Josef Anton Fässler (politician, 1796)

Josef Anton Fässler (born April 23, 1796 in Appenzell ; † November 8, 1875 there ) was a Swiss Catholic-conservative politician and doctor . He represented the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden both in the Council of States and in the National Council .

biography

His father of the same name was governor and member of the parliament , his mother's name was Maria Antonia. Fässler attended schools in Rheinau and Lucerne , then the grammar school in Friborg . He completed a medical degree at the Universities of Freiburg im Breisgau , Munich and Würzburg . Professionally he worked as a doctor. In 1819 he married Franziska Bischofberger, the daughter of Landammann Karl Franz Joseph Anton Bischofberger .

From 1831 to 1841, Fässler served as the state ensign of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden , then in rotation until 1853 as the governing Landammann and Bannerherr . In the period from 1840 to 1847 he took part in eleven assemblies and, as a Catholic-conservative politician, spoke out against the controversial abolition of monasteries in Aargau . When the conflict with the radical liberals finally erupted in the Sonderbund War in 1847, he succeeded in ensuring that Innerrhoden remained neutral due to its strategic location. From 1848 to 1850 Fässler represented his canton in the Council of States , from 1857 to 1860 in the National Council.

Web links

• Hermann Bischofberger: Fässler, Josef Anton. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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