Johannes Eisenhut

John Eisenhut (* 29. May 1856 in Herisau , † 6. November 1947 Gais ; heimatberechtigt ibid ) was a Swiss entrepreneur , Cantonal , Government and National Council of the canton of Appenzell Outer Rhodes .

Life

Johannes Eisenhut was a son of Johannes Eisenhut, a businessman , and Anna Katharina Willi. In 1881 he married Anna Maria Schäfer, daughter of Johann Jakob Schäfer . From 1869 to 1873 he attended the Trogen Cantonal School and then the Ecole industrial cantonale in Lausanne . He completed an apprenticeship as a textile merchant in Herisau. From 1880 he was a partner in the embroidery business of his uncle Johannes Willi in Gais. Together with his sons, he took over this business after 1900 and ran it under the name Eisenhut & Co.

From 1883 to 1892 he was a member of the municipal council in Gais. From 1889 to 1892 he served as mayor . From 1891 to 1898 and from 1907 to 1921 he was a member of the Ausserrhoder Cantonal Council. From 1898 to 1900 he headed the Education Directorate as a governing councilor. As a free-spirited National Councilor from 1911 to 1931, he was primarily a business representative, spokesman for the textile industry in eastern Switzerland and an opponent of any state intervention policy. As an entrepreneur, Eisenhut tried to overcome the crisis with great investment of private assets. He was a longstanding member of the National Council's Customs Tariff Commission . From 1897 to 1909 and from 1911 to 1935 was a member of the cantonal bank administration . From 1902 to 1919 he sat on the board of directors of the St. Gallen-Gais-Appenzell tram . He presided over it from 1904 to 1919. From 1901 to 1911 he was a member of the board of directors of the Kubel electricity company .

literature

• Erich Gruner and Karl Frei: The Swiss Federal Assembly 1848–1920. Volume 1. Bern: Francke 1966, p. 510.
• Peter Holderegger: Entrepreneurs in Appenzellerland: History of industrial entrepreneurship in Appenzell Ausserrhoden from the beginning to the present. Herisau: Schläpfer 1992, p. 260.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Johannes Eisenhut. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 30, 2004 , accessed August 12, 2020 .
• Johannes Eisenhut on the website of the Federal Assembly

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