Jakob Zahner

Jakobzahner (born November 23, 1812 in Hundwil , † May 16, 1892 in Herisau ; resident in Hundwil and from 1881 in Herisau) was a Swiss textile entrepreneur and politician from the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

Life

Jakobzahner was a son of Josuazahner, farmer , and Anna Rotach. In 1879 he married Marie Bondt Bundt , daughter of Martin Bondt, post office owner . He completed a commercial apprenticeship in the textile trading house of his uncle Johannes Zahner in Herisau and Cologne . In 1837 he took over the company with Johann Jakob Schiess-Schefer as a partner. Herisauer Zahner & Schiess & Compagnie quickly rose to become one of the most important embroidery manufacturers and exporters in Eastern Switzerland . Zahner headed the London branch . From 1849 to 1850 and from 1856 to 1861 he served as councilor in Herisau.

literature

• Obituary Jakob Zahner-Bondt. In: Appenzeller Zeitung of May 16, 1892, vol. 65, no.114, p. 3.
• Oscar Alder: businessman Arthur Schiess: life picture of an Appenzell benefactor. In: Appenzellische Jahrbücher, Volume 45/1917 (1918), p. 91. Web access via e-periodica.ch.
• Peter Holderegger: Entrepreneurs in Appenzellerland: History of industrial entrepreneurship in Appenzell Ausserrhoden from the beginning to the present. Herisau: Schläpfer 1992, p. 172 and p. 193.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Jakob Zahner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 31, 2014 , accessed April 15, 2020 .

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