Clemens August von Syberg

District Administrator of the Gemünd District Clemens August Freiherr von Syberg (1754–1833), Lord of Eicks Castle

Clemens August Freiherr von Syberg (* December 8, 1754 , † April 21, 1833 ) was the only district administrator in the Gemünd district .

family

Clemens August was the son of Freiherr Johann Adolph von Syberg from his marriage to Carolina Wilhelmina von Hersel. He himself had 16 children from his marriage to Sophia Franziska, born Freiin von Bottlenberg called Schirp , heiress of Haus Scheppen and Haus Witten .

Life

Until the French occupation of the Lord was Schloss Eicks , bailiff to Münstereifel . After the reorganization and annexation of the Rhineland to Prussia , he took up the post of district administrator of the newly founded district of Gemünd in 1816. He received the Order of the Red Eagle and the title of Privy Councilor on the occasion of his 50th anniversary . On May 1, 1829, the long-serving district administrator was retired and the district seat was relocated to Schleiden district while renaming it at the same time .

In addition to his home in Eicks Castle, which has been owned by the von Syberg family for several centuries, Clemens August acquired the upper castle of Vlatten Castle in 1787 and later also Berg Castle .

swell

• Euskirchen district: A chronological overview of the most important administrative data and events in the Euskirchen district since 1816, Euskirchen district archive, September 13, 2002.

literature

• Horst Romeyk : The leading state and municipal administrative officials of the Rhine Province 1816–1945 (=  publications of the Society for Rhenish History . Volume 69 ). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-7585-4 , p. 777 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Friedrich Schannat : Eiflia illustrata or description of the Eifel , Volume 2, page 307, Trier 1844, accessed on February 28, 2018