An Article from Ignaz Kohlbecker

Who was also nice enough to translate it.

ARTICLE FROM IGNAZ KOHLBECKER- 8-7-1996

Just last week there was an article in the local paper.....

Original : ""Der erste Kohlbecker kam aus Bad Rotenfels"

Alt-Gaggenauer Buergerfamilien und ihre Gescichte:

Zu den aeltesten von Glied nachweisbaren Gaggenauer Buergefamilien gehoert die weitverzweigte Familie Kohlbecker. Der aelteste Traeger dieses Names ist Augastin Kohlbecker(Kohlenbecker), der im Zinsbuch des Jahres 1579 erstmals als Gaggenaur Buerger gennant wird. Da dieser Name in den frueheren Zinsbuechem nicht vorommt, so erklaert Humpert(Vor etwas uebet 70 Jahren, 1925, veroeffentlichte Dr. Theodor Humpert, Rektor der einheimischen Volks- und Buergerschule, eine Shrift unter dem Titel 'Alt-Gaggenauer Buergerfamilien)muss angenommen werden, dass Augustin Kohlbecker um 1500 aus Rotenfels zugewandert ist, wo Traeger dieses Namens schon frueher vorkommen.

Augistine Kohlbecker hatte zwei Soehne mit Namen Zacharias und Lorenz. Zu den Nachkommen Von Zacharias gehoerten Amand (1789-1846) und dessn Sohn Karl. der Berhruender der Zieglewerke Kohlbecker. Dessen NAchkomme weiderum war der Ziegeleibesitzer KArl Kohlbecker (1860-1935), der von 1902 bis 1919 Buergermeitster von Gaggenau war und an seinem 70. Geburtstag zum Ehrenbuerger der Stadt armannt wurde.

In die Amtszeit vom Buegermeister Karl Kohlbecker fiel der industrielle Aufschwung von Gaggenau, der Bau des alten Rathauses, das 1944 zerstoert wurde, stammt di bekannte Gaggenauer Architekenfamilie dieses Namens ab."

TRANSLATION: " The first Kohlbecker came from bad Rotenfels'

Citizen families of old Gaggenau and there history

The widley branched Kohlbecker family is one of the oldest citizen families in Gaggenua that can be traces from member to member. The oldest holder of this name is Augustin Kohlbecker ( Kohlenbecker), who first is mentioned as a citizen of Gaggenau in the taxbook of 1579. As this name does not appear in earlier taxbooks, says Humpert (In 1925, Dr. Theodor Humpert, director of the local people and citizen school, published the 'Alt-Gaggenauer Buergerfamilien' {'Citizen families of old Gaggenua"}), it must be assumed that Augustin Kohlbecker moved here around 1500 from Bad Rotenfels, where holders of this name appear earlier.

Augustin Kohlbecker had two sons with the names Zacharias and Lorenz. Belonging to the descendants of Zacharias are Amand (1860-1935) and the son of Amand, Karl, the founder of the Kohlbecker brickworks. The descendant of him then was the brickwork owner (1860-1935), who has been mayor of Gaggenau from 1902 to 1919 and, on his 70th birthday, has been appointed honory citizen of the town.

During the tenure of mayor Karl Kohlbecker were the industrial rise of Gaggenau, the construction of the old city hall, wich was destroyed in 1944, and the construction of the gas works. Between 1902 and 1919, the number of citizens almost doubled from 2.200 to 4.000. Mayor Karl Kohlbecker, after whom the street along the Murgtal railways is named, is the orgin of the well known architecture family of the same name.

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