Adolf Furrer

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Adolf Furrer (born December 9, 1897 in Derendingen , † February 10, 1978 in Caracas , legal domicile in Bolken ) was a Swiss politician ( SP ).

Life

Adolf Furrer was born the son of Johanna Vogt and his father of the same name, who was a school keeper in Derendingen . He completed the teachers' seminar in Solothurn , which he completed in 1916 with a teaching certificate. He was then a teacher in Grenchen from 1918 to 1933 . In 1933 he became mayor of Grenchner . He held this office until 1960. From 1935 to 1963 Furrer sat for the Social Democrats in the National Council . Furrer cultivated relations with the city of Genoa , since Giuseppe Mazzini had spent part of his Swiss exile in Grenchen. He died of influenza while visiting his son's family in Caracas , Venezuela .

Awards

  • 1953 honorary citizen of Genoa
  • 1965 honorary citizen of Grenchen
  • 1975 Grenchen Culture Prize

literature

  • City archive Grenchen (ed.): 100 years of social democratic city councilors in Grenchen. Festschrift for the 100th anniversary . Grenchen 1999

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jean-Maurice Lätt: Furrer, Adolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 11, 2005 , accessed December 28, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Lg .: Former City Mayor Adolf Furrer in memory . In: Solothurner Zeitung . February 13, 1978.
personal data
SURNAME Furrer, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (SP)
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Their ends
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1978
Place of death Caracas