Heinrich Hüni-Nägeli
Heinrich Hüni-Nägeli (born March 16, 1790 in Horgen ; † December 3, 1854 there) was a Swiss politician , lawyer , teacher and entrepreneur .
biography
Hüni grew up in Horgen, where his father Heinrich was a constable and jury member. After leaving school, he studied in Heidelberg, where he took mathematical, technical and legal subjects.
Together with his brother Andreas, he founded the Hüni brothers' teaching institute in Horgen in 1816. He was a cantonal and church councilor and from 1831 to 1850 he was a member of the government of the canton of Zurich , including 18 years on the education council (1831 to 1849).
As a member of the liberal party, he pursued a moderate policy and stood up for the interests of the Zurich countryside. He was able to remain in government after the Zurich coup because he had voted against an appointment by David Friedrich Strauss to the University of Zurich in the ostrich trade .
Teaching institute of the Hüni brothers
The institute, which opened in 1816 at the old Landstrasse 29 (from 1897 “Velo Fässler”) in Horgen, was a private school to prepare for the commercial professions and higher education. The training lasted two to three years. From 1816 to 1830, 244 students from all language regions in Switzerland and abroad had completed the training, including 47 Horgner. There were a total of 156 German-speaking Swiss; 68 French speakers (Switzerland and abroad); 20 Italian speakers (Switzerland and abroad).
The institute was visited by a commission from the Zurich Education Council, which made a very favorable impression and judged the students to be extremely hardworking. It was abandoned in 1866 by the descendants of the founders. The private schools of that time were an important prerequisite for the economy and industrialization of Switzerland , as there were neither public secondary schools nor a cantonal school at the time.
Former students became Swiss economic pioneers:
literature
- Johann Paul Zwicky von Gauen: The Hüni family from Horgen . In: Archives for Swiss. Family Studies 2, 1945.
- Paul Kläui : History of the community of Horgen , 1952.
- Horgner yearbook 1988: Teaching institute of the Hüni brothers
Web links
- Martin Illi: Hüni, Heinrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Letter edition Alfred Escher: Heinrich Hüni 1790-1854
- ↑ Sust Horgen: Progress & Revolution! 1798-1848
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hüni-Nägeli, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician, lawyer, teacher and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1790 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Horgen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1854 |
| Place of death | Horgen |