Johann Jakob Stehlin the Elder
Johann Jakob Stehlin (born January 20, 1803 in Basel ; † December 18, 1879 there ) was a Swiss politician. He was mayor of Basel between 1858 and 1868 and also represented the canton of Basel-Stadt in the National Council and Council of States .
Life
He was President of the National Council in 1858/59 and 1867/68. In the Swiss Army he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel .
Stehlin was elected to the Federal Council on July 11, 1855 as the successor to the late Josef Munzinger , one of the first Federal Councilors, instead of Casimir Pfyffer from Zurich , who missed the absolute majority. Stehlin refused the election the following day. On July 14, 1855, Josef Martin Knüsel was elected for this . Stehlin was the first of five elected federal councilors to reject their election.
The castle estate in Bipp , which Stehlin acquired in 1852 , is still family-owned today.
family
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Stehlin's daughter Margaretha (1829–1906) was married to the music-loving banker Friedrich Riggenbach-Stehlin (1821–1904) from 1849. The couple were close friends with Clara Schumann , Johannes Brahms and Theodor Kirchner .
Two of his sons also became famous: Karl Rudolf Stehlin represented the canton of Basel-Stadt in the Council of States, Johann Jakob Stehlin the Younger was a well-known architect who had many buildings built in Basel.
literature
- Rose Marie Schulz-Rehberg : Architects of Classicism and Historicism. Build in Basel 1780–1880 . Basel 2015, pp. 79–88
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Swiss Federal Assembly
- Romana Anselmetti: Stehlin, Johann Jakob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stehlin, Johann Jakob the Elder |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (FDP) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1879 |
| Place of death | Basel |