Franz Xaver von Weber (politician, 1766)
Joseph Franz Xaver von Weber (also Wäber ; born July 21, 1766 in Messina , † September 15, 1843 in Schwyz ) was a Swiss politician .
Life
Weber was the son of the military Franz Dominik von Weber and came from the old Schwyz country people family Weber . He completed high school studies at Bellelay Monastery from 1781 to 1884 . He became a lawyer trained and took over from 1788 to 1795 the office of the country's coffers Master , 1791-1794 Neuner judge in Schwyz and 1792-1794 bailiff in Gaster . He was then a councilor in Arth from 1794 to 1798 , and in 1796 federal representative in Basel before he became a war councilor in Arth and colonel of the Einsiedeln regiment in 1798 .
Weber did not do the same to his brother-in-law Dominik Alois von Weber , but also took over offices in the Helvetic Republic . In the years 1798 and 1799 he was a Swiss Grand Councilor . After the end of the Helvetic Republic he was provincial governor from 1805 to 1807 , then from 1807 to 1809, from 1813 to 1818, again from 1820 to 1822 and from 1832 to 1833 Schwyzer Landammann . During this time he was next from 1807 to 1824 Tagsatzung envoy . In 1818 he also became a Pannerherr . October 13, 1833 he had to resign from his offices with the new constitution.
Weber was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor by King Charles X of France on December 30, 1825 .
The politician, doctor and chronicler of the Goldau landslide, Karl Zay, was his brother-in-law and the politician Karl von Zay was his nephew.
literature
- 240. Franz Xaver von Wäber . In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen , on the year 1843, Volume 2, Voigt, Weimar 1845, pp. 804–806.
- Rudolf von Reding-Biberegg: Weber, Joseph Fraz Xaver von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 310 f.
Web links
- Rolf Jacober: Weber, Alois Werner von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 18, 2015 , accessed April 19, 2019 .
- Portrait of Franz Xaver von Weber in the Schwyz State Archives
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of Deposita the family archive of Weber in the State Archives of Bern , p 1 (accessed on 22 April 2019).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weber, Franz Xaver von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weber, Joseph Franz Xaver von (full name); Wäber, Franz Xaver von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1766 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Messina |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1843 |
| Place of death | Schwyz |