Johann Matthias Naeff
Johann Matthias Naeff (born September 28, 1773 in Altstätten ; † March 24, 1853 ibid) was a Swiss textile wholesaler and a member of the St. Gallen government . Two of his descendants belonged to the Swiss Federal Council : his son Wilhelm Matthias Naeff , one of the first 7 Federal Councilors from 1848, and the first Federal Councilor Elisabeth Kopp .
biography
Johann Matthias Naeff has been running a textile trading house in Altstätten since 1790, which was founded by his father Matthias Naeff (1744–1790), councilor and governor in Altstätten. His mother Anna Schachtler (1747–1829) came from families (Schachtler, Heer) who also owned trading houses in Rheineck and made several mayors of Altstätten, Rheineck and Werdenberg (Schachtler, Kuhn, Hilty). Naeff completed his apprenticeship in Genoa . His wife Maria Dalp (1778–1811) was the daughter of a family of merchants from Chur , from which several city governors and guild masters of Chur emerged. One of her ancestors was Hartmann von Planta in Zuoz , who signed the five-seal letter , the first constitution of the Upper Engadin , in 1462 . The first Graubünden Federal Councilor Simeon Bavier was a grandson of Maria Dalp's sister, Margaretha Bavier-Dalp.
Johann Matthias and Maria married on Christmas Day in 1796 and then built their classicist family house next to the parish church of St. Nicolaus - which was used equally at the time - in 1802 , where most of their twelve children (two daughters died very early) were born. Maria Dalp died after the birth of her twelfth child, the eldest son Carl was then 14 years old. Naeff remained a widower out of love for his wife, who died young, while grandmother Anna Schachtler actively helped raise the children.
Johann Matthias Naeff was military commander during the Helvetic Republic , later a member of the St. Gallen Grand Council , 1816–1826 District Court President of the Upper Rhine Valley and President of the Protestant Board of Directors. In 1826 he was Councilor and Director of Finance, but was forced to resign in 1827 for health reasons. When Naeff died at the age of 80, he left behind her children and children -in-law as well as 52 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren . His last words to the family were: « Love one another as I have loved you. »( Joh 15,12 EU )
His son Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802–1881) became a member of the St. Gallen government council in 1830 and a member of the first Swiss Federal Council in 1848 . Johann Matthias Naeff is likely to see his son taking office as Federal President in 1853 . The youngest son, Ferdinand Adolf Naeff (1809–1899), great-great-grandfather of Federal Councilor Elisabeth Kopp , was one of the designers of Europe's first cog railway , the Vitznau-Rigi Railway . Daughter Caroline (1807–1886) became the wife of the famous Altstatt architect Felix Wilhelm Kubly (1802–1872). Another son, Friedrich August Naeff (1806–1842), became a public prosecutor for the canton of St. Gallen, he was also the founder and editor of the liberal newspaper “ Rheintaler Boten ”.
literature
- Peter J. Schaps: Naeff family, Altstätten . In Rheintaler Köpfe - historical-biographical portraits from five centuries , published by the Association for the History of the Rhine Valley, Berneck SG, 2004, ISBN 3-033-00265-X
- Otto Gsell: Life in the Biedermeier Period . The ancestral gallery in the Marbacher Zehntenhaus. The Naeff-Schachtler [von Altstätten SG] and Custer families. In: Our Rhine Valley , 1990.
- Otto Gsell: On the history of the St.Gallen families Gsell, Baerlocher, Naeff, Lutz , Eigenverlag, St.Gallen, 1984
- Annamarie and Gotthard Schuh-Custer: Das Naeffenfest - A memorial for the descendants of Johann Matthias Naeff , self-published, Altstätten, 1948
- Sankt Gallen History 2003 , Office for Culture of the Canton of St. Gallen, 2003, ISBN 3-908048-43-5 , Volume 3: Early modern times: territories, economy
- Uli W. Steinlin : The ancestors of the Steinlin family from St. Gallen , self-published / Druckerei Krebs AG, Biel-Benken / Basel, 2008, ISBN 978-3-85775-001-4
- Memory of the Naeff von Altstätten family , “Der Rheintaler” newspaper, September 27, 1899.
- Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland, Volume 5, Neuchâtel, 1929.
- Constant Wieser: Zuoz - Past and Present , Swiss Homeland Books No. 190, Paul Haupt Publishing House Bern, 1991, ISBN 3-258-04484-8
Web links
- Markus Kaiser: Naeff, Johann Mathias. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Markus Kaiser: Naeff. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Naeffenfest - meeting of the descendants of Johann Matthias and Maria Naeff-Dalp (since 1854)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Naeff, Johann Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss entrepreneurs and politicians |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altstätten |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1853 |
| Place of death | Altstätten |