Leonhard Ennen [SEP] date of death
Leonhard Ennen
Leonhard Ennen, also spelled Leonard Ennen, (5 March 1820 – 14 June 1880) was a German theologian, historian and archivist born in Schleiden, in the Eifel region of modern-day Germany. He is remembered for his writings on the history of Cologne.
Family and education.
Leonhard Ennen's parents were simple farmers, the equivalent of sharecroppers in German agricultural society. From 1841 to 1844 he studied theology and philosophy at the University of Münster and the University of Bonn. Following his ordination
a building until 1934, when the library moved to the newly built building of the University of Cologne.
From 1815 until he died in 1857, Johann Jakob Peter Fuchs managed the municipal archive as its honorary director. Fuchs was a friend of Wallraf's who also supervised the incorporation and cataloging of the Wallraf collection in 1824. He reorganized the entire archive and made its contents accessible to scholarly research.
In 1857, Leonhard Ennen became the first full-time municipal archivist. Among other material, he acquired documents from