Moriz Sutermeister

Moriz or Moritz Sutermeister (* 1836 in Zofingen ; † June 1910 in Zurich ) was a Swiss caster , mechanic and author of non-fiction .

Life

Sutermeister's parents were Elisabeth Plüss and the head miller Wilhelm Sutermeister. In 1861, Sutermeister cast his first bell for the branch church in Langnau LU . He spent his apprenticeship in Unterstrass and also trained in Italy and France. In 1860 he founded a bell and metal foundry in Aarau . Most recently he worked in the dye works in the Zofinger Riedtal. Sutermeister was married and had four children. Sutermeister dealt in his writings with history , especially the bell foundry .

Among other things, he was a great-nephew of the Zofingen grenadier captain Johann Jakob Plüss , who was in Piedmontese, Swiss and French military service and was a Spanish and English prisoner of war for six years. He also wrote short biographies for the Swiss Artist Lexicon .

Works

• Outward u. Return flight d. Carrier pigeons: instructions z. Drainirg. 1891.
• New aviation. In: Illustrierte Schweizerische Handwerker-Zeitung , 13/2 (1897). doi : 10.5169 / seals-578937
• The bells of Zurich: the bell foundries, bells and foundries in old and new Zurich. 1898.
• Quai-Bürkli: From the life of National Councilor Dr. Arnold Bürkli-Ziegler , creator of the quay facilities in Zurich. 1899.
• National Councilor Dr. A. Bürkli-Ziegler. In: Illustrierte Schweizerische Handwerker-Zeitung , 15/15 (1899). doi : 10.5169 / seals-576701
• As editor: Grenadier-Hauptmann Johann Jakob Plüss von Zofingen: Experiences in Piedmontese, Swiss and French military service and during six years of Spanish and English captivity. 1900.
• The bells of St. Jakob in Zurich-Aussersihl. 1900-1901.
• The donkey as a draft animal. 1901.
• Famous people. Brief biographies. 1901.
• Bell chronicle of the monastery church in St. Gallen. 1901.
• The chief machinist . In: At the domestic stove: Swiss illustrated monthly , 5/7 (1901–1902). doi : 10.5169 / seals-663343
• The bell foundry in the canton of Graubünden. In: The Free Rhaetian , 1903, No. 209.
• The bells of Zofingen. 1903. Manuscripts Online
• The bells queen of Switzerland belongs in the city of Zurich. 1904.
• Swiss bell founders. In: Switzerland: Swiss illustrated magazine , Volume 11 (1907), pp. 359–360. doi : 10.5169 / seals-575624

Web links

• Short biography and manuscript of The Bells of Zofingen by Moriz Sutermeister (1903) on the website of the St. Anna Chapel Reidermoos (original in the Zofingen city archive ).
• Literature by and about Moriz Sutermeister in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Short biography and manuscript of Die Glocken von Zofingen by Moriz Sutermeister (1903) on the website of the St. Anna Chapel Reidermoos (original in the Zofingen city archive )