Johann Jakob Ryffel

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Johann Jakob Ryffel (born December 13, 1807 in Uerikon near Stäfa , † July 17, 1868 in Regensberg ) was a Swiss politician . From 1849 to 1857 he was a member of the National Council.

Johann Jakob Ryffel (1807–1868)

biography

The son of a farmer and sack master received his education from a private teacher and in the institute of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi in Yverdon . He then studied law and camera science in Zurich , Basel and Jena . After graduating, Ryffel worked in the office of the Zurich District Court before he became deputy clerk in Regensberg . From 1838 he was the governor of the Regensberg district .

Ryffel, who represented liberal views, earned services in the areas of education and the poor, road and railroad construction, in the savings bank system and in the draining of Surbtal and Wehntal . In 1843 he was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Zurich . In a by-election in the constituency of Zurich-North , he entered the National Council in September 1849, to which he was a member until 1857. In 1866 Friedrich Locher published (initially anonymously) the pamphlet “Die Freiherren von Regensberg”, in which he sharply attacked the power of the “ Escher System ”. Ryffel, who himself came from Regensberg and to whom the title thus referred, was exposed as one of the examples of the then ruling clique economy in the circle of Alfred Escher . In the subsequent election victory of the democratic movement , he lost his mandate in the Zurich canton parliament.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matthias Kradolfer: The Barons of Regensberg: A comedy about justice and politics . In: Legal Culture 1 - Journal for European Legal History . No. 1 . Edition Legal Culture, Regensburg 2012, p. 11-21 .
personal data
SURNAME Ryffel, Johann Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Uerikon near Stäfa
DATE OF DEATH July 17, 1868
Place of death Regensberg