Johannes Höhener

John Höhener (* 3. January 1834 in Gais ; † 10. May 1901 in St. Gallen ; heimatberechtigt in Gais AR) was a Swiss textile manufacturer, member of the Small Council , Gemeindepräsidentund Cantonal of Appenzell Outer Rhodes .

Life

Johannes Höhener was a son of Samuel Höhener, Molken - Grempler and councilor , and Anna Barbara Menet. In 1857 he married Anna Magdalena Kürsteiner, daughter of Johannes Kürsteiner, Senn . He attended primary school in Gais. At first he worked as a farmer . At the end of the 1850s, Johannes Höhener founded a yarn trading business . In 1871 he acquired the Lower Mill in Gais. There he set up a twisting mill . In the 1880s, under his son Robert Höhener, this developed into an important twisting and bleaching company .

From 1861 to 1864 Johannes Höhener was a member of the municipal council in Gais. From 1864 to 1871 he was on the Small Council . From 1871 to 1873 and from 1874 to 1876 he served as mayor . From 1871 to 1873 and from 1876 to 1888 he was Ausserrhoder Grand and Cantonal Councilor . In 1877 he took over the post of community court president and did so until 1883. From 1878 to 1888 he was a cantonal road inspector.

literature

• Ernst H. Koller and Jakob Signer: Appenzell's coat of arms and gender book. Bern: Stämpfli 1926, p. 133
• Peter Holderegger: Entrepreneurs in Appenzellerland: History of industrial entrepreneurship in Appenzell Ausserrhoden from the beginning to the present. Herisau: Schläpfer 1992, pp. 187f.
• Achilles Weishaupt and Karl Rechsteiner: History of the community Gais. Edited by the municipality of Gais. Gais: Kern 2002 p. 183 f.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Johannes Höhener. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 8, 2008 , accessed June 12, 2020 .

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