Heinrich Bosshard of Rümikon
Heinrich Bosshard (* 1748 in Rümikon near Elsau , † 1815 in Hombrechtikon ) was a farmer , lay preacher and geodesist .
Live and act
Heinrich Bosshard was born in Rümikon near Elsau in 1748 as the sixth child of a smallholder family . He lived in poor conditions all of his life. At a young age he took mathematics lessons from Anna Barbara Reinhart . With this knowledge, he made a reputation as a surveyor. On November 9, 1815, Bosshard was buried in Hombrechtikon.
reception
On behalf of the municipality of Elsau, the historian Daniel Schmid redesigned and supplemented Bosshard's out-of-print autobiography. It is the only surviving life story of a Zurich farmer from the 18th century.
literature
- Municipality of Elsau (ed.): Heinrich Bosshard from Rümikon, a Swiss farmer's life story. Elsau 2005.
- Daniel Schmid: A life between two worlds. Editions Slatkine, Geneva 2002, ISBN 2-05-101869-3 .
Web links
- Heinrich Bosshard on the website of the Historisches Verein Winterthur
- Georges Bretscher: Heinrich Bosshard von Rümikon (1748–1815) - kicking for a lifetime. Lecture on October 19, 2007 in the Kyburg-Loge Winterthur, on the Oddfellows Winterthur website (PDF file; 22 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lecture description on the website of the Historisches Verein Winterthur ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 20, 2013.
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| SURNAME | Bosshard von Rümikon, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bosshard, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss farmer, lay preacher and geodesist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1748 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rümikon near Elsau |
| DATE OF DEATH | buried November 9, 1815 |
| Place of death | Hombrechtikon |