Joseph Zünd

Joseph Zünd (born December 19, 1793 in Altstätten , † January 20, 1858 in Lucerne , legal resident in Altstätten, from 1819 in Büron , from 1837 in Lucerne) was a Swiss politician (conservative).

biography

Joseph Zünd was born as the son of Johann Ulrich Zünd and Magdalena Zünd, née Städler. Zünd attended the Benedictine School in Pfäfers and then the Catholic Cantonal School of St. Gallen . He finished his school education with philosophy courses at the grammar school in Lucerne. He trained in the commercial sector and worked as a business agent. Joseph Zünd then became secretary in the Gloggner brothers' office. From 1832 he was city judge. From 1835 to 1841 he was a district judge.

At the municipal level, Joseph Zünd began his political career in 1835 as a member of the Great City Council (legislature of the city of Lucerne). He stayed on this body until 1838. When he was elected to the Lucerne City Council on December 6, 1840, Joseph Zünd also became city president and held this office until June 9, 1841.

His political career at the cantonal level was membership in the Lucerne Grand Council (today Cantonal Council ), to which he belonged from 1841 to 1847. Until 1845 he represented the constituency of Lucerne, then the constituency of Luthern . From 1841 to 1847 Joseph Zünd was a member of the government council (cantonal government) of the canton of Lucerne. In 1841 he was also a constitutional councilor, drafting a new, conservative constitution. From 1845 to 1847 he also served as an education councilor. Joseph Zünd was one of the founders of the Historical Association of the 5 Places .

With the defeat of the Sonderbund in 1847, Joseph Zünd's political career also ended. As a loser in the Sonderbund War , he became a state prisoner and was held in one of the two Franciscan towers. After his release, he founded the company Zünd & Cie.

In the military, Joseph Zünd achieved the rank of colonel. Of the Federal Diet , he was elected in 1841 to the Federal Oberkriegsrat. Because of his support for the Sonderbund, he lost this office in 1847.

Joseph Zünd married Franziska Thüring on January 31, 1820 and had five children with her. The middle son Josef became a politician. His youngest son was the painter Robert Zünd .

literature

• Biographies of the Lucerne municipal councils 1831–1988 (Ez 162) and Lucerne Grand Council biographies 1831–1995 (Ez 111). Lucerne State Archives .
• Franz Zelger: On the threshold of modern Lucerne. Verlag Haag, 1930, pp. 266, 267.

Web links

• Roman Bussmann: Zünd, Josef. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .