Häberlin (family)

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The Häberlin family (Amlikon-Bissegg-Linie, Canton Thurgau ) was a prominent and influential family in Swiss politics and government. Due to their power influence on all three federal levels ( executive , legislative and judicial ), the Häberlin family was referred to as the Häberlin dynasty or the Häberlin democratic dynasty . The family origins can be traced back to the year 1441. The Häberlin family consists of two main lines, the one from Märstetten and the other from Bissegg .

Increase in influence (1441-1850)

While Häberlins local judicial offices in one way or another occupied as far back as 1623, it was with Hans Conrad Häberlin (1785–1863) of the Bissegg-Amlikon line that the rise of the Häberlin family began to influence power. When the canton of Thurgau advanced to an independent and equal canton of the Confederation in 1803, it became possible for the commoners to study. This allowed Hans Conrad, jurisprudence to study and then officiate as a legal clerk at the district court in Tobel. In the 1830s he established himself as a conservative politician . He had eight children, two of whom - Conrad Eduard and Friedrich Heinrich - also studied law.

Era of Greatest Influence (1850-1969)

The rise and influence of the Häberlin family - not only at the local, but also at the national level - began with Conrad Eduard Häberlin (1820–1884). He was a lawyer, railway director in Weinfelden, member and president of the Thurgau Grand Council, president of the education committee, public prosecutor , member of the Swiss Council of States and National Council. From 1862 to 1969 he was a federal judge (1862-1869), and in 1867 he was chairman of the federal court. In the 1860s he had accumulated so many different mandates that the opposition fought against his accumulation of offices, which was known as the Häberlin system , and was finally able to push through a constitutional reform in 1869. He was the father of two sons, Carl and Alfred.

Conrad Eduard Häberlin, youngest brother of Friedrich Heinrich Häberlin (1834-1897) was a lawyer in Weinfelden and a member of the Swiss National Council , of which he was president from 1889 to 1890. Friedrich Heinrich Häberlin had a son, Heinrich, and two daughters, Anna and Dora. Heinrich Häberlin (1868–1947) followed in the footsteps of his predecessors and became a lawyer in Frauenfeld , member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Thurgau, member of the Swiss National Council, which he presided over in 1919. In 1920 he was elected to the Federal Council and headed the Federal Department of Justice and Police until 1934. He was elected Federal President twice , in 1926 and 1931. In 1924 he was also President of the Pro Juventute Board of Trustees . From 1921 until his death he chaired the Ulrico Hoepli Foundation , from 1939 to 1944 the Pro Helvetia Cultural Foundation and from 1936 to 1946 the Federal Commission for Nature and Heritage Protection. He also sat on the board of directors of the Swiss Accident Insurance Fund. In 1930 he received an honorary doctorate from the law faculty of the University of Basel . He was the father of two sons, Friedrich Karl and Heinrich.

Heinrich Häberlin's son, Fritz Häberlin (1899–1970), became a federal judge of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court , which he presided over in 1965 and 1966. Fritz Häberlin married Elisabeth Hortense Rose Moll, the daughter of Alfred Moll , President of the Swiss National Council from 1908 to 1919.

Fritz and Elisabeth had three children, Heinz Martin (1930–1971), Marguerite (* 1931) and Elisabeth (* 1938). After completing his law degree, Heinz became a partner in a law firm and notary in Biel . Heinz Häberlin was the father of the professional martial arts master Frank Häberlin (* 1968), the last male offspring of this family branch.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Soland, Rolf. (1997). Between proletarians and potentates: Federal Councilor Heinrich Häberlin, 1868–1947 and his diaries, p. 18
  2. ^ Zwicky von Gauen JP (1945). Swiss Family Book, p. 77
  3. ^ Verena Rothenbühler: Eduard Häberlin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 18, 2008 , accessed June 27, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Verena Rothenbühler: Heinrich Häberlin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 16, 2007 , accessed June 27, 2019 .