Johannes Schiess (politician, 1562)

Johannes Schiess, 3rd Mayor of Appenzell Ausserrhoden 1611–1630.

John Schiess (* around 1562 in Herisau ; † around 1630 in Herisau; heimatberechtigt in Herisau) was a Swiss mayor , country Eckel champion , Landammann , Diet envoy from the canton of Appenzell Outer Rhodes .

Life

John Schiess was a son of Junghans Müller, called Scheuss, host , community Captain and Kleinrat . Orphaned at an early age, Schiess initially found his livelihood as a shepherd and farmhand in the common rule of Thurgau . Then he started an ashes and wine trade with Thurgau in Herisau . This brought him wealth and prestige. In 1626 he received the license to run. In 1588 and 1591 Schiess was a member of the Grand Council. In 1590, 1592 and 1595 he was on the Small Council of the State of Appenzell. From 1593 to 1596 he was the mayor of Herisau. In 1597 he represented the outer Rhoden in the question of land division at the Federal Diet and in 1598 in the collision dispute with the Prince Abbot of St. Gallen . For the new state of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Schiess served 33 times from 1596 to 1628. From 1597 to 1611 he held the office of state cap master. From 1611 to 1630 he was Landammann. In 1612 he mediated between the courts in the Rhine Valley and the Prince Abbot of St. Gallen. In 1623 he acted as federal mediator in the Glarus religious dispute. In Ausserrhoden he brought about an improved order of government affairs. In 1618 he introduced church singing . In 1622 he established an appropriate judicial organization. In the years 1622-23 he carried out an expensive legal trade with Johann Dietrich Stauffacher von Schwyz because of money claims . During the plague parade from 1610 to 1611, Schiess moved from house to house with his wagon . He supplied the sick with food and medicine and collected the dead. To thank you for this commitment, he was elected Landammann. The stately residential and commercial building with five vaulted cellars and a forge is an indication of its outstanding social position. He had it built in the Herisau district of Sangen in 1628 and decorated it with eight precious coats of arms . Later this building became the first Herisau orphanage.

literature

• Ernst H. Koller and Jakob Signer: Appenzell's coat of arms and gender book. Bern: Stämpfli 1926, p. 279f.
• Thomas Fuchs and Peter Witschi: The Herisauer Schwänberg. People, history, houses. Herisau: Verlag Appenzeller Hefte 1995 (Das Land Appenzell, Heft 25/26). Web access via appenzelldigital.ch

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Johannes Schiess. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 20, 2012 , accessed May 14, 2020 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On the function of the state offices (state sack master, state builder, state ensign, state governor, district administrator) cf. Otto Tobler: Development and functions of the state offices in Appenzell A. Rh. From the end of the 14th century to the present. Diss. University of Bern 1905. In: Appenzellische Jahrbücher 34 (1906), pp. 1–164, here above all from p. 71. Web access via e-periodica.ch.
2. ↑ Thomas Fuchs and Peter Witschi: The Herisauer Schwänberg. People, history, houses. Herisau: Verlag Appenzeller Hefte 1995 (Das Land Appenzell, Heft 25/26), here p. 43.

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