Johann Jakob Keller (beer brewer)

Johann Jakob Keller (born March 8, 1847 in Siblingen , † December 25, 1914 there ) was a Swiss beer brewer and politician .

Life

Johann Jakob Keller was born in the Haus zum Half Mond in Siblingen as the son of Hans and Verena Keller - Vögeli. The father was a builder and mayor and lived from 1811 to 1886; the mother - she came from Gächlingen - was also born in 1811 and died in 1882. Jakob was the second youngest of five children. He attended elementary school in Siblingen and secondary school in Neunkirch. In Germany he then learned the trade of beer brewer and perfected his training at the higher private college for farmers and brewers in Worms. For several years he worked in his learned profession in Germany and France. Due to a serious illness, however, he returned from Annecy (Haute-Savoie) to his homeland, where he then devoted himself to agriculture.

Political offices

Jakob Keller soon served the Siblingen community in numerous functions. As a forest manager, he expanded his knowledge in this regard by attending the first cantonal forest course under Professor Wiedlisbach. He was also central administrator, justice of the peace, civil registry officer, cattle inspector, fire chief, and member of the school board. Above all, however, he was elected mayor in 1885 as the successor to his brother Johann Georg (1838-1892) who had emigrated to America. He held this office for ten years until he joined the cantonal executive.

military

In the military, Jakob Keller made it to the rank of field woman of the cavalry. At a young age, he served with squadron 16 on the occasion of the Franco-German War of 1870/71.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source: http://www.stadtarchiv-schaffhausen.ch/ fileadmin / Redaktoren / Documents / Keller_Jakob _ Regierungsrat.pdf