Castor Baldinger

Castor Joseph Dominik Baldinger (baptized March 20, 1760 in Baden ; † December 8, 1810 there ; entitled to live in Baden) was a Swiss politician . From 1806 until his death he was a member of the canton of Aargau .

biography

The son of the doctor and mayor Johann Ludwig Baldinger took on municipal offices himself at a young age. He was a member of the city council and was the bailiff of the Canon Monastery . From 1788 to 1798 he was the last mayor of Baden. After the French invasion and the proclamation of the Helvetic Republic , he became head of the provisional government of the newly created canton of Baden in March 1798 . He was then a member of the Cantonal Court and President of the Administrative Chamber.

Baldinger fought in vain against the amalgamation of the cantons of Baden and Aargau, which Napoleon Bonaparte finally enforced with the act of mediation in March 1803 . He came to terms with the new circumstances and was elected to the Grand Council , which he presided over in 1808. After he had been an appellate judge and delegate to the Federal Diet from 1803 , the Grand Council elected him to the cantonal government in 1806. In 1808 Baldinger took part in negotiations with the Grand Duchy of Baden regarding its admission of guilt to Swiss corporations. In 1810 he died in office.

literature

• Biographical Lexicon of the Canton of Aargau 1803–1957 . In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia . tape 68/69 . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1958, p. 32-33 .

Web links

• Andreas Steigmeier : Baldinger, Castor Joseph Dominik. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .