Oskar Felix Memmenegger

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Oskar Felix Memmenegger (* 1793 ; † 1841 ) was a self-taught pyrotechnician .

Memmenegger served in vain as an explosives expert at the Zurich coup of September 1839. He died while repairing the Alte Landstrasse in Horgen as a result of a misfire.

literature

  • Peter Aerne u. a. (Ed.): Züriputsch: September 6, 1839: Victory of the just cause or September disgrace? Pfäffikon 1989.
  • Schneider, Jürg E .: Separate paths - the same goal: the "atheists" against the "perfidious aristocrats"? The Züriputsch of 1839 led to a sister quarrel: the "Non-Profit Society of Neumünster" split up. Zurich 2005.
personal data
SURNAME Memmenegger, Oskar Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss pyrotechnician
DATE OF BIRTH 1793
DATE OF DEATH 1841