Ludwig Danioth

Ludwig Danioth (born March 11, 1902 in Schattdorf ; † June 9, 1996 in Andermatt , entitled to live in Andermatt) was a Swiss politician ( KVP , today CVP ).

biography

Ludwig was the youngest of four children and was a half-orphan because his father had died of appendicitis before he was born. After a flood of Schächenbachs the farm had flooded the family, the mother was running slowly and moved with the family from 1910 in their hometown Andermatt with their siblings - at first only during the summer, then forever. As a result, Ludwig was no longer able to attend the Realgymnasium in Altdorf and ended his school days in secondary school . Later Danioth sometimes regretted not having received a higher education.

Danioth was first married to Lina Christen, who died in 1935, then to Paula Helg, who survived him. He founded a large family and built up his own farm.

Political career

He began his political career at the age of 22 as a school caretaker in Andermatt. 1931 Danioth was in the council voted, where he in 1936 for mayor became. From 1941 to 1944 Danioth was the financial administrator of the Urseren corporation , the corporation under public law to which all citizens of the Urserental belong.

Resistance to reservoir project

Danioth led the corporation's resistance against the Urseren power plant , whose reservoir would have flooded the entire Urserental. He was vice-president and secretary of the anti-jam committee and from 1939 represented the interests of Ursen in the Urner district administrator until he was elected to the government council in 1944 .

On February 19, 1946, Karl J. Fetz , engineer of the study syndicate for the Urseren power plants , was chased out of the Urserental by actionists from the angry local population and the office of the architect Fred Ramseyer, who was planning the relocation of Andermatt, was destroyed. Danioth, together with Pius Regli, Mayor of Andermatt, was charged by the injured Fetz and Ramseyer with incitement to breach of the peace and theft of files. Conversely, Danioth and Regli sued the plaintiffs Fetz and Ramseyer, accusing them of deliberately false accusations and misleading the administration of justice. Both judgments reached the federal court , where both judgments of the lower instance were overturned due to lack of evidence. The resistance against the power plant was successful because the power plant project was buried in 1951. The population thanked Danioth for his commitment by making him Ehrentalammann (Honorary President) of the Urseren Corporation in 1969.

Politicians at cantonal and national level

Danioth was elected to the government council of the canton of Uri without much propaganda, where he was head of the poor and welfare directorate for four years and then moved to the finance department, where he remained until he left the government in 1968. During his tenure, Danioth was Landammann (chairman of the cantonal government) for four two-year periods .

At the national level, Danioth represented the canton of Uri from 1947 to 1971 in the Council of States , where he stood up for the interests of the mountain population and temporarily chaired the finance commission of both councils. Danioth was President of the Council of States in 1964.

Furka-Oberalp Railway

In 1948 Ludwig Danioth was elected to the board of directors of the Furka-Oberalp-Bahn and in 1967 the Federal Council appointed him president. During this time, the construction of the Furka Base Tunnel was politically prepared. In 1972 Danioth resigned as president, laying down his last public office. For his work with the railway, they erected a memorial plaque at Andermatt station , which was unveiled on his 100th birthday in 2002.

Web links

Hans Muheim: Danioth, Ludwig. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Hans Muheim: Danioth, Ludwig. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
↑ Hans Jörg Kuhn: Ludwig Danioth-Helg - a life for politics. (PDF; 2.39 MB) Uri State Archives, July 27, 2007, accessed on December 8, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Urs Hanhart: Memorial plaque for Ludwig Danioth unveiled. In: Urner Wochenblatt . March 13, 2002, accessed December 9, 2018 .
^ ^A ^b Hans Danioth: The large power plant project Ursern in the mirror of the times. February 19, 1946 - riot or popular uprising? In: Historisches Neujahrsblatt. Historischer Verein Uri, 2009, pp. 114, 118 , accessed on December 8, 2018 (new series, 64th volume, 1st row, 100th issue).

personal data
SURNAME	Danioth, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss politician (CIP)
DATE OF BIRTH	March 11, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schattdorf
DATE OF DEATH	June 9, 1996
Place of death	Andermatt

[hls-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Hans Muheim: Danioth, Ludwig. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

[2] Hans Jörg Kuhn: Ludwig Danioth-Helg - a life for politics. (PDF; 2.39 MB) Uri State Archives, July 27, 2007, accessed on December 8, 2018 .

[hanhart-3] Urs Hanhart: Memorial plaque for Ludwig Danioth unveiled. In: Urner Wochenblatt . March 13, 2002, accessed December 9, 2018 .

[danioth-4] A ^b Hans Danioth: The large power plant project Ursern in the mirror of the times. February 19, 1946 - riot or popular uprising? In: Historisches Neujahrsblatt. Historischer Verein Uri, 2009, pp. 114, 118 , accessed on December 8, 2018 (new series, 64th volume, 1st row, 100th issue).