Dietrich Koger (24 March 1608 - 27 November 1688) was a magistrate who served as Mayor and

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Auggen Auggen is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It also belongs to a region called Markgräflerland that has both cultural and historical importance. Auggen has attached to it, a sma ...

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(present day Germany) from 1629 until 1661. Prior to 1629, Koger served as

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of Weil am Rhein. Dietrich Koger is the son of magistrate, and former Vogt of

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, Nicholas 'Claus' Koger. Dietrich Koger was married twice, the first to Maria Leininger on 24 August 1629 - daughter of Hans Leininger, until her death on 30 April 1643 during pregnancy. Koger's second wife, Anna Hagin, was daughter of the Vogt of Tannenkirch, George Hagin. In the mid-seventeenth century, Koger became the first magistrate to affix a seal with his own crest and coat of arms depicting a plough and vine-knife. During the

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, Koger and Paster Jeremias Gmelin were credited with bringing peace to Auggen-Baden, and rebuilding the village. His epitaph on the West Cemetery Wall in Auggen still shows the arms and crest of Koger; Koger's coat of arms eventually was inspired and adopted as the town of Auggen's coat of arms. At the time of his death in 1688 Koger had 18 children. A street in Auggen, Germany still bares his name: Dietrich-Koger-Straβe, 79424 Auggen, Germany. Koger's tomb is located at St. Pankratiuskirche Cemetery, Auggen.

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