Johann Jakob Zuberbühler (politician, 1723)

Johann Jakob Zuberbühler (* 3. June 1723 in memory ; † 28. May 1803 in memory; heimatberechtigt in memory) was a Swiss physician , counselor, Diet envoy , a longtime member of the Small Council and Landammann from the canton of Appenzell Outer Rhodes .

Life

Johann Jakob Zuberbühler was a son of Johannes Zuberbühler, a doctor, and Catharina Schläpfer. He was the brother of Johann Laurenz Zuberbühler . In 1745 he married Elsbeth Schläpfer, daughter of Hans Georg Schläpfer, mayor of Trogen . Zuberbühler completed preliminary studies in St. Gallen from 1734 to 1739 . From 1739 to 1743 he studied medicine in Halle with his cousin Johann Jakob Zuberbühler , with whom he had been a close friend since that time . There Zuberbühler received his doctorate in medicine in 1743 . In addition to his work as a doctor in Speicher, he went through an extensive political career. From 1747 to 1762 he was councilor in Speicher, from 1762 to 1780 governor and from 1771 to 1793 he was delegate of the daily statute 19 times. From 1780 to 1781 he held the office of state cap master , from 1781 to 1782 that of the state governor and from 1782 to 1794 he was head of state. In Speicher, Zuberbühler contributed to better financial management and to increasing the municipal assets. As governor, during the 1770 famine , he managed to get grain delivered from southern Germany . He also had a reputation as a strict interrogator. In 1777 in Solothurn he took part in the evocation of the pay alliance with France . Politically, he represented a conservative direction. In 1769 he complained about the lack of censorship on the Appenzell calendar . In 1785 he spoke out against lightning rods , because if the people were no longer afraid of lightning and thunder and their respect for God's threatening voice would wane, nothing could keep them in check. In 1798 he temporarily emigrated to Vorarlberg for fear of the advancing French . Zuberbühler had lively correspondence with prominent men of his time. In 1747 he had a four-story mansion built in Speicher.

Literature and Sources

• Bartholome Tanner: Speicher, in the canton of Appenzell: attempt of a geographical, historical and statistical description of the community from the first church building up to the present day, 1614-1850. Trogen: J. Schläpfer, 1853.
• Walter Schläpfer: Appenzell history. Edited by the government council of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Volume 2. Herisau and Appenzell 1972.
• Collection of medical prescriptions in the Appenzell Ausserrhoden canton library

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Johann Jakob Zuberbühler. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 24, 2014 , accessed April 14, 2020 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On the function of the state offices (state builder, state ensign, state governor, governor) cf. Otto Tobler: Development and functions of the state offices in Appenzell A. Rh. From the end of the 14th century to the present. Diss. University of Bern 1905. In: Appenzellische Jahrbücher 34 (1906), pp. 1–164, here above all from p. 71. Web access via e-periodica.ch.

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