Johann Oskar Schibler

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Johann Oskar Schibler (born September 16, 1862 in Aarau ; † March 19, 1932 there ; entitled to live in Walterswil and Aarau) was a Swiss politician ( FDP ) and judge . From 1912 until his death he was Councilor of the Canton of Aargau .

biography

The son of Johann Jakob Schibler, a teacher at the Aarau Cantonal School , also attended this school, but passed his Matura at the Solothurn grammar school . During his school days in Aarau he made close friends with the poet Frank Wedekind ; together with Walter Laué and Adolf Vögtlin they founded the Senatus Poeticus poets' association . The suicide of two classmates in her class later inspired Wedekind to the drama Spring Awakening . Two of Wedekind's poems, An Schibler and Meinem Oskar , are dedicated to Schibler.

After finishing high school, Schibler studied law at the universities of Friborg , Strasbourg , Leipzig and Bern . In 1889 he passed the court clerk and bar exam in the canton of Solothurn . In the same year he was employed in the Aargau Justice and Police Department, and in 1892 the cantonal government appointed him President of the Kulm District Court . From 1902 to 1912 he was a member of the Aargau Higher Court (from 1909 to 1911 as President of the Commercial Department).

Schibler's political career began in 1893 when he was elected to the Grand Council , of which he was a member until 1902. In 1900/01 he was President of the Grand Council. In 1912 he was elected to the cantonal government. As a government councilor, Schibler headed the Justice and Police Department until 1922, then the Department of the Interior; During his entire 20-year tenure, he was also the medical director. In addition, he was President of the Aarau District Cultural Society and co-founder of the Wynentalbahn .

literature

  • Biographical Lexicon of the Canton of Aargau 1803–1957 . In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia . tape 68/69 . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1958, p. 667-668 .

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personal data
SURNAME Schibler, Johann Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician and judge
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Aarau
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1932
Place of death Aarau