Sigmund Conrad von Eybesfeld

Conrad von Eybesfeld 1872

Sigmund Conrad Freiherr von Eybesfeld , also Eybisfeld , (born August 11, 1821 in Kainberg Castle ; † July 9, 1898 in Graz ) was an Austrian lawyer, civil servant and politician.

Life

Sigmund Conrad studied law at the universities of Graz and Vienna and then entered the civil service. He was president of the kk base load redemption and regulation commission, the kk fiefdom allodization commission, the property tax regulation commission and head of the kk Upper Austrian finance directorate. In 1851 or 1853 he acquired Eybesfeld Castle . Emperor Franz Joseph I elevated him to knighthood in 1854 with the title " von Eybesfeld ", and in 1870 to the status of baron. From 1871 to 1872 he was governor of Upper Austria , from 1872 to 1880 governor of Lower Austria . From 1880 to 1885 he was Minister for Culture and Education in the Taaffe Ministry .

Honors

Commander of the Papal Order of Gregory
Knight of the kk Leopold and the Order of Malta

Commander of the emperor. Austrian Franz Joseph Order

literature

Conrad von Eybesfeld, Siegmund Frh .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 153.

Web links

Biography of Sigmund Conrad von Eybesfeld on the server of the federal state of Upper Austria .
Entry on Sigmund Conrad von Eybesfeld in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

↑ Brief history of Eibesfeld Castle , documentation based on archival materials from the Rein Abbey Archives and the Styrian State Archives. According to this, the purchase contract is dated October 3, 1851.
↑ Plaque in front of Eybesfeld Castle
^ Entry Conrad von Eybesfeld, Siegmund [sic] in Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 4, Leipzig 1906, p. 260

predecessor	Office	successor
Karl von Stremayr	Minister for Cultus and Education in the Cisleithanien part of the empire 1880–1885	Paul Gautsch from Frankenthurn

personal data
SURNAME	Conrad von Eybesfeld, Sigmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Eybisfeld, Conrad Freiherr von; Eybesfeld, Sigmund Conrad Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian civil servant and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 11, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kainberg Castle
DATE OF DEATH	July 9, 1898
Place of death	Graz

[1] Brief history of Eibesfeld Castle , documentation based on archival materials from the Rein Abbey Archives and the Styrian State Archives. According to this, the purchase contract is dated October 3, 1851.

[2] Plaque in front of Eybesfeld Castle

[3] Entry Conrad von Eybesfeld, Siegmund [sic] in Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 4, Leipzig 1906, p. 260