Vincent Joseph Deycks

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Bust of Vinzenz Joseph Deycks on Fürstenbergplatz in Opladen

Vinzenz Joseph Deycks (born November 30, 1768 in Solingen , † January 12, 1850 in Opladen ) was a German lawyer and notary .

Life

Vinzenz Joseph Deycks was married to Helena Stoffens. From 1782 he worked as a lawyer at the main court in Düsseldorf . In 1793 he became a judicial advisor at the Miselohe Court . He later played a bigger role for Opladen as a lawyer and notary. He was well known and in demand as a legal expert. From 1811 to 1815 he was mayor of Opladen. In this function he managed to ensure a fairer distribution of taxes and war dues. He was also able to prevent looting and major damage by foreign troops from Opladen. After the Congress of Vienna in 1815 he gave up this office again.

His hobby was fruit growing , which - starting from monastery gardens - has been practiced in the “Bergische Obstkammer” around Opladen since the Middle Ages . Deycks promoted its dissemination and further development. He examined the interplay between climate, soil and the flourishing of individual varieties. In 1797 he laid out a model garden near the confluence of the Wiembach into the Wupper , from which he supplied large parts of the Lower Rhine and Westphalia with vines and young trees.

Awards

  • The formerly independent town of Opladen honored him in 1957 with a bust donated by a Burscheider citizen as a memorial on Fürstenbergplatz.
  • The city of Leverkusen dedicated Rat-Deycks-Strasse in Opladen to him.
  • In 2004 the former Froebel School was named after him as the Rat Deycks School.

literature

  • Ferdinand Deycks : Memories from the life of the brothers Vincenz and Rütger Deycks, recorded for relatives and friends, in the summer of 1850 . Regensberg, Münster 1851 ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Leverkusen, who's who, Vinzenz Joseph Deycks, accessed on March 19, 2016
  2. ↑ Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU), Naturschutzstation Leverkusen: Die Bergische Obstkammer , accessed on January 24, 2020.
  3. ↑ Homepage of the Rat-Deycks-Schule ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 19, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rds-lev.de

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personal data
SURNAME Deycks, Vincent Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German judicial councilor and notary
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH Solingen
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1850
Place of death Opladen