Jost Hänzberger

Jost Hänzberger, 5th Mayor of Appenzell Ausserrhoden 1631–1635.

Jost Hänzenberger (* 4. September 1583 , † 1635 in Herisau ; heimatberechtigt in Herisau) was a Swiss state governor, bailiff and Diet envoy from the canton of Appenzell Outer Rhodes .

Life

Jost Hänzberger was a son of Ulrich Hänzberger. He married Verena Meyer, daughter of Gorius Meyer. In 1612 Jost Hänzberger was the inspector (calibration master) for the state of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. In 1616 he worked as a Kirchhöri - master builder and administrator of the poor people's sack in Herisau. In 1617 he was the representative of the state of Appenzell Ausserrhoden for the purchase of grain stocks . In 1620 and again from 1623 to 1630 he served as governor. From 1622 to 1633, Jost Hänzberger was delegate to the Diet 14 times. From 1631 to 1635 he was the Landammann. Even as governor he was able to push through the reform of the mortgage system from 1629 to 1630 in the so-called schilling money trade against considerable resistance . This paved the way for him to the Landammannamt. The date of his death is unclear. He probably died of the plague in 1635 .

literature

• Ernst H. Koller and Jakob Signer: Appenzell's coat of arms and gender book. Bern: Stämpfli 1926, p. 110.
• Walter Schläpfer: Economic history of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden up to 1939. Edited by the Appenzell-Ausserrhodische Kantonalbank. Herisau: Appenzell-Ausserrhodische Kantonalbank 1984, pp. 32–35.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Jost Hänzberger. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 27, 2007 , accessed May 22, 2020 .

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