Johannes Tanner (politician, 16th century)

Johannes Tanner († after April 22, 1596 in Herisau ; entitled to live in Herisau) was a Swiss Landammann and delegate from the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

Life

Johannes Tanner is probably identical to a man of the same name who was recorded as captain of the Rhode Herisau in 1553 . In terms of sources, he is only clearly comprehensible in this office from 1564 to 1589. Tanner was the governing Landammann in the Land of Appenzell from 1588 to 1589 and provincial governor from 1589 to 1590. Tanner acted as a delegate to the Diet. He was often entrusted with diplomatic missions as in 1578 because of the Rhine Valley affairs. In 1588 he was sent to St. Gallen because of the Gruber Kollaturkampf . During the sectarian conflicts, Tanner did not uncompromisingly advocated radical reformed positions, but sought a compromise. He is considered the progenitor of a branch of the Herisau family Tanner.

literature

• Ernst H. Koller and Jakob Signer: Appenzell's coat of arms and gender book. Bern: Stämpfli 1926, p. 348f.
• Rainald Fischer, Walter Schläpfer and Franz Stark: Appenzell history: For the 450th anniversary of the Appenzellerbund 1513–1963. Volume 1. Published by the governments of the two half-cantons of Appenzell. Herisau, Appenzell 1964.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Achilles Weishaupt. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 8, 2011 , accessed April 24, 2020 .

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