhler became a deputy member of the board of directors of the Vaterländische Feuerversicherung-Gesellschaft in 1830 and three years later a full member . At first he devoted his time to business, later he expanded his commitment to the common good. From March 1837 to February 1841 and June 1847 to January 1849 he was a deputy member of the Chamber of Commerce of Elberfeld and Barmen (predecessor of today's Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid ). When he became a full member in October 1849, he was elected to the office of President of the Chamber of Commerce with eleven out of twelve votes .

From 1842 Simons-Köhler was on the city council of Elberfeld and devoted himself in particular to poor relief. During the Elberfeld May Uprising in 1849, he was a member of a delegation which, at the request of the vigilantes, presented the situation of the city and its political position to the governments in Düsseldorf and Berlin in order to obtain an amnesty.

Friedrich Wilhelm Simons-Köhler died at the age of almost 54 after a short illness.

His nephew, Ludwig Simons , was a Prussian lawyer and politician. His grandson was President Walter Simons .

literature

  • Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wuppertal 1831–1956 , 1956

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 175 years of the IHK  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PDF file , June 14, 2005@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wuppertal.ihk24.de  
  2. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Simons, accessed February 2009
  3. ↑ Simons from Elberfeld, accessed February 2009
personal data
SURNAME Simons-Koehler, Friedrich Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Simons, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, city councilor and President of the Chamber of Commerce
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH Naumburg on the Saale
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1856
Place of death Elberfeld