Paul Gartenhauser

Paul Gartenhauser, 1st Mayor of Appenzell Ausserrhoden 1597–1613.

Paul Gartenhauser (* probably before 1544 in Appenzell ; † after 1613 in Gais ) was a Swiss mayor , member of the small council , mayor and delegate from the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

Life

Paul Gartenhauser was a son of Paul Gartenhauser, tavern owner and master of the country . He married Maria Menet. Paul Gartenhauser was the owner of an inn. In 1579 he was captain of the Rütiner Rhode . From 1565 to 1567 he was a member of the Grand Council and from 1568 to 1575 of the Small Council . Between 1567 and 1588 Paul Gartenhauser was a poor man's bag master several times and from 1578 to 1581 hospital master.

Due to his affiliation with the new faith, Paul Gartenhauser had to leave Appenzell in 1588. He settled in the reformed Gais. There he was in the same year councilman and 1,595 community Captain . From 1590 to 1597 he was a member of the Small Council. In 1590, 1595 and 1597 he was a street judge. From 1595 to 1597 he officiated as regional cap master. In 1597 he held the office of Landammann of the whole country and from 1598 to 1613 that of the Outer Rhodes . Between 1590 and 1610 Paul Gartenhauser was delegate to the Diet 26 times: until 1597 for the whole of Appenzell and from 1598 for Ausserrhoden. In 1602 he took part in the evocation of the new pay alliance between the Confederation and France . During the land division, the head of the Reformed , Paul Gartenhauser always campaigned for a decision to be made through the legal process.

literature

• Ernst H. Koller and Jakob Signer: Appenzell's coat of arms and gender book. Bern: Stämpfli 1926, p. 87.
• Michael Kunz: Access to the offices? - A question of kinship. In: Appenzellische Jahrbücher, Volume 125/1997 (1998), pp. 21–50. Web access via e-periodica.ch.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Paul Gartenhauser. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 11, 2005 , accessed May 15, 2020 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On the function of the state offices (state builder, state ensign, state governor, governor) cf. Otto Tobler: Development and functions of the state offices in Appenzell A. Rh. From the end of the 14th century to the present. Diss. University of Bern 1905. In: Appenzellische Jahrbücher 34 (1906), pp. 1–164, here above all from p. 71. Web access via e-periodica.ch.

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