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Grave in the Hörnli cemetery , Riehen, Basel-Stadt

Ernst Feigenwinter (born March 16, 1853 in Reinach ; † September 15, 1919 in Bern ) was a Swiss politician ( Catholic Conservative ).

Life

After the district school in Therwil and the grammar school in Basel Feigenwinter studied law in Berlin , Strasbourg , Munich and Basel from 1874 to 1878 . In 1878 he received his doctorate as Dr. iur. and from 1879 was a lawyer in Basel and editor and administrative president of the Basler Volksblatt . From 1893 to 1902 and from 1905 to 1919 he was a member of the Basel Grand Council , which he chaired in 1918. Feigenwinter was also a National Councilor for two years after the parliamentary elections in 1917 .

His first marriage was to Berta von Blarer (1858–1904). From this marriage came two daughters and one son; one daughter was Maria Elisabeth Feigenwinter (1887–1977), a pioneer in social work . The other, Maria Bertha, was the mother of the Valais politician Peter von Roten .

In his second marriage (from 1910) he was married to Hedwig Kym (1860-1949).

Feigenwinter was part of the Christian social wing of the Catholic conservative faction. He was a member of the Union de Friborg , an association of Catholic-social politicians, co-founder of the Swiss Workers 'Union (together with Herman Greulich ) and central president of the Association of Catholic men's and workers' associations. He is also a co-founder of the old manor of AKV Rauracia Basel in the Swiss Student Association.

literature

Erich Gruner : The Swiss Federal Assembly 1848–1920. Francke, Bern 1966, vol. 1, p. 444 f.
Markus Schmid: Feigenwinter, Ernst. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 56 f. ( Digitized version ).
Otto Walter: Dr. Ernst Feigenwinter Lebensbilder Verlag Druckerei Cratander, Basel 1944

Web links

Ernst Feigenwinter - Personal Lexicon BL
Fritz Grieder: Ernst Feigenwinter. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Maria Elisabeth Feigenwinter In: Personenlexikon BL , accessed on September 4, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Fig winter, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss politicians (Catholic Conservatives)
DATE OF BIRTH	March 16, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reinach
DATE OF DEATH	September 15, 1919
Place of death	Bern

[1] Maria Elisabeth Feigenwinter In: Personenlexikon BL , accessed on September 4, 2018.