Louis Wenger

Lausanne, Hermitage House

Jean-Pierre-Louis Wenger (born May 31, 1809 in Lausanne ; † August 11, 1861 in Aubonne VD , resident in Forst and Lausanne) was a Swiss architect and politician ( FDP ).

Life and career

Wenger worked at the age of fifteen in 1924 in the studio of Henri Perregaux , one of the leading architects in his hometown. He completed his studies from 1827-30 at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris , where he studied with Achille Leclère . Back in Lausanne, in 1834 he was already planning the Musée Arlaud in his own office, a classicist building that was completed in 1838 (lower part) and 1840 (Place de la Riponne). In La Sarraz , he led the redesign of the palace square from 1836 , which was only finished in 1845, and the restoration of the important tomb for François Ier de la Sarraz. In the same year he also planned the Bière barracks . Other works by the architect in Lausanne were the home for the blind in 1843, the Riant-Clos country house (around 1847), the former Marterey customs house (1849) and the women's prison (1852–59). In addition, from 1852–55 he planned the renovation of the L'Hermitage mansion, now the seat of the collection of the same name .

Wenger was elected to the Council of States in 1848 and represented the canton of Vaud there . But in 1849 he left the council again. In the parliamentary elections in 1851 he was elected to the National Council and remained there until May 1854. A year later, in July 1855, he moved back to the Council of States and served there until his death on August 11, 1861.

literature

• Laurent Golay: Wenger, Louis . In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 , p. 566

Web links

• Paul Bissegger: Wenger, Louis. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Council members database since 1848