Eduard Häberlin

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Eduard Häberlin (born March 8, 1820 in Bissegg , † February 14, 1884 in Zurich ) was a Swiss politician .

biography

Häberlin studied law in Zurich and Heidelberg from 1840–1843 and was admitted to the Thurgau bar in 1843 . During his studies he joined the Swiss Zofinger Association . He worked as a lawyer in Bissegg and later in Weinfelden . From 1849 to 1872 he was a member of the Thurgau Grand Council , which he presided over seven times for a year. Through his political career - he was 1851–1857 in the National Council , 1851 and 1857–1869 in the Council of States , 1863 President of the Council of States , 1852–1869 in the Education Council, 1855–1869 its President, 1852–1869 Thurgau Public Prosecutor, 1862–1872 federal judge and 1866 president of the federal court - he attained an extraordinary power potential at cantonal level, which was also called the “Häberlin system”. As a politician, he mainly devoted himself to planning railway lines . From 1853 to 1858 he was on the board of directors of the Nordostbahn and represented the canton of Thurgau in its management.

From the 1860s, his system was opposed by the Democratic Opposition, namely by the later Federal Councilors Fridolin Anderwert and Adolf Deucher . They worked to disempower Häberlin. This advocated the long-traded vision of a railway line from Constance via Amriswil to Rorschach . When the decision to route the route along Lake Constance was made, his position of power was definitely at stake. The lake line was opened in 1869. At the initiative of Anderwert, who was then President of the Constitutional Council , the Thurgau cantonal constitution was revised in 1868/69. With this constitutional revision, the “Häberlin system” was put to a targeted end - it was also voted out of the Council of States in the same year. From 1877 he worked again as a lawyer in Weinfelden.

His brother Friedrich Heinrich Häberlin and his nephew Heinrich Häberlin were also Grand Councilors and National Councilors. The former was also a Thurgau government councilor, the latter a federal councilor .

literature

  • Marcel Mebold: Eduard Häberlin, 1820–1884. His life and work in the canton of Thurgau and in the Swiss Confederation (= Thurgau contributions to patriotic history. Volume 109). Hans Schellenberg publishing house, Winterthur 1971.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marcel Mebold: Eduard Häberlin, 1820–1884. His life and work in the canton of Thurgau and in the Swiss Confederation (= Thurgau contributions to patriotic history. Volume 109). Hans Schellenberg Verlag, Winterthur 1971, pp. 16-17.
  2. ^ Verena Rothenbühler: Eduard Häberlin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data
SURNAME Häberlin, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Bissegg
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1884
Place of death Zurich