Ambrosius Schlumpf (politician, 1573)

Ambrosius Schlumpf (born November 9, 1573 in St. Gallen ; † November 29, 1635 ibid) was a Swiss politician and mayor of St. Gallen (Switzerland).

Life

Ambrosius Schlumpf was the son of David Schlumpf, Elfer, and his wife Katharina (* 1533 in St. Gallen; † unknown), daughter of Joachim Haltmayer. His grandfather was the St. Gallen mayor of the same name, Ambrosius Schlumpf .

From 1615 to 1620 he was the guild master of the weavers' guild, and from 1618 to 1620 he held the office of sub-mayor.

From 1620 to 1635 he alternated with Georg Huber , Joachim Zollikofer , Lorenz Steiger (elected 1625) and Sebastian Schobinger (elected 1632) every three years as mayor , former mayor and imperial bailiff . He also took part as envoy in the Diet from September 29, 1620 to October 13, 1620 in Baden .

Ambrosius Schlumpf was first married to Anna, daughter of Heinrich Kaiser, from 1597. The names of her children are known:

Anna Schlumpf (* 1600; † 1642), married to Jakob Züblin (1596–1655).

From 1629 he was married to Weibratha, daughter of Kaspar Scherrer, Elfer, for the second time.

literature

August Naef : Chronicle or Memories of the City and Landscape of St. Gallen. With the epitome of the related Appenzell events. From the oldest to the more recent. Friedrich Schulthess, Zurich, Scheitlin, St. Gallen 1867, p. 64 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Patric Schnitzer: Smurf, Ambrosius. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Guild Constitution of the City of St. Gallen. (PDF) Retrieved January 10, 2019 .
↑ Jakob Vogel, Daniel Albert Fechter: The Eidgenössische Abschiede from the period from 1618 to 1648 (= official collection of the older Eidgenössische Abschiede . Volume 5 , Dept. 2). C. Schultze, Basel 1875, p. 162 f . ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 10, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Smurf, Ambrosius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss Mayor
DATE OF BIRTH	November 9, 1573
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH	November 29, 1635
Place of death	St. Gallen

[1] Guild Constitution of the City of St. Gallen. (PDF) Retrieved January 10, 2019 .

[2] Jakob Vogel, Daniel Albert Fechter: The Eidgenössische Abschiede from the period from 1618 to 1648 (= official collection of the older Eidgenössische Abschiede . Volume 5 , Dept. 2). C. Schultze, Basel 1875, p. 162 f . ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 10, 2019]).