Johann Georg Euler

Johann Georg Euler-Bänziger as a hunter, around 1875.

Johann Georg Euler (born May 25, 1815 in Basel , † December 6, 1894 in Lutzenberg AR ; authorized to reside in Basel) was a Swiss entrepreneur and member of the government of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

Life

Johann Georg Euler was a son of the clerk Johann Rudolf Euler and Judith Euler, nee Frei. In 1842 he married Anna Elisabeth Bänziger, daughter of the wealthy local councilor Johannes Bänziger senior and sister of Johannes Bänziger junior . He joined his brother-in-law's embroidery company in the 1830s. The takeover of the same followed after his death in 1840, whereby Euler initially managed the business together with his future wife Anna Elisabeth Bänziger. Within a short time, the company became a global company and in 1855 was considered an industry leader. Between 1850 and 1875, Johann Georg Euler built representative company buildings on the Dorfhalde in Lutzenberg. From 1856 to 1863 Johann Georg Euler was a member of the Ausserrhoder Grand Council . As a member of the government, he was state ensign from 1863 to 1864 and from 1864 to 1867 state chief officer. From 1858 to 1867 he was a member of the state building and road commission. Johann Georg Euler was a patron of the arts as well as a passionate shooter and hunter and as such owner of a hunting ground in Vorarlberg .

literature

• JK: Johann Georg Euler. [Nekrolog.] In: Appenzellische Jahrbücher 23/1895, p. 201 f. Web access via e-periodica.ch
• Eugen Steinmann: The art monuments of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Volume 3: The district of Vorderland. (Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz, Volume 72.) Basel: Birkhäuser 1981, ISBN 3-7643-1251-3 , pp. 279–281, 296–299.
• Dorfhalde Lutzenberg: An English garden with Appenzell cows. In: Fabrication. Brief industrial history of the Appenzellerland. Edited by Fredi Altherr u. a. Herisau: Verlag Appenzeller Hefte 2007 (Das Land Appenzell 36), pp. 67–71. Web access via appenzelldigital.ch

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Johann Georg Euler. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 14, 2004 , accessed April 23, 2020 .

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