Johann Bartholome Rechsteiner

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Swiss mechanic and inventor see Johann Bartholome Rechsteiner (Inventor) .

Johann Bartholome Rechsteiner (* 7. February 1748 in memory ; † the 30th April 1818 ibid ; heimatberechtigt in memory) was a Swiss textile manufacturer, mayor and member of the Small Council of the canton of Appenzell Outer Rhodes .

Life

Johann Bartholome Rechsteiner was a son of Bartholome Rechsteiner, a canvas manufacturer , and Katharina Schläpfer. In 1775 he married Barbara Rechsteiner, daughter of Sebastian Rechsteiner, large farmer , cattle dealer and councilor. He completed a commercial apprenticeship in his mother's canvas publishing business. After her husband's death in 1759, she continued to run it until it was handed over to her son. In addition, Rechsteiner worked as a farmer . From 1786 to 1790 he was a councilor. From 1790 to 1794 he was mayor . In the years 1790 to 1795 he held the office of the Ausserrhoder state builder. From 1794 to 1795 he was state ensign, from 1795 to 1797 state governor and from 1797 to 1798 state governor. In 1797 and 1802 he was a member of the Land Book Revision and Constitutional Commission . In 1798, Rechsteiner often had to manage the affairs of state for the prevented Landammans . Because of this, he complained of business losses. As a sharp opponent of the Helvetic Republic , he went into exile in Vorarlberg and Lindau ( Bavaria ) in 1798 . In 1799 he was deported to Basel . He was the author of a chronicle on Appenzell history.

literature

• Oscar Alder: Governor Johann Bartholome Rechsteiner in Speicher 1748–1818: A life picture from an eventful time. In: Appenzellische Jahrbücher, Volume 46/1918, pp. 87-134. Web access via e-periodica.ch.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Johann Bartholome Rechsteiner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 22, 2009 , accessed May 25, 2020 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On the function of the state offices (state builder, state ensign, state governor, governor) cf. Otto Tobler: Development and functions of the state offices in Appenzell A. Rh. From the end of the 14th century to the present. Diss. University of Bern 1905. In: Appenzellische Jahrbücher 34 (1906), pp. 1–164, here above all from p. 71. Web access via e-periodica.ch.

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