Marcel Vonderweid

Marcel Vonderweid

Marcel Vonderweid (also: Marcel von der Weid; * January 23, 1866 in Friborg ; † December 3, 1948 ibid) was a Swiss politician and State Councilor of the Canton of Friborg .

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Marcel Vonderweid's parents were Joseph Vonderweid, landowner and justice of the peace, Grand Councilor, multiple President of the Grand Council, and Marie Albertine nee. (de) Techtermann. He married Louise Jeanne Joséphine Aeby, daughter of Paul , founder of the bank Weck-Aeby and Ammanns of the city of Freiburg in Üechtland .

After visiting the technical department of the St. Michael College , Marcel Vonderweid studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich , where he obtained his forest engineering degree in 1890. Initially an intern, he was appointed inspector of the 2nd forest district ( Glane and Vivisbach district ) in 1893 and an engineer of the 1st forest district ( Saane and Sense district ) in 1902. He also managed numerous alpine farms.

Although his candidacy was not supported by all conservatives, who criticized his lack of color and political experience, he was elected to the Council of State on March 6, 1914, to succeed his uncle Stanislas Aeby . As a lieutenant colonel , he took over the military direction on the condition that it again includes the forests, vineyards and properties. Nature and the forest remain his real interests: he reorganized the cantonal forest service and after the death of the office holder himself exercised the function of chief forest inspector. He was President of the State Council four times (1917, 1920, 1927, 1934) and resigned at the end of 1936. From 1914 to 1921 he was a representative of the Sense District in the Grand Council.

During his first years on the Council of State he was an absolute follower of Georges Python . He also distinguished himself by defending the institutions against revolutionary activities. In November 1926 he organized a demonstration in western Switzerland against the election of the Social Democrat Robert Grimm as President of the National Council.

Marcel Vonderweid played his influence above all in numerous institutions. In particular, he was in charge of the mortgage bank, was a member of the Freiburg Tourist Office and was on the board of directors of the Swiss Accident Insurance Fund . He was also a member and from 1937 President of the Freiburg Nature Conservation Commission.

His numerous obligations also included the presidencies of the parish of St. Nicholas (1922–1926) and the Cercle catholique, founded and directed by his father. In addition, he worked for the Vinzenzverein.

After a long, active retirement, Marcel Vonderweid died on December 3, 1948 in Freiburg at the age of 82.

literature

• Jea-Marc Purro: Weid, Marcel von der. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Georges Andrey , John Clerc, Jean-Pierre Dorand et Nicolas Gex: The Freiburg Council of State: 1848–2011. History, organization, members . Editions La Sarine, Freiburg 2012, ISBN 978-2-88355-153-4 .