Albert Utinger
Albert Utinger (born December 10, 1855 in Zug ; † October 5, 1936 there ) was a Swiss entrepreneur .
Life
Utinger came from a Catholic family in Zug. He was the son of Verena Röllin and the hotelier and city councilor Alois Utinger. He married Wilhelmina Speck, daughter of the cloth merchant Jakob Karl Speck. From 1869 to 1872 he attended the industrial school in Zug and did a hotel internship in Freiburg. He then worked as a language teacher in England and Italy . From 1881 to 1883 he was a hotelier on the Zugerberg . In 1884 he took over the renowned Hotel Löwen in Zug from his father. From 1881 to 1882 and from 1889 to 1894 he was a liberal cantonal councilor , and from 1927 to 1930 he was a city councilor in Zug. From 1878 to 1904 he was administrator and from 1878 to 1910 he was a member of the board of directors of the water supply and, from 1892, of the Zug waterworks . From 1904 to 1925 he was director of the Swiss incandescent lamp factory in Zug.
Utinger taught himself hydraulic engineering and electrical engineering, planned the water supply system in Zug, which his father and uncle helped initiate in 1878, planned the first power station in Lorzentobel , which went into operation in 1891, and worked as an expert in the Swiss electrical industry associations.
literature
- Renato Morosoli: Utinger, Albert. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Zug News , October 7, 1936
- Zuger Volksblatt , October 7, 1936; December 21, 1936
Web links
- Literature by and about Albert Utinger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Renato Morosoli: Utinger, Albert. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Utinger, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | train |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1936 |
| Place of death | train |