Carl Benziger
Carl Josef Benziger , modernized Karl Benziger , (born June 23, 1879 in Einsiedeln , † April 26, 1951 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss diplomat .
Life
He came from the family Benziger , which in the 18th century in central Switzerland Marian shrine of Einsiedeln among the numerous pilgrims began a deal with crosses and religious souvenirs. In 1792, Johann Baptist Carl Benziger (1719–1802) received the right to sell devotional objects and books through the Einsiedeln monastery . His son Franz Benziger (1758–1827), head of the monastery print shop, founded an independent print shop in 1798. In 1833 two nephews of Franz Benziger - sons of his brother Josef Carl Benziger - founded the publishing and printing company Gebrüder Carl and Nikolaus Benziger . Karl Benziger was more attached to politics and literature and looked after the publishing house, Nikolaus der Technik and managed the printing works, where he introduced one of the first mechanical printing presses in 1844.
Carl Benziger was born in 1879 as the son of the publishing house dealer and co-owner of the Beinziger & Co. publishing house, and his wife Josefine nee von Weber († 1881). After attending primary school in Einsiedeln and grammar school in Feldkirch, he studied at the Bern University of Applied Sciences and at the universities of Freiburg im Breisgau, Munich, Innsbruck and the Ecole nationale des chartes in Paris. He received his PhD in 1909 for Dr. phil. and in 1916 Dr. jur. After working in the State Archives of the Canton of Schwyz, he became the first librarian at the City and University Library of Bern. From 1916 he was the first secretary at the Political Department in Berlin. From 1931 to 1934 Carl Benziger was President of the International Port Council in Danzig on behalf of the League of Nations . He was then appointed Consul General in Dublin in 1935. Four years later he was appointed chargé d'affaires at the Swiss embassy there. In 1946 he retired and moved into his country estate in Tartegnin . He died in 1951.
literature
- Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? . Xth edition, Berlin 1935, p. 96.
Web links
- Documents by and about Carl Josef in the Dodis database of Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
- Entry in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benziger, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benziger, Karl; Benziger, Carl Josef (full name). |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Einsiedeln |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1951 |
| Place of death | Lausanne |