Josef Franz Karl Amrhyn
Josef Franz von Sales Johann Baptist Karl Nikolaus von Flüe Amrhyn (born February 11, 1800 in Lucerne ; † April 7, 1849 there ; entitled to live in Lucerne) was a Swiss civil servant . He was Federal Chancellor from 1831 to 1847 .
biography
The son of the President of the Diet, Josef Karl Amrhyn, attended the school run by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi in Yverdon Castle from 1810 to 1812 , and later graduated from high school in Lucerne. From 1823 he studied law at the Universities of Göttingen , Freiburg and Paris . In 1822 he joined the old Freiburg fraternity . In 1824 he was appointed deputy interrogator in Lucerne and played a controversial role in the trial of the murder of Schultheiss Franz Xaver Keller .
In 1825 Amrhyn joined the Federal Chancellery and, as state clerk, was the closest collaborator of Federal Chancellor Jean-Marc Mousson . The assembly elected him in 1830 as his successor. The moderately liberal Amrhyn was considered a conscientious administrator and was re-elected without opposition in the following years. He disapproved of the aims of the Sonderbund , but resigned on November 4, 1847, because of a conscience he did not want to countersign the declaration of war resolved by the Diet.
Amrhyn's body was recovered from the Reuss in Lucerne on April 7, 1849 . There were no signs of external violence, but it remained unclear whether he had had an accident or drowned himself.
literature
- Wilhelm Gisi: Am Rhyn, Joseph Karl Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 410 f.
- Martin Merki: Josef Franz Karl Amrhyn. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
- Biography on the website of the Federal Chancellery
- Publications by and about Josef Franz Karl Amrhyn in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: AE. Heidelberg 1996, pp. 20-21.
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SURNAME | Amrhyn, Josef Franz Karl |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Amrhyn, Josef Franz von Sales Johann Baptist Karl Nikolaus von Flüe (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Federal Chancellor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1800 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucerne |
DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1849 |
Place of death | Lucerne |