Eduard Huber (politician)
Eduard Huber (born May 20, 1818 in Murten , † February 9, 1893 , reformed , resident in Murten) was a Swiss politician (Radical Party).
biography
Eduard Huber was born on May 20, 1818 in Murten as the son of the doctor Johann-Samuel Huber and Margareta, born Mottet. After attending secondary schools in Murten and Neuchâtel , Huber, a member of the Zofingia from 1837 to 1839, studied medicine in Bern , Zurich , Heidelberg and Würzburg , where he obtained his doctorate . In Heidelberg he joined the Corps Helvetia in 1839.
He then worked as an assistant doctor in Paris . From 1844 Huber ran a doctor's practice in Murten. In 1845 he married Emilie, the daughter of pastor Peter Gottlieb Schmid. Huber served in the Swiss Army in the position of a medical major. Eduard Huber died on February 9, 1893 at the age of 74 in Murten.
Political activity
As a participant in the uprising of the radicals of January 6, 1847 against the Freiburg government , Huber spent a month in prison. After the establishment of the radical government, he served as Mayor of Murten from 1848 to 1861 or from 1879 to 1893 . He also sat in the Freiburg Grand Council from 1855 to 1856 and in the National Council from 1881 to 1884 . Huber was a member of the Synodal Council. He also chaired the Murten School Commission.
Eduard Huber was actively involved in the railroad policy of the radical government and, from 1866, took part in the struggle for the route along the Broye as a member of the Murten Committee . When this struggle culminated in the Murten people's attempt to become self-employed between 1870 and 1872, Eduard Huber became one of the leaders of this movement.
literature
- Freiburg State Archives , card index
- Erich Gruner : The Swiss Federal Assembly 1848–1920. Vol. 1, p. 394
- Jean-Reue Dorand: Chemins de fer et régions dans le canton de Friborg entre 1845 et 1878, 1980
Web link
- Christophe Aeby: Huber, Eduard. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 115 , 129
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Huber, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (Radical Party) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Murten |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1893 |
| Place of death | Murten |