Karl Gustav King

Karl Gustav König (born December 19, 1828 in Radelfingen ; † May 23, 1892 in Bern , reformed , resident in Bern) was a Swiss lawyer and politician (independent).

Life

Karl Gustav König was born on May 23, 1828 in Radelfingen as the son of pastor Rudolf König. After completing his Matura at a grammar school in Bern, Karl Gustav König, a member of the Zofingia , began studying theology and, subsequently, law at the universities of Bern , Munich and Heidelberg from 1847 to 1853 , before obtaining the Bern advocate patent in 1854 acquired.

As a result, he was employed as a clerk at the Bern Higher Court from 1854 to 1858 until he opened his own law firm. For this he received in 1871 a call to the Chair for Canton Bern, law and comparative Swiss Private Law at the University of Bern. Between 1879 and 1883 he was the author and commentator of the Bernese civil code. König was considered an expert on English and North American law.

Karl Gustav König, father of the lawyer and conservative politician Gustav König , married Sophie Julie, the daughter of the Bernese cantonal architect Ludwig Albrecht Küpfer, in 1856. He died on May 23, 1892, five months after he was 63 years old in Bern.

Political offices

In 1866 the independent Karl Gustav König was elected to the Bernese Grand Council , of which he was a member until 1871. He also took a seat on the Council of States for the canton between 1867 and 1868 . In addition, König represented the democratic opposition in 1866, although he tended to be classified as conservative.

Honors

In 1875, the humanities faculty at the University of Bern awarded Karl Gustav König an honorary doctorate .

In 1877, Karl Gustav König was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Law at Uppsala University .

literature

Erich Gruner : The Swiss Federal Assembly 1848–1920. Vol. 1, p. 188
King, Karl Gustav. In: The lecturers of the Bern University of Applied Sciences 1528–1984. University of Bern, Bern 1984 ( online ).
Christoph Zürcher: King, Karl Gustav. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Christoph Zürcher: König, Karl Gustav. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

personal data
SURNAME	King, Karl Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss lawyer and politician (independent)
DATE OF BIRTH	December 19, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH	Radelfingen
DATE OF DEATH	May 23, 1892
Place of death	Bern

[1] Christoph Zürcher: König, Karl Gustav. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .