Johannes Schiess (politician, 1730)

Johannes Schiess (born December 16, 1730 in Herisau , † April 22, 1804 in Herisau; resident in Herisau) was a Swiss textile entrepreneur, mayor and member of the small council from the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

Life

Johannes Schiess was a son of Johannes Schiess, owner of the paper mill in the depths in Herisau, and Elisabeth Nänni. In 1753 he married Helena Regina Wettler, daughter of Hans Jakob Wettler von Rheineck . Schiess, he took over the paper mill built by his grandfather. He added a large bleach to this . He was from 1764 to 1781 councilor and from 1781 to 1796 municipality captain of Herisau. In 1776 he officiated as Ausserrhoder state mountaineer. From 1787 to 1791 he held the office of land major. From 1796 to 1798 he was a state ensign.

literature

• Gottlieb Büchler: History of the Scheuss families in the country of Appenzell-Ausserrhoden. Trogen: Meyer 1830, p. 47f.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Johannes Schiess. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 9, 2010 , accessed May 14, 2020 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On the function of the state offices (state builder, state ensign, state governor, governor) 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.

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