Carl Feer-Duke

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Carl Feer-Duke

Carl Feer-Herzog (born October 23, 1820 in Rixheim ( Alsace ), † January 14, 1880 in Aarau ) was a Swiss politician, entrepreneur and railway pioneer. He is considered one of the most important economic promoters in Switzerland in the 19th century.

biography

Feer-Herzog completed a technical and scientific degree, first at the University of Geneva , then at the École centrale des arts et manufactures in Paris . During his student days he joined the Swiss Zofingerverein . In 1841 he joined his father's silk ribbon factory in Aarau and in 1845 became a partner and commercial director. As a result, he made a large fortune and in 1865 sold his shares to his brothers.

He began his political career in 1852 when he was elected to the Grand Council . He belonged to this until his death in 1880 and was president twice (1855/56 and 1872/73). At the same time he was National Council (1857-1880) and 1874 National Council President . He belonged to the liberal faction.

Carl Feer-Herzog was a promoter of banking and railroad construction . In 1854 he was a co-founder of the semi-public "Aargauische Bank", which was converted into the Aargauische Kantonalbank in 1913 , and was its president until 1880. He also sat on the board of directors of the bank association . In 1852 he was one of the founders of the Swiss Central Railway and was its vice president from 1860 to 1880. He presided over the Gotthard Railway Company from 1871 to 1880.

The advocate of free trade was a negotiator on economic issues from 1864 to 1873 and in this function negotiated trade agreements with France , Italy , Austria-Hungary , the North German Confederation , Spain , Russia , Persia and Portugal . At the conferences of the Latin Monetary Union he was an advocate of the gold standard , he was internationally recognized as an expert on currency issues.

He was married to Caroline Herzog, the granddaughter of the important Aargau politician Johannes Herzog , and had six children. After his death, his specialist library with numerous contemporary works on monetary and economic policy issues came to the Aargau canton library .

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Individual evidence

  1. Carl Feer-Herzog in the digital Alfred Escher letter edition . Retrieved August 9, 2017.