Jakob Imobersteg

Jakob Imobersteg (born July 6, 1813 in St. Stephan ; † August 22, 1875 in Bönigen ) was a Swiss politician and judge . From 1848 to 1858 he was a member of the National Council, from 1848 to 1850 he was a member of the government of the Canton of Bern .

biography

The son of the judge of the same name studied law at the University of Bern from 1836 , and from 1839 he worked as a lawyer and notary . From 1843 to 1846 Imobersteg was represented for the first time in the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern and was one of the leading radical liberals in the Bernese Oberland . In the military he rose to the rank of colonel . In 1844/45 he took part in the two free marches to Lucerne . After the liberal turnaround of 1846, in which he played a key role as a member of the Constitutional Council, he served as chief judge for two years . The Grand Council elected Imobersteg to the government council in 1848. Subsequently he was responsible for the education department.

Imobersteg ran in the first National Council elections in October 1848 and was elected in the Oberland constituency. He was re-elected three times in a row, and at the end of 1858 he resigned as National Councilor. As a government councilor, he and Heinrich Grunholzer advocated an educational reform aimed at emancipating schools from the church and promoting independent thinking. As a result, he drew severe criticism from Jeremias Gotthelf . When the Conservatives temporarily took over power in 1850, Imobersteg lost his office, but was re-elected to the Grand Council and served as a member for another eight years. In 1858 he took over the presidium of the Bern Higher Court, which he held until his death.

Web links

• Peter Stettler: Imobersteg, Jakob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .