Albert Bärlocher
Albert Bärlocher ( May 28, 1831 in St. Gallen - January 12, 1903 there ) was a Swiss lawyer, judge and politician.
Life
Baerlocher, son of businessman and municipal council Johann Conrad Baerlocher, studied Jus in Zurich, Heidelberg, Munich, Berlin and Paris.
From 1853 to 1867 he worked as a lawyer in St. Gallen and from 1867 to 1873 as mayor of the city of St. Gallen. From 1873 to 1891 he was a liberal cantonal councilor (president 1885), from 1873 to 1901 cantonal judge (president 1883–1901). From 1878 to 1882 he liquidated the Swiss National Railway . He was also a major in the cantonal judicial staff.
He was involved in a variety of ways, in some cases decisively in federal legislation (draft for a Swiss debt enforcement and bankruptcy law, 1881) and in the canton (Criminal Law 1886, Civil Justice Law 1900). In 1901 he was promoted to Dr. hc from the University of Basel.
In 1874 he married Anna Elisabeth Moosherr, the daughter of the businessman and farmer Karl Theodor Moosherr.
literature
- Marcel Mayer : Albert Bärlocher. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 28, 2002 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bärlocher, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss lawyer, judge and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Gallen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1903 |
| Place of death | St. Gallen |