Bartholome Bänziger

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Bartholome Bänziger (born May 16, 1810 in Heiden AR ; † January 13, 1874 in Ravensburg ; legal resident in Heiden) was a Swiss manufacturer from the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

Life

Bartholome Bänziger was a son of councilor Bartholome Bänziger and Elsbeth Bänziger nee Bischofberger. In 1833 he married Katharina Tobler, a daughter of councilor Hans Konrad Tobler. In 1855 he married Sophie Margaretha Braun, a daughter of Johannes Braun, for the second time.

Bartholome Bänziger, who worked as a textile entrepreneur, introduced jacquard weaving in the 1830s with the construction of the so-called New Factory in Heiden . In 1860 he bought a weaving mill in Schornreute near Ravensburg and converted it into a finishing and bleaching mill , which he managed until his death.

From 1843 to 1848 and later again from 1852 to 1858 Bartholome Bänziger was councilor in Heiden. In the meantime, from 1851 to 1852, he was Ausserrhoder District Administrator, that is, a member of the cantonal parliament . In 1847 he was wounded as a colonel in the Sonderbund War .

literature

  • Ernst H. Koller, Jakob Signer: Appenzell coat of arms and gender book. Stämpfli, Bern 1926, p. 13.
  • Peter Witschi: Appenzeller all over the world. Schläpfer, Herisau 1994, p. 135.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter Schläpfer: Appenzeller history. Vol. II: Appenzell Ausserrhoden from 1597 to the present. Herisau / Appenzell 1972, pp. 420-428.
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personal data
SURNAME Bänziger, Bartholome
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Heiden AR
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1874
Place of death Ravensburg