Adolf Käch

Adolf Käch (born May 28, 1904 in Nebikon , † October 14, 1992 in Lucerne , Catholic , resident in Wolhusen , Nebikon and since 1951 in Lucerne) was a Swiss politician ( FDP ).

biography

Adolf Käch was born on May 28, 1904 as the son of the orphan bailiff Otto Käch and Maria Josefa born Hodel in Nebikon. From 1924 to 1927, Käch studied agronomy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich , which he obtained in 1927 with the academic degree of Dipl. Ing. Agr. completed.

As a result, he was employed from 1939 to 1949 as Secretary of Agriculture in the Lucerne State Economic Department. At the time of the Second World War , Adolf Käch was the head of the cantonal cultivation plant. He also presided over the Conference of Directors of Agriculture between 1958 and 1963.

Adolf Käch, a member of Zofingia , who was married to Hedwig, née Stocker, died on October 14, 1992 at the age of 88 in Lucerne.

Political career

The liberal politician Käch was a member of the city ​​council in Lucerne between 1943 and 1949 . He then headed the State Economic Department in the Lucerne Government Council from 1950 to 1969 . He also presided over the Liberal Party of the Canton of Lucerne from 1951 to 1955.

During Käch's tenure, important new laws in the areas of soil improvement , hunting and bird protection , animal husbandry, water protection and forestry were enacted .

literature

• Luzerner Tagblatt , July 9, 1969
• 150 years of Zofingia Luzern (1820-1970) 1970, p. 148 f.

Web link

• Roman Bussmann: Käch, Adolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .