Joseph Anton Stadler
Joseph Anton Stadler , often also Josef Anton Stadler , (born February 9, 1661 in Rothenthurm , † September 17, 1708 in Schwyz ) was a Swiss politician and opposition leader.
Life
Stadler was the son of the Schwyz councilor and landlord Mathias Stadler. From 1678 to 1682 he attended as a novice the convent school of the monastery of St. Gall . In 1686 he became a liege bailiff at the court of the Prince Abbot of St. Gallen. However, he only held this position until 1688. He lost his job while helping one of his brothers kidnap a wealthy woman. Stadler then returned to his homeland and took over his father's inn in Rothenthurm.
Stadler was elected councilor of Schwyz in 1689 and bailiff in Uznach in 1694 . In this role he promoted the witch hunt . In 1700 he also tried to build a new church in Rothenthurm. In the Toggenburg trade he took the side of the population and stood in opposition to the aristocracy . He became the spokesman for the Schwyz opposition to the aristocratic regime. The Stadler party was formed , whose procedure included bringing about decisions through referendums . His period of activity from 1699 to 1708 is sometimes also called Stadlerhandel . One of the intellectual heads of the movement was Stadler's brother Chrysostomos Stadler , who was a theology professor and priest at Einsiedeln Abbey .
Stadler held the office of governor of the bailiwick of the Rhine Valley from 1704 to 1706 . During this time he lost his opinion leadership in Schwyz. When the conflict was also denominationalized by the interference of the Zurich residents, the mood against Stadler tipped. He was finally arrested in 1708. He was then tortured and sentenced to death on September 17, 1708 for disturbing the general peace, forgery of land protocols and unfaithfulness as an emissary , and beheaded the same day . As a result, he became a martyr of the democratic movement and supporters of this movement made pilgrimages to his grave until 1750. His conviction is now classified as judicial murder . In the course of this, the politician Franz Xaver von Weber was also punished. However, he was able to rehabilitate himself politically.
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literature
- Fabian Brändle: The democratic Bodin: Joseph Anton Stadler: landlord, democrat, witch hunter . In: Swiss Journal for History , Volume 58 (2008), pp. 127–146.
- Michel Kaspar: A Rothenthurmer causes a sensation !: Josef Anton Stadler as leader of the opposition against the aristocratic party . In: Mitteilungen des Historisches Verein des Kantons Schwyz , Volume 100 (2008), pp. 128–131.
- Fabian Brändle: Stadler, Joseph Anton. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-428-11206-7 , p. 9 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Franz Auf der Maur , Kaspar Michel: Stadler, Josef Anton. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 24, 2012 , accessed April 29, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Fabian Brändle: Stadler, Chrysostomos. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 10, 2013 , accessed April 29, 2019 .
- ^ Kaspar Michel: People's party against the leading families: The Stadler trade from 1708 . In Schwyzer Hefte , Volume 90 (2007), pp. 39–43.
- ↑ Files on the Stadler trade in the Schwyz State Archives , accessed on April 29, 2019.
- ^ Rolf Jacober: Weber, Franz Xaver von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 2, 2013 , accessed April 29, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stadler, Joseph Anton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stadler, Josef Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1661 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rothenthurm |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 17, 1708 |
| Place of death | Schwyz |