Johan Caspar von Cicignon

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Major General Johan Caspar von Cicignon (c. 1625-1696) was an officer from Luxembourg.

Born in Oberwampach, Cicignon became a Danish officer in 1657. He became commandant at the Bergenshus fortress, Norway, in the early 1660s. As such he was involved in the Battle of Vågen in 1665, when an English flotilla attacked a Dutch treasure fleet, sheltering in the bay of Bergen. In 1681, he was sent to Trondheim, Norway, to lead the rebuilding of the town after a massive city fire. Cicignon's baroque style is still leading in Trondheim's structure. Monuments for Cicignon can be found in both Oberwampach and Trondheim.

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