Constantin Siegwart-Müller
Constantin Siegwart-Müller (born October 10, 1801 in Lodrino TI ; † January 13, 1869 in Altdorf UR ) was one of the leaders of the Ultramontane Party in Lucerne and played an important role during the Sonderbund War in 1847.
Siegwart-Müller was born in Lodrino in Ticino, where his father owned a glassworks. In 1826 he received the land rights of Uri and in 1827 became state advocate. In 1832 he moved to Lucerne and acquired the citizenship of Oberkirch LU . In Lucerne Siegwart-Müller became a state clerk in 1834 and later a councilor. In the 1830s he joined the conservative ultramontane party of Josef Leu and was therefore deposed as state clerk. In 1841 he succeeded in getting back to the Grand Council as a conservative representative and eventually even becoming a member of the government, mayor of Lucerne and, in 1844, president of the federal assembly. In 1845 he was accepted as an honorary member of the AV Semper Fidelis .
Siegwart-Müller considered a confrontation between the radical-liberal and the conservative-Catholic cantons of Switzerland to be inevitable. He actively pursued the escalation of the disputes of the cantons and, as chairman of the war council of the Sonderbund, made contact with the Austrian State Chancellor Metternich , whom he wanted to win over to intervene on the side of the Sonderbund.
The defeat of the Sonderbund in 1847 drove Siegwart-Müller into exile in the Austrian Lombardy , then to Innsbruck . In 1857 he returned to Switzerland and lived in Altdorf until his death in 1869 , where he published his memoirs between 1863 and 1866.
Works
- Councilor Josef Leu von Ebersol , Altdorf 1863
- The struggle between law and violence in the Swiss Confederation and my share in it , Altdorf 1864
- The victory of violence over law in the Swiss Confederation , Altdorf 1866
literature
- Gerold Meyer von Knonau : Siegwart, Constantin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, pp. 206-212.
- Siegwarth-Müller, Constantin: The struggle between law and violence in the Swiss Confederation and my share in it: Volume 1
Web links
- Heidi Bossard-Borner: Siegwart (-Müller), Konstantin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Siegwart-Müller, Constantin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss party leaders, leaders of the Ultramontanes and the Sonderbund |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lodrino TI |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1869 |
| Place of death | Altdorf UR |