Wilhelm Meinhard Coenen
Wilhelm Meinhard Coenen (baptized August 1, 1688 in Wickrathberg ; buried February 14, 1754 in Elberfeld ) was the mayor of Elberfeld.
Coenen was born in 1688 as the son of Johann Lorenz Coenen (1646 / 47–1720) and his wife Alexandrina vom Schade (1656–1720) in Wickrath and baptized in the neighboring Wickrathberg. His father and grandfather were both renters there. Wilhelm Coenen attended Latin school in Wickrathberg and was matriculated at the University of Duisburg on September 22, 1706 . When Dr. Coenen he later moved to Elberfeld, where in 1711 he married the lawyer daughter Anna Gertrud Schöller (1677–1758). The couple had four children. His eldest son, Johann Jakob Karl Coenen, married Katharina Elisabeth Erckels in 1741, the daughter of Duisburg's medical professor Friedrich Erckels .
Coenen also worked as a lawyer in Elberfeld. He was first proposed for the office of mayor in 1726 and was directly elected. In the following year he worked as a city judge and was a councilor in 1731 and 1743. Another election for mayor in 1743 failed.
literature
- Edmund Strutz : The pedigree of the Elberfeld mayors and city judges from 1708–1808 . 2nd Edition. Degener, Neustadt ad Aisch 1963, ISBN 3-7686-4069-8 , p. 50 f .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm of Carnap |
Mayor of Elberfeld 1726 |
Johann Wilhelm on the Heyden |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coenen, Wilhelm Meinhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of Elberfeld |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1688 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wickrath |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1754 |
| Place of death | Elberfeld |