Johann Rudolf Raschle

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Johann Rudolf Raschle (born April 13, 1798 in Wattwil ; † April 8, 1867 there ) was a Swiss politician and industrialist . From 1860 to 1863 he was a member of the National Council.

biography

He was the younger son of the textile industrialist Josabe Raschle , whose company specialized in the manufacture and dyeing of cotton cloths. Johann Rudolf Raschle attended private schools in Wädenswil and Hauterive , after which he completed a commercial apprenticeship in a trading house in Ulm . When his father died in 1826, he ran the company together with his older brother Abraham Raschle . In 1832 they decided to split up their business; while Abraham continued the previous domestic business, Johann Rudolf founded his own company that was geared towards export.

Raschle regularly toured Italy , the Netherlands , France and Great Britain . He was represented with his own agencies in the most important markets. He also established business relationships with trading houses outside Europe. From 1842 his brother Jacob was Lanz-Hauser in the company JR Raschle & Co. involved. In the 1850s it employed 4,000 home and factory workers. With the conquest of the East Asian markets, colored weaving reached its peak in Toggenburg in the 1860s. In 1865 Raschle had a mechanical colored weaving mill built in Wattwil.

In 1856/57 Raschle sat on the board of directors of the newly founded Schweizerische Kreditanstalt . He was president of the Toggenburgerbahn planning commission and member of the Sankt Gallisch-Appenzellische Eisenbahn . Raschle ran for the National Council elections in 1860 and was elected in the constituency of St. Gallen-West . He succeeded his brother Abraham, who had been a member of the National Council since 1851. In 1863 he resigned.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hermann Wartmann:  Raschle, Josabe . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 318 f.
personal data
SURNAME Raschle, Johann Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Raschle, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician and industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Wattwil
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1867
Place of death Wattwil