Just Ignaz Imfeld

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Johann Just Ignaz Imfeld (* May 12, 1691 in Sarnen ; † September 17, 1765 ibid) was Obwalden magistrate in various influential positions.

Life

Imfeld was the son of the schoolmaster and organist Sebastian Imfeld and Marie Ursula Imfeld. His younger brother Anton Sebastian was Prince Abbot of Einsiedeln under the name Nikolaus II. Imfeld from 1734 . From the marriage of Just Ignaz Imfeld to Marie Cäcilia Imfeld (1768–1766) 18 children were born.

From 1727 to 1737 Imfeld was a land clerk . In 1734 he served as a captain in the service of the German Emperor Charles VI. 1737–1754 he was governor; also from 1737 delegate of the Diet . 1741–1745 he was the master of the national bags . Together with Landammann Johann Wolfgang von Flüe , he was the owner of a mercenary company in the service of France from 1743 to 1757. 1746–1748 he held the office of governor in the Rhine Valley. After the death of Johann Wolfgang von Flües, he was a political opponent of his sons.

In the years 1751, 1755, 1759, 1763 and 1764 he ruled as Landammann in Obwalden. From 1754 he was Pannerherr von Obwalden and Nidwalden .

Imfeld participated in numerous building projects as a designer, site manager or owner. He directed the construction of the parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Sarnen , the old college , the rifle house on the Landenberg and the renovation of the Grundacherhaus , in which he also lived.

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Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ For the governors in Unterwalden see: Niklaus von Flüe: Obwalden in the 18th century. Verlag des Historisches Verein Obwalden, Sarnen 2009 (= Obwaldner Geschichtsblätter , Issue 26), pp. 117–120

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  • Ivo Zemp: The parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Sarnen , page 11. Bern 2006: Society for Swiss Art History. ISBN 978-3-85782-787-7
  • Ephrem Omlin: The governors of the Obwalden estate and their coats of arms. Chapter directory of the governors from 1303 to 1966 . Historisch-antiquarischer Verein Obwalden, Sarnen 1966. Obwalden history sheets , booklet 9, p. 163f.
personal data
SURNAME Imfeld, Just Ignaz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Imfeld, Johann Just Ignaz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Obwalden Landammann
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1691
PLACE OF BIRTH Sarnen
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 1765
Place of death Sarnen