Gebhard Zürcher

Gebhard Zürcher, 24th Landammann of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, 1747.

Gebhard Zurich (* 2. February 1701 in depths ; † 19th April 1781 in depths ; heimatberechtigt in Teufen) was a was a Swiss commune captain , bailiff and longtime member of the Small Council and Landammann and Diet envoy from the canton of Appenzell Outer Rhodes .

Life

Gebhard Zürcher was a son of Bernhard Zürcher, carpenter , and Regula Grubenmann. In 1723 he married Maria Grubenmann, daughter of the builder Jakob Grubenmann . He married his second wife, Barbara Schiess, daughter of Johannes Schiess and widow of councilor Johannes Hugener , in 1770. A Zurich native was a farmer , landlord and carpenter. As a representative of the Harten , the party of the textile trade family Wetter von Herisau in the Appenzeller Landhandel against the Linden , the party of the textile trade family Zellweger von Trogen , he was elected mayor of Teufen and the landlord in 1733. He was then from 1735 to 1740 regional ensign, from 1740 to 1744 governor and from 1744 to 1746 governor in the Rhine Valley . He held the office of Landammann from 1747 to 1781. From 1747 to 1775 he was delegate to the Diet.

literature

• Johannes Schefer: History of the community of Teufen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Teufen: Reading Society 1949, pp. 108–111.
• Albert Tanner: Spools - Weaving - Embroidery: Industrialization in Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Zurich: Juris, self-published by Albert Tanner 1982, pp. 406–409.
• Titus Tobler: From the life of Gebhard Zürcher, Landammann. [Nekrolog.] In: Appenzellisches Monatsblatt 8 (1832), 3 (March), pp. 42–47. Web access via e-periodica

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Gebhard Zürcher. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 24, 2014 , accessed April 13, 2020 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On the function of the state offices (state builder, state ensign, state governor, governor) cf. Otto Tobler: Development and functions of the state offices in Appenzell A. Rh. From the end of the 14th century to the present. Diss. University of Bern 1905. In: Appenzellische Jahrbücher 34 (1906), pp. 1–164, here above all from p. 71. Web access via e-periodica.ch.

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