Franz Zelger

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Franz Ludwig Eduard Josef Zelger (also: Franz Zelger) (born June 16, 1864 in Lucerne ; † January 7, 1944 ) was a Swiss lawyer and author of numerous historical essays.

Life

Zelger was a citizen of Stans and the son of the landscape painter Josef Zelger. From 1881 to 1883 he attended the higher grammar school classes at the higher education institution in Lucerne. In 1883/84 he studied philosophy at the Episcopal Lyceum Eichstätt ; here he was also a member of Helvetia Eystettensis , which he chaired in the summer semester of 1884 as president. 1884-1886 he studied in Munich and from 1886 to 1889 in Basel Jura ; In 1889 he was at the University of Basel a doctorate in law doctorate ; his dissertation topic was "The Nidwalden Alpine Cooperatives". He then worked as a lawyer in Lucerne and from 1891 to 1895 acted as secretary (head clerk) of the Department of Justice and deputy state clerk for the Canton of Lucerne . From 1895 to 1931 he was a member of the criminal court of the Canton of Lucerne and from 1918 to 1929 its president. From 1891 he was a member of the Lucerne Corporation Citizens' Council, from 1903 to 1929 its vice-president. In 1899/1900 his 5-volume work «The Lucerne Legislation» was published. From 1930 he held the presidency of the corporation goods administration and the corporation citizens' council of the city of Lucerne. At the same time he was President of the Citizens Library Commission, a member of the Swiss National Library Commission, Vice-President of the District Railway Council SBB II Basel and a member of the Railway Council III. In the Swiss army he was a lieutenant colonel in the infantry.

In addition to legal and legal history works, Zelger wrote numerous historical, in particular regional-historical articles throughout his life, which appeared in daily newspapers and magazines and also as separate prints .

Honor

1932 honorary citizen of Rothenburg LU

Own publications (selection)

  • Faith and knowledge in the light of truth and life . (1883/84; handwritten work at Helvetia Eystettensis. In: UB Eichstätt, handwriting department)
  • The Nidwalden Alpine Cooperative. 2 parts in: Contributions to the history of Nidwalden 5 (1888), pp. 62–121, 6 (1889), pp. 1–40
  • In memory of canton engineer Frz. X. Schwytzer (1894)
  • The Fate of the Six Surrendered Swiss Regiments in Spanish Service (1899)
  • The Lucerne Legislation . 5 vols. (1899/1900)
  • The share of the "Lucerne contingent" in the campaign of the Allied powers against Napoleon I. 1815 . In: The history friend. Messages from the Histor. Association of Five Places 56 (1901), pp. 279–361
  • The commercial building and waterworks on Mühlenplatz in Lucerne (1903)
  • Stand speech on behalf of the government council of the Canton of Lucerne at the Winkelrietdenkmal ob Sempach (1904)
  • Excursion by the corporation citizens of the city of Lucerne to Matt am Bürgenstock, Aug. 15, 1924. Welcome speech by Franz Zelger. Forestry lecture by Franz Schwytzer von Buonas. Echoes (1924)
  • The blows of fate of the Benedictine monastery and the canons of St. Leodegar in Lucerne . In: Vaterland (1925), No. 95–127
  • To the parish installation (directory of the people priests) . In: Vaterland from December 26, 1925
  • At the cradle of the stock corporation of the Catholic Cultural Association in Lucerne. A Memory 50 Years Ago (1926)
  • Dr. Ernst A [lfred] Stückelberg , professor for ecclesiastical antiquity at the University of Basel (1867 [–1926]) (1926)
  • The funerals of the Swiss guardsmen in Paris. A memorial sheet for the day of fame and mourning on August 10, 1792 (1926)
  • The love of the native plaice [1926]
  • The former Benedictine imperial abbey church of Murbach (1926)
  • The watchtower near Seeburg (1926)
  • On the threshold of modern Lucerne. Development in building history - general cultural life. Commemorative sheets on the occasion of the centenary of the municipality of Lucerne (1930)
  • Studies and research on the history of the barons of Rotenburg-Wolhusen, as well as the office and the area of ​​Rotenburg. A contribution to the history of the canton of Lucerne on the occasion of the 7th Centenarium of the emergence of the town and patch of Rotenburg (1931)
  • Chronicle and genealogy of the Zelger from Unterwalden and Lucerne (cover title: Family history of the Zelger). Fates and life pictures from seven centuries. With the participation of Dr. Robert Durrer ... and Dr. Albert Bruckner ..., performed by Dr. Franz Zelger (1933)
  • Lucerne as reflected in old travel signs, 1757–1835. Collected and provided with an introductory text by Dr. Franz Zelger (1933)
  • The old heraldic monument of friendship between Lucerne and Uri . In: Swiss. Heraldry Archives (1934)
  • The former shooting system in Rothenburg [1935]
  • Princely guests in Lucerne (1935?)
  • Alleys, squares, bridges and promenades in old Lucerne (1935)
  • Today's corporate building of the city of Lucerne on the Reuss . Its previous residents and its structural development (1935)
  • The Lucerne portion of the lake on Lake Zug. A study on fisheries law (1935)
  • Memories of the old cemetery above the Hofkirche in Lucerne (1935)
  • Memories of the Lucerne Pier (1935)
  • Old Railway Projects for the City of Lucerne (1935)
  • Historic street names in the city of Lucerne. A study of cultural history (1936)
  • The cultural relations between Lucerne and Basel. From the address by Dr. Franz Zelger at the Lucerne Conference of Antiquarian and Historians. Society of Basel, May 10, 1936 (1936)
  • Lucerne book collector. Address at the Bibliophile Conference in Lucerne in 1935 . In: The Swiss collector and genealogist. 10 (1936), pp. 77-79, pp. 105-108
  • The cemetery at the collegiate church of St. Leodegar in Lucerne. A study of the history of the building (1937)
  • About the fate of the so-called "Red Tower" or the "Watchtower" in Seeburg (1937)
  • The Federal Diet on the occasion of the solemn oath of the Federal Treaty ... (1937)

archive

  • Family archive Zelger, Franz Zelger (1864–1944). In: Collections. Engelberg Abbey, signature PA 39/1571

Biobibliographic literature

  • Month-Rosen, 33rd year (1888/89), p. 279
  • Hermann Aellen (ed.): Switzerland. Contemporaries Lexicon (2nd edition 1932)
  • Bruckner: Neue Schweizer Biographie (1938), p. 592 (with portrait)
  • Urner Wochenblatt v. January 15, 1944
  • Swiss. Church newspaper (1944), p. 69f.
  • M. Schnellmann: (Obituary for Franz Zelger). In: Journal for Swiss. Ge-schich-te 24 (1944), p. 426f.
  • H. Walter and M. Schnellmann: memorial sheets (to Franz Zelger) (1944)
  • PX Weber: Zelger, Franz. In: The history friend. Messages from the Histor. Association of Five Places 98 (1945), p. XLIX -LII, p. 426f.
  • Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the old Rauracia Basel 1884–1984 (1985), p. 48
  • Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: Zelger, Franz Ludwig, Dr. iur. In: «... unforgettable years». Swiss students at the Episcopal Lyceum Eichstätt (1848–1912). Cologne: SH-Verlag 2007, pp. 341–343

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.schmidpart.ch/EnglbBaugeschichte.pdf
personal data
SURNAME Zelger, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zelger, Franz Ludwig Eduard Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss lawyer, historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1944