Carl Zurburg
Carl A. Zurburg , later Zurburg-Geisser (born January 19, 1859 in Bad Ragaz , † November 12, 1928 in Altstätten , legal resident in Balgach ) was a Swiss lawyer and politician .
biography
The son of a pharmacist studied in Tübingen , Zurich and Basel law . In Tübingen he renounced in the winter semester 1878/1879 with the student union Landsmannschaft Scotland . In 1885 Zurburg settled in Altstätten as a lawyer. From 1902 he was a member and from 1909 to 1925 President of the Court of Cassation. From 1911 to 1928 he was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Altstätten-Gais-Bahn .
Zurburg was a Catholic-Conservative member of the St. Gallen Cantonal Council from 1891 to 1915 . After the parliamentary elections in 1905 , he was a member of the National Council until 1925 . Carl Zurburg campaigned, among other things, for the federal law on hunting and bird protection, the federal certificate of competence for lawyers and matters relating to the Rhine Valley . In 1919/1920 he advocated the connection of Vorarlberg to Switzerland.
literature
- Erich Gruner : The Swiss Federal Assembly 1848–1920: Volume 1 . Francke, 1966, p. 600.
- Walther Baumgartner: The Christian Social Party of the Canton of St. Gallen 1911-1939 . State Archives St. Gallen, 1998, 321 f.
- List of members of the Landsmannschaft Scotland zu Tübingen: 1849–1909. Stuttgart 1909, p. 15.
Web links
- Wolfgang Göldi: Zurburg, Carl. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zurburg, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zurburg, Carl A .; Zurburg, Karl; Zurburg-Geisser, Carl; Zurburg-Geißer, Carl; Zurburg-Geisser, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Ragaz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1928 |
| Place of death | Altstätten |