Johann Felix Meyer
Johann Felix Meyer (born May 9, 1845 in Rümlang , † April 18, 1882 in Töss , today the district of Winterthur ) was a Swiss Reformed pastor , politician and workers' leader.
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Johann Felix Meyer was born as the son of Hans Jacob Meyer and Anna Barbara Meyer (née Wegmann). He studied theology and was ordained in 1867 . He then worked initially as a vicar in Töss, from 1868 he was parish administrator and in 1870 he finally took over the pastoral position.
As early as 1865 he was politically active as president of the workers 'association Töss and, among other things, campaigned for the workers' association's consumer business. From 1875 he worked on the Federal Committee of the Swiss Workers ' Union set up by the Winterthur workers ' movement , which was dissolved again in 1880. In 1875 Meyer was elected to the Cantonal Council, his candidacy on the list of Democrats being a concession to the Socialists. He remained a member of this until his death in 1882. With the grain trade initiative he was responsible for the first political advance of the cantonal labor movement, which demanded state control of the grain trade. He then represented this himself in February 1879 in the Cantonal Council. Because of his political commitment, he was controversial in the parish election in 1880, but was re-elected. The writer JC Heer described Meyer as a "temperamental do-gooder with deep social feelings".
Meyer died on April 18, 1882 at the age of 36.
literature
- Regula Pfeifer: Meyer, Johann Felix. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Willi Schneider: The history of the Winterthur workers' movement . Genossenschafts-Buchhandlung Winterthur, Winterthur 1960, p. 45-46; 237 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Johann Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss pastors and politicians |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rümlang , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1882 |
| Place of death | Winterthur - Töss , Switzerland |