Bernhard Clemens August Eick

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Bernhard Clemens August Eick (born August 18, 1814 in Borghorst ; † November 8, 1868 in Mechernich ) was a German mining official, classical philologist and ancient researcher.

Life

After studying in Münster , Eick moved to Kommern in 1843 and took up a position as private tutor there. He married in 1844 and, in addition to his professional activity, ran a Latin school in Kommern. He is known for his work published in 1867 on the Roman Eifel water pipeline , which in antiquity supplied the Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium , the ancient Cologne , with drinking water from the Eifel . He proved for the first time archaeologically that the spring outlet on the Grüner Pütz near Nettersheim was the outermost point of the Eifel aqueduct. From 1867 on he lived in Mechernich and died there in 1868 as a mountain official.

Publications (selection)

Among other things, he was a member of the Association of Friends of Antiquity in the Rhineland . He published the following articles in the association's yearbooks :

  • A. Eick: The infamous Marmagen milestone . In: Yearbooks of the Society of Friends of Antiquity in the Rhineland . Book XXV. Bonn 1857, p. 28 ff .
  • A. Eick: New inscriptions from Floisdorf and Zingsheim . In: Yearbooks of the Society of Friends of Antiquity in the Rhineland . Book XXV. Bonn 1857, p. 33 ff .

But he is known for his book about the Eifel aqueduct:

  • CA Eick: The Roman aqueduct from the Eifel to Cologne with regard to the Roman settlements, fortifications and military roads that were initially located . A contribution to antiquity in the Rhineland. With a card. Max Cohen & Sohn, Bonn 1867 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Klothilde Wiskirchen: Who was CA Eick? In: District Euskirchen (Ed.): Yearbook of the District Euskirchen 1977. 1977, p. 87 .
  2. ^ Klaus Grewe : Aqueducts. Water for Rome's cities . The big overview - from the Roman Canal to the aqueduct marble. Regionalia Verlag, Rheinbach 2014, ISBN 978-3-95540-127-6 , pp. 265 f .
personal data
SURNAME Eick, Bernhard Clemens August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Borghorst
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1868
Place of death Mechernich