Karl Friedrich Steiger

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Karl Friedrich Steiger (born November 3, 1755 in Bern , † September 12, 1832 in Kiesen , Canton of Bern) was a Swiss politician .

The son of the Zweisimmen Kastlans Karl, from the patrician family Steiger , entered the civil service as a volunteer and from 1781 administered the funds invested abroad as municipal secretary. He had inherited the Märchligen campaign from his uncle Beat Ludwig Steiger. In 1782 he married Sophie Salome Katharina Willading, a daughter of Emanuel Niklaus Willading (1731–1794). Her twelve children included Karl (1787–1863), Franz Georg (1794–1874) and Johann Rudolf (1789–1857). In 1785 he became a Grand Councilor in Bern . From 1789 to 1795 he was governor in Interlaken . After French troops marched into what was then the Bernese Vaud on January 27, 1798 and the government capitulated, Steiger was taken hostage as a member of the provisional government and had to collect money for the French. By the beginning of April, members of the aristocracy were to surrender three percent and members of the former rulers six percent of their wealth as a provisional war tax. As a representative of the Ancien Régime and supporter of the mayor Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger , Steiger was against any giving in to France's demands. In 1799 he acquired the Riggisberg estate . He fled to Neuchâtel in Prussia at the time . Around 1802 he acted for the overthrow of the Helvetic Republic . After the French troops left Switzerland in July 1802 and the Mediation Constitution came into force in February , Steiger became a member of the Bernese large and small councils until 1804 . In 1813 he returned to the Small Council and was a reactionary in the Waldshut Committee the next year.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Zürcher: Steiger, Karl Friedrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  2. ^ Hans Braun: Willading, Emanuel Niklaus. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I681763&tree=1
  4. ↑ http://www.swisscastles.ch/bern/riggisberg.html
personal data
SURNAME Steiger, Karl Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1832
Place of death Pebbles