Arnold Münch

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Arnold Münch (born October 3, 1825 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † January 9, 1895 in Windisch ) was a Catholic-conservative Swiss politician , civil servant and entrepreneur . From 1869 to 1889 he represented the canton of Aargau in the National Council .

biography

The son of the historian Ernst Münch spent the first years of his life in Freiburg, Liège , The Hague and Stuttgart , where the father taught at the respective universities. Münch received his school education in Freiburg and Vevey , followed by commercial, historical and legal studies. After he had admitted to the Bar, he was from 1852 to 1854 in Rheinfelden , the Citizen of his family, worked as a lawyer. During this time he was also a member of the city ​​council . From 1854 Münch worked at the district court of the Rheinfelden district as a court substitute, from 1859 as clerk , from 1862 as district administrator. In 1871 he went into the private sector and worked as head of the central administration of the Swiss Rhine Saltworks . He also tried his hand at entrepreneurship and was a partner in the Fendrich & Münch cigar factory in Rheinfelden.

As a Catholic-Conservative candidate, Münch was elected to the National Council in the parliamentary elections in 1869 in the Aargau-Nord constituency. He was re-elected six times in a row. In parliament he was particularly committed to building the Bözbergbahn, which opened in 1875 . In addition, he was a determined pioneer of the total revision of the Swiss federal constitution . In his free time, Münch was engaged in historical research, the Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau published his work in the book series Argovia . Due to economic failures, he had to resign from all offices in 1889. He spent the last years of his life in the Königsfelden psychiatric clinic .

literature

  • Biographical Lexicon of the Canton of Aargau 1803–1957 . In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia . tape 68/69 . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1958, p. 568 . ( Digitized version ).

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personal data
SURNAME Münch, Arnold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1895
Place of death Windisch AG