Ludwig Albrecht Effinger

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Ludwig Albrecht Effinger von Wildegg (born December 10, 1773 in Wildegg ; † December 16, 1853 there ) was a Swiss politician and colonel .

Effinger, a member of the Effinger patrician family , received his training from private tutors and at the Aarauer Rahn'schen Anstalt . He attended the Karlsschule in Stuttgart and joined the Dutch service as a captain in 1791 . In 1793 he was released from French captivity and returned home. In 1798 he became secretary at the Spanish embassy in Bern and was elected to the Bern administrative chamber in the same year . In 1802, as a colonel in the Stecklikkrieg , he succeeded in taking Freiburg in Üechtland . From 1805 to 1808 he was a councilor in the canton of Aargau andJustice of the Peace . He withdrew from public life and managed the domain and Wildegg Castle , which he leased from his brother Siegmund in 1803 and bought in 1814, and where he made structural and horticultural changes. He was friends with Hortense and Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, who lived on Arenenberg . He and his sister bought the Pfyn estate in Thurgau in 1811 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mylène Ruoss: The furnishing of the entrance hall of Wildegg Castle around 1830. In: Journal for Swiss Archeology and Art History. 69 (2012), no. 2, p. 150.
  2. ↑ The Rebhaus and the Rose Garden . In: The Castle Domain. On the website of Wildegg Castle (Canton Aargau), accessed on May 21, 2016.
  3. ^ Christoph Zürcher: Effinger, Ludwig Albrecht (von Wildegg). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data
SURNAME Effinger, Ludwig Albrecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician and colonel
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Wildegg
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1853
Place of death Wildegg