Christian Studer

Christian Studer (* 1458 in St. Gallen ; † December 30, 1531 ibid) was a Swiss merchant and mayor of St. Gallen (Switzerland).

Life

Christian Studer was the son of Hans Studer (* 1415; † unknown) and his wife Anna Mäder (* 1420; † unknown) from Waldkirch .

As a linen dealer he was a member of the weavers' guild. In 1511 he co-founded a trading company in Nuremberg with Hans Heuss.

In 1488 he took part as a captain in the battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier and led the Swiss troops in the Guerrefolle .

1501-1502 he was municipal judge , 1513 treasurer , and in the period 1514-1516 and 1524-1525, he was councilman in St. Gallen, in that time, he was from 1519 to 1524 Stadtammann .

From 1525 to 1531 he was, alternating with Joachim Vadian (elected 1526), Konrad Meyer (elected 1527), Heinrich Komer (elected 1530) and Hans Rainsperg (elected 1531), as successor to Jacob Krum , every three years mayor , former mayor and imperial bailiff in St. Gallen.

Christian Studer's first marriage since 1483 was Ellen, daughter of Ulrich Thalmann, Chancellor of the Prince Abbey of St. Gallen ; her daughter was:

Barbara Studer, entered the monastery of St. Katharina in 1506 .

In his second marriage, he was married to Sybilla Stock from 1491 and his third marriage to Helena (* 1477; † October 14, 1538), daughter of Franziskus Zyli (1439-1520), mayor and merchant, from 1499, they had the daughter together :

Helena Studer (* 1506 in St. Gallen; † February 24, 1545 ibid), married to the merchant and councilor Bartholomäus Schobinger (1500–1585), who, together with the doctor Paracelsus , did alchemical experiments during his six-month stay in St. Gallen .

Trivia

In the year he died, Christian Studer was treated for six months by Paracelsus, albeit unsuccessfully, who also lived in his house during this time.

literature

August Naef : Chronicle or Memories of the City and Landscape of St. Gallen. With the epitome of the related Appenzell events. From the oldest to the more recent. Friedrich Schulthess, Zurich, Scheitlin, St. Gallen 1867, p. 64 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

Web links

Patric Schnitzer: Christian Studer. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

^ Georg Leonhard Hartmann: History of the City of St. Gallen . Self-published, St. Gallen 1818, p. 220 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 2, 2019]).
^ Simone Mengis: Writing women around 1500: Scriptorium and library of the Dominican convent St. Katharina St. Gallen . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-022089-6 , pp. 114 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 2, 2019]).
↑ Janique Weder: Late honor for an unrecognized doctor. In: St. Galler Tagblatt . December 27, 2014, accessed January 2, 2019 .
^ Rudolf Werner Soukup: Chemistry in Austria. Mining, Alchemy, and Early Chemistry. From the beginning to the end of the 18th century. History of the early chemical technology and alchemy of the Eastern Alpine region, taking into account developments in neighboring regions . Böhlau, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77567-6 , pp. 220 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 2, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Studer, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss Mayor
DATE OF BIRTH	1458
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH	December 30, 1531
Place of death	St. Gallen

[1] Georg Leonhard Hartmann: History of the City of St. Gallen . Self-published, St. Gallen 1818, p. 220 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 2, 2019]).

[2] Simone Mengis: Writing women around 1500: Scriptorium and library of the Dominican convent St. Katharina St. Gallen . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-022089-6 , pp. 114 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 2, 2019]).

[3] Janique Weder: Late honor for an unrecognized doctor. In: St. Galler Tagblatt . December 27, 2014, accessed January 2, 2019 .

[4] Rudolf Werner Soukup: Chemistry in Austria. Mining, Alchemy, and Early Chemistry. From the beginning to the end of the 18th century. History of the early chemical technology and alchemy of the Eastern Alpine region, taking into account developments in neighboring regions . Böhlau, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77567-6 , pp. 220 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 2, 2019]).