Arthur Schiess

Arthur Schiess (born September 19, 1842 in Herisau ; † August 8, 1917 in Schwende ; legal resident in Herisau) was a Swiss entrepreneur from the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

Life

Arthur Schiess was the son of Johann Jakob Schmid, Colonel and co-founder of the Herisau embroidery and fabric trading company Zahner & Schiess & Companie, and Elise Schefer.

Schiess first completed a commercial apprenticeship in the Cologne branch of his father's company . He then spent seven years abroad in London , Paris and New York City . From the end of the 1860s, Schiess managed the export business in his father's company . In 1873 he became a partner. Schiess built up the important fabric trading department. This was moved to St. Gallen in 1883 . Schiess also settled in St. Gallen. He soon became known for his charitable donations . During his lifetime he made it possible to build the Kreckelhof educational institution and the cantonal sanatorium and nursing home in Herisau . With testamentary donations of 3 million francs, he laid the basis for old-age and disability insurance for the cantons of St. Gallen and Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Arthur-Schiess-Strasse in Herisau was named after him.

literature

• Peter Holderegger: Entrepreneurs in Appenzellerland: History of industrial entrepreneurship in Appenzell Ausserrhoden from the beginning to the present. Herisau: Schläpfer 1992.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Arthur Schiess. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 20, 2012 , accessed May 18, 2020 .

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