Johann Konrad Sonderegger
Johann Konrad Sonderegger (born November 4, 1834 in Wald ; † July 4, 1885 in Amsterdam ; legal resident in Wald) was a Swiss merchant and consul from the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .
Life
Johann Konrad Sonderegger was the son of Jacob Sonderegger, landlord, and Anna Elisabeth Schläpfer. He attended the St. Gallen Cantonal School and completed a commercial apprenticeship in Trogen AR with Salomon Zellweger . From 1853 Sonderegger worked in the Netherlands and from 1855 in the Dutch East Indies . In 1863 he became head of the Ed. Moormann & Cie. in Batavia , today Jakarta , Indonesia . From 1863 to 1871 Sonderegger worked as the first Swiss consul general in Batavia. He donated ethnographic and natural history objects to the canton school and the St. Gallen Nature Museum .
literature
- Ernst H. Koller and Jakob Signer: Appenzell's coat of arms and gender book. Bern: Stämpfli 1926, p. 317.
- Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland, Volume 1, 1848–1865 . Bern: Benteli 1990, pp. 958f.
Web links
- Peter Witschi: Johann Konrad Sonderegger. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 19, 2011 , accessed May 1, 2020 .
- Entry on Johann Konrad Sonderegger in the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland 1848-1975
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| SURNAME | Sonderegger, Johann Konrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss merchant and consul |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Forest AR |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1885 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |