Andreas Heusler (lawyer, 1802)

Andreas Heusler (born March 8, 1802 in Basel ; † April 11, 1868 ibid) was a Swiss lawyer , legal historian , politician and journalist .

Heusler completed a law degree in Tübingen and Jena from 1821 to 1826 , which he completed with a doctorate in 1826 . During his studies he became a member of the Jena fraternity in 1820 and of the Germania Tübingen fraternity in 1821 . In 1828 he received his habilitation at the University of Basel . From 1830 to 1868 he was a member of the Basler or (after the cantons were split in 1833) of the Basel City Council . From 1831 to 1847 he was also a small councilor and took a seat in various state bodies. From 1831 to 1859 he was also a staff member and main editor of the Basler Zeitung . He wrote many political editorials, which made him the spokesman for the conservatives in Basel. With an article against the up-and-coming radicals, in which he disparagingly referred to the federal rifle flags as “shreds”, he provoked a scandal and was no longer elected to the Small Council. From 1850 he worked as a law professor and in 1867 held the dignity of university rector. Heusler wrote several constitutional and historical works, including a constitutional history of the city of Basel in the Middle Ages and a depiction of the Peasants' War of 1653.

Heusler was married from 1830. The lawyer and historian Andreas Heusler (1834–1921) was his son.

Honors

In 1876, Ferdinand Schlöth commissioned a monument bust by Andreas Heusler for the auditorium of the museum on Augustinergasse , which has been in the Basel sculpture hall since 2008 .

Fonts

• De ratione in puniendis delictis culpa commissis apud Romanos servata. Typis Richterianis, Tübingen 1826 (dissertation).
• The separation of the canton of Basel. 2 volumes. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1839/1842 (online: Volume 1 , Volume 2 ).
• The Peasants' War of 1653 in the Basel region. Neukirch, Basel 1854 ( online ).
• Constitutional history of the city of Basel in the Middle Ages. Bahnmaier, Basel 1860 ( online ).

literature

• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , pp. 325-326.
• Wilhelm Vischer :  Heusler, Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, pp. 337-339.

Web links

• Literature by and about Andreas Heusler in the catalog of the German National Library
• Andreas Heusler's estate in the Basel University Library
• Katharina Huber: Heusler, Andreas. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stefan Hess , Tomas Lochman (ed.): Classical beauty and patriotic heroism. The Basel sculptor Ferdinand Schlöth (1818–1891). Verlag der Skulpturhalle Basel, Basel 2004, ISBN 3-905057-20-4 , p. 172 f.