Laurenz Schefer

Laurenz Schefer (* 10. October 1697 in Herisau ; † 20th May 1772 ibid ; heimatberechtigt in Teufen AR and down 1,736 from Herisau) was a Swiss entrepreneur and philanthropist from the canton of Appenzell Outer Rhodes .

Life

Laurenz Schefer was the son of Niklaus Schefer, master rope maker , and Lisabeth Früh. In 1723 he married Anna Mock, daughter of Moritz Mock, master glazier .

Schefer initially trained as a rope maker. After a long wandering he turned successfully to the textile trade . He founded the trading company L. Schefer & Companie with two nephews of his wife as partners . Schefer was one of the first Ausserrhodern to establish itself in the international textile trade. The business base was initially established during the wanderings. Its main sales areas were Alsace , Germany and Eastern Europe . From 1752 he was a councilor. After retiring from the company in 1756, he devoted himself to charitable tasks. He judged the first Herisauer in 1769Orphanage a.

literature

• Walter Schläpfer: Economic history of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden until 1939. Herisau: Appenzell-Ausserrhodische Kantonalbank 1984, p. 86 and p. 108 f.
• Thomas Fuchs et al .: History of the Herisau community. Herisau: Appenzeller Verlag 1999, p. 128 f., P. 156 and p. 164.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Laurenz Schefer. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 12, 2011 , accessed May 20, 2020 .

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