Johannes Walser (entrepreneur, 1773)

Johannes Walser (born November 12, 1773 in Heiden ; † May 15, 1833 in Messina ; legal resident in Wald and from around 1778 from Heiden) was a merchant from the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

Life

Johannes Walser was a son of Matthias Walser, businessman and mayor , and Barbara Mösle. The merchant Walser took over the trading business of his uncles Jakob and Bartholome Walser in Messina. During the British occupation, he gained a trading monopoly in Sicily and made high profits. He made important donations to the communities of the Appenzeller Vorderland, the Trogen Cantonal School and two hospitals in Naples .

literature

• Walter Schläpfer: Economic history of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden until 1939. Gais: H. Kern 1984, p. 190.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Johannes Walser. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 29, 2012 , accessed April 20, 2020 .

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