Joseph Anton Felix von Balthasar

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Joseph Anton Felix von Balthasar (born January 11, 1737 in Lucerne ; † April 8, 1810 there ) comes from the Lucerne patrician family of the same name and was a Swiss statesman and historian. He was one of the founders of the Helvetic Society and donated the Lucerne Citizens Library.

Life

Josef Willmann House. Franz Urs Balthasar (1689–1763) and Joseph Anton Felix Balthasar lived here. Kapellplatz 7, Lucerne
Josef Willmann House. Franz Urs Balthasar (1689–1763) and Joseph Anton Felix Balthasar lived here. Kapellplatz 7, Lucerne

Balthasar was born as the son of Franz Urs Balthasar and Maria Anna Luzia Schumacher on January 11, 1737 in Lucerne. He attended the Jesuit grammar school in Lucerne until 1753, then the Royal Academy in Lyon until 1755, where he conducted scientific, philosophical and historical studies. Balthasar became a member of the large and later the small council in Lucerne as early as 1755. From 1762 he was a member of the Helvetic Society, which he initiated together with Isaak Iselin . He and his family lived in a house on Kapellplatz that had come to the Balthasar through his grandmother Margaritha Balthasar-Schumacher (granddaughter of the mayor Ludwig Schumacher ).

Fonts

  • Felix von Balthasar: Letter to a French, containing a cursory sketch of the learned Swiss country. Emanuel Thurneysen, Basel 1761.

literature

  • Bruno Laube:  Balthasar, Joseph Anton Felix von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 568 ( digitized version ).
  • Bruno Laube: Joseph Anton Felix Balthasar 1737–1810. A contribution to the history of the Enlightenment in Lucerne. Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel / Stuttgart 1956 (at the same time: dissertation, Basel)
  • Ulrich A. Cavelti: Influences of the Enlightenment on the foundations of Swiss state church law. University Press, Friborg, Switzerland 1976.
  • Hans Wicki: State, Church, Religiosity. The canton of Lucerne between baroque tradition and the Enlightenment. Rex-Verlag, Luzern / Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-7252-0535-3 .
  • Heidi Bossard-Borner: Under the spell of the revolution. The canton of Lucerne 1798–1831 / 50. Rex-Verlag, Luzern / Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-7252-0660-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Balthasar, Joseph Anton Felix von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Balthasar, Joseph Anton Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1737
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1810
Place of death Lucerne