Carl Bertschinger

Carl Bertschinger (born June 16, 1881 in Pfäffikon ; † March 4, 1960 there , reformed , resident in Pfäffikon) was a Swiss politician ( FDP / BGB ).

biography

Carl Bertschinger was born on June 16, 1881 in Pfäffikon as the son of the farmer Heinrich Bertschinger. After attending the industrial school in Winterthur, he completed a degree in agronomy at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich .

As a result, Bertschinger, he was a landowner in Oberwil, a town in the Pfäffikon community, ran the Maggi estate management company in Kemptthal between 1910 and 1950 . He also served in the Swiss Army in the position of colonel of the cavalry . In 1941 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

In 1924 Carl Bertschinger married Marie, the daughter of the Pfäffiker farmer and landlord "Zur Krone" Jakob Wyss. He died on March 4, 1960 at the age of 79 in Pfäffikon.

Political career

Carl Bertschinger began his political career as a councilor in Pfäffikon. In 1913 he was elected to the Zurich Cantonal Council, of which he was a member until 1921. In addition, after the parliamentary elections from 1917 to 1935, he initially represented the Liberal Democratic Party and, after his move, the Peasants, Trade and Citizens' Party (BGB) in the National Council .

In addition Bertschinger served from 1919 as a board member of the Agricultural Association Zurich, where he in 1939 as president of board, and from 1940 to 1953 of the Swiss Farmers' Union . He also presided over the Zurich Brown Swiss Breeding Association and the Society of Swiss Farmers.

Carl Bertschinger, who emerged as a sponsor of agricultural training centers, played a mediating role between science and agricultural practice.

literature

• Erich Gruner , Karl Frei: The Swiss Federal Assembly 1848–1920. Francke, Bern 1966, page 51 f.

Web links

• Silvia Scherz: Bertschinger, Carl. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .