Wilhelm Tourneau
Wilhelm Tourneau (born November 14, 1794 in Duisburg , † February 1, 1860 in Sterkrade ) was mayor and bailiff of Kirchhellen from 1816 to 1853 and of Bottrop and Osterfeld from 1821 to 1851 . Tourneau came from a French Protestant emigrant family and took part in the wars of liberation against Napoleon as a volunteer hunter . He was the father of nine children.
Career
Tourneau was secretary to Freiherr von Wenghe until 1816, after which he took over his office as mayor. From 1821 Tourneau was also the head of the city of Bottrop and Osterfeld. Shortly after taking office, he moved the seat of the mayor's office from Vondern Castle to Bottrop, which under his leadership developed into a flourishing rural community . His most important achievements include upgrading the local infrastructure, including improving the road and path network, creating the first postal connection between Bottrop and Osterfeld, expanding the old school and rebuilding the Boyer. Tourneau also campaigned for the territorial expansion of the cities, so around 1819 the peasantry Ekel Kirchhellen was awarded on his initiative. In addition, he created the chronicles of the communities of Bottrop and Osterfeld. In 1832 Tourneau combined Osterfeld, Kirchhellen and Bottrop into one mayor's office, from which the rural community of Bottrop emerged in 1843. From 1839 he also pushed coal mining in the area of the three cities. However, this only led to a result after the end of his term of office. In 1851 his private secretary Morgenstern replaced him as mayor of Bottrop and Osterfeld, and in 1853 he also gave up his office in Kirchhellen. Tourneau's family then moved from Bottrop to Sterkrade, where he died in 1857.
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- Hans Büning: Kirchhellen. History and stories. Heisterkamp, Gelsenkirchen 1972.
- Josef Menke: Mayor Tourneau and his relationship with Bottrop. (Article from June 18, 1932 from the Bottrop City Archives)
Web links
- http://www.osterfeld-westfalen.de/geschichte.html
- The first coal in Bottrop ( Memento from March 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- http://www.krix-s.de/bottrop_geschichte.htm
Josef Ernst (1811–1821) | Wilhelm Tourneau (1821-1851) | Theodor Morgenstern (1851–1873) | Gustav Ohm (1873–1900) | Hermann Böckenhoff (1900–1918) | Brinkmann / Emil Schmitz (1918–1920) (provisional) | Erich Baur (1920–1933) | Fritz Emil Irrgang (1933–1934) | Otto Oberdrevermann (1934–1935) | Günther von Stosch (1935–1941) | Otto Oberdrevermann (1941–1942) | Fritz Emil Irrgang (1942–1943) | Robert Hofmann (1943–1945) | Franz Reckmann (1945–1946) | Wilhelm Tenhagen (1946–1949) | Ernst Wilczok (1949–1961) | Bernhard Roghmann (1961–1963) | Ernst Wilczok (1963–1974) | Theo Knorr (1975-1976) | Ernst Wilczok (1976–1988) | Kurt Schmitz (1988–1994) | Diethard Kreul (1994-1995) | Ernst Löchelt (1995-2004) | Peter Noetzel (2004–2009) | Bernd Tischler (since 2009)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tourneau, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of Bottrop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1794 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Duisburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1860 |
| Place of death | Bottrop |