Johann Jakob Heller

Johann Jakob Heller (born April 6, 1807 in Tann (municipality of Schenkon ), † April 24, 1876 in Lucerne ) was a Swiss politician and doctor . From 1848 to 1850 he was a member of the National Council.

biography

The son of a farmer studied first theology and later medicine at the universities of Munich , Würzburg and Freiburg . From 1833 Heller worked as a doctor in Büron until he moved his practice to Lucerne in 1849. He was a district and official surgeon and from 1843 to 1851 President of the Medical Association of the Canton of Lucerne . As a representative of the Liberals, Heller sat on the Constitutional Council in 1841 , which drafted a new cantonal constitution. In December 1844 and March 1845 he took part in the parade trains .

After the defeat of Lucerne in the Sonderbund War and the disempowerment of the Conservatives, Heller was elected to the Grand Council in 1848. In October of the same year he ran successfully in the first National Council elections , but resigned after two years. After Heller had denounced the free-spirited cantonal government in an article in the Lucerne weekly newspaper of the conservative opposition leader Philipp Anton von Segesser in 1854 , he was charged with defamation. In the Grand Council elections in the same year he lost his seat and then withdrew from politics.

Web links

• Peter Quadri: Heller, Johann Jakob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .