Julius Stephan Wegeler
Julius Stephan Wegeler (born February 21, 1807 in Koblenz ; † July 28, 1883 there ) was a German physician and local historian of the Rhineland's regional history.
Life
Julius Stephan Wegeler grew up there in 1807 after his parents Franz Gerhard Wegeler and Eleonore Wegeler moved from Koblenz to Bonn . He studied medicine and received his doctorate in Berlin in 1829. In 1831 Wegeler practiced as a doctor in Mayen . Like his father, the son was a royal Prussian secret medical councilor. In 1832 he practiced as a poor doctor in Koblenz and later as a district doctor.
On September 16, 1834, Julius Stephan Wegeler and Josephine Catharina Carolina Therese Linz (1813–89) married. The marriage had six children; In 1836 his second son Julius Wegeler was born.
Due to a serious illness after 1848, he was unable to continue his medical practice and devoted himself to local studies and the history of the Rhineland. From 1852 to 1869 he was an alderman for the city of Koblenz. Because of his voluntary work as a librarian of the city library , of which he was director from 1860 to 1875, he was appointed honorary library administrator of the city of Koblenz on November 26, 1867. In 1876 Julius Stephan Wegeler published the book Coblenz in his dialect and his outstanding personalities.
Honors
- Order of the red eagle third class with bow
- Order of the Crown, third class
Works (selection)
- Medical anecdotes - sometimes serious, sometimes cheerful , 1835.
- Attempt of a medical topography by Coblenz , 1835.
- Rheineck Castle. Your Counts and Burgraves , 1852.
- Laach Monastery, history and document book , 1854.
- Bad Neuenahr and its surroundings , 1862.
- Gallery of famous Coblenzers , 1865.
- Dictionary of the Coblenz dialect , 1869.
- Lahneck Castle and Oberlahnstein , 1881.
- Contributions to the history of the city of Coblenz , 1882.
literature
- Berthold Prößler: Julius Stephan Wegeler 1807-1883. Doctor and historical researcher in Koblenz , in: Yearbook for West German State History, ed. by Elsbeth Andre, Jost Hausmann and Ludwig Linsmayer, Koblenz 2010, pp. 223–235.
- Berthold Prößler: Franz Gerhard Wegeler , issue 17/2000 , Verlag Beethoven-Haus, Bonn
- Helmut Prößler: Secret Commerce Councilor Julius Wegeler , special issue 2/1987, Society for the History of Wine, Wiesbaden
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wegeler, Julius Stephan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicians and local historians of the Rhineland regional history |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koblenz |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1883 |
| Place of death | Koblenz |