Konrad Melsbach

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Konrad Melsbach , also Conrad Melsbach (born June 12, 1785 in Krefeld ; † June 10, 1840 ibid) was a Prussian district administrator .

Life

Konrad Melsbach was born as the son of Johann Anton Melsbach (* 1748 in Krefeld; † unknown) and his wife Margaretha (* 1757 in Krefeld; † unknown), born. Seyen born. His siblings were:

  • Sibylla Katharina Melsbach (* 1788; † unknown);
  • Diedrich Melsbach (* 1790; † unknown);
  • Johann Peter Melsbach (* 1791; † 1829)

After attending school, Konrad Melsbach received a commercial training. After the Département de la Roer became French national territory together with Krefeld as the Arrondissement de Crévelt in 1801, the government at that time appointed him captain of the national guard and later an alderman of the municipal council at an unknown time .

After the end of the French occupation on January 14, 1814, Krefeld became Prussian again and Konrad Melsbach received the post of cantonal commissioner from Governor General Johann August Sack ; in the same year he was appointed adjutant to the battalion commander of the citizen militia in Krefeld. In addition, in September 1814 he was given the job of municipal and tax collector for Krefeld. He remained in this post until he was appointed District Administrator in 1833.

In 1828 he became a member of the district council, and was thus a member of the district parliament. In 1833 he was elected by the county council to the district of Krefeld and by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. confirmed in this office. He thus succeeded Jakob Benjamin Heydweiller, who had temporarily taken over the office the year before. After his death, the office was passed to Baron Julius von Canitz, who handed it over to Baron Carl von Raesfeld in 1841.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen, pp. 713–714 . BF Voigt, 1842 ( google.de [accessed February 9, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Melsbach. Retrieved February 9, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Official Journal for the Düsseldorf administrative region: 1833 . Bagel, 1833 ( google.de [accessed February 9, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Melsbach, Konrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Melsbach, Conrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian district administrator
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1785
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1840
Place of death Krefeld