Egon von Fürstenberg (District Administrator)

Franz Egon Freiherr von Fürstenberg (born December 26, 1833 at Heiligenhoven Castle ; died March 28, 1888 in Cologne ) was a royal Prussian cavalry officer and district administrator of the Wipperfürth district .

Life

Origin and family

Egon von Fürstenberg was a son of the chamberlain and district deputy in the Wipperfürth district, Baron Theodor von Fürstenberg (1797–1879) and his wife Maria Anna von Fürstenberg, née von Lilien. On November 21, 1882 he married Sofie Freiin von Broich (born February 17, 1860 at Kreutzerhof; died April 18, 1946 in Friedrichstein near Fahr am Rhein ) in Aachen , a daughter of the manor owner Adolph von Broich and his wife Adelheid Freiin von Broich , née von Lommessem. After the early death of her husband on March 28, 1888 in the Hotel Disch in Cologne , Sofie von Fürstenberg married Count Levinus Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht for the second time on June 10, 1893 .

Career

After initial home tuition, Egon von Fürstenberg attended the Rhenish Knight Academy in Bedburg from 1843 , which he left before the Prima . For further professional training, he joined the 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment No. 11 in Düsseldorf in 1853 as an avantageur and was appointed second lieutenant in 1855 . He took part in the war in 1870/1871 as a relative.

On leave from active military service since July 16, 1863 in preparation for future employment in the Prussian administrative service, he was assigned to the district office of the Mülheim am Rhein district . Shortly before, Maximilian von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven , former district administrator in the Wipperfürth district, had become the new district administrator in Mülheim . Von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven was the master of Ehreshoven Castle, which is not far from Heiligenhoven Castle .

Subject to an aptitude test still to be held, Egon von Fürstenberg followed on April 2, 1864, initially provisionally from Nesselrode-Ehreshoven as the new district administrator of the Wipperfürth district. He received his formal appointment on January 30, 1865. After von Fürstenberg had previously been on leave from work, he submitted a resignation due to "severe neurasthenia " on July 1, 1887, the Dimissoriale of September 27, his retirement October 1, 1887 followed.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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. 455 .
^ Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen, civil status archive Rhineland, civil status register, registry office Cologne, deaths, 1888, document 1085, according to the document, von Fürstenberg died at the age of 54.
↑ According to Romeyk, he had been on leave from June 15, 1892 - with multiple extensions. Due to his death in 1888, this can only be a transmission error, which can only be finally clarified by looking at the original source.

personal data
SURNAME	Fürstenberg, Egon von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fürstenberg, Franz Egon Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian district administrator
DATE OF BIRTH	December 26, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heiligenhoven Castle
DATE OF DEATH	March 28, 1888
Place of death	Cologne

[Romeyk-1] 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. 455 .

[2] Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen, civil status archive Rhineland, civil status register, registry office Cologne, deaths, 1888, document 1085, according to the document, von Fürstenberg died at the age of 54.

[3] According to Romeyk, he had been on leave from June 15, 1892 - with multiple extensions. Due to his death in 1888, this can only be a transmission error, which can only be finally clarified by looking at the original source.