Paul Walter Buser

Paul Walter Buser (born May 7, 1876 in Basel ; † October 19, 1941 in Teufen AR ; resident in Zunzgen ) was a Swiss teacher, founder of educational institutes , promoter of tourism and politician from the canton of Aargau in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

Life

Paul Walter Buser was a son of Heinrich Buser. In 1906 he married Hulda Frieda Widmer, daughter of Karl August Widmer. He completed the teachers' seminar in Wettingen and then studied psychology , philosophy and education at the University of Basel . His further education took him to England . Back in Switzerland he studied economics at the universities of Bern and Lausanne .

After completing this training, Paul Walter Buser worked as a teacher in Italy and at the Concordia private school in Zurich and as a professor of economics , economic geography and customs legislation at the St. Gallen Transport School . Together with his wife, Paul Walter Buser founded the “Voralpine Töchterinstitut Buser” in Teufen AR in 1908 and a branch institute in 1929, today's “Hôtel Préalpina”, in Chexbres VD , in which he realized his ideal of modern upbringing for girls . Buser took part in the reconstruction of the “ Boys' Institute on the Rosenberg ” in St. Gallen . Later he founded the Swiss Association of Private Educational Institutes.

Paul Walter Buser was politically active as a councilor in Teufen from 1923 to 1929 and as a cantonal councilor for Appenzell Ausserrhoden from 1925 to 1939 . From 1930 to 1941 he was a member of the state school commission. Buser was elected to the Federal Office of Transport as a transport specialist. He was the founder and head of the "Association of Appenzell-Extra-Rhodian Traffic Associations" as well as co-founder of the Swiss Traffic Center and a member of various transport associations.

literature

• [Nekrolog.] In: Appenzeller Zeitung . October 20 and 21, 1941.
• Rosmarie Nüesch-Gautschi: Buser pre- alpine subsidiary in Teufen. In: Renate Bräuniger: FrauenLeben Appenzell. Contributions to the history of women in Appenzellerland, 19th and 20th centuries. Schläpfer, Herisau 1999, pp. 329-337.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Paul Walter Buser. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 16, 2005 , accessed April 8, 2020 .
• Literature and images from and about the Buser Institute in Teufen in the Appenzell Ausserrhoden Cantonal Library .
• Hans Georg Kasper: Buser Pre-Alpine Subsidiary Institute. In: witnesses of the times. Appenzell stories in words and pictures. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A student of this institute was the writer Fleur Jaeggy . See: The Blessed Years of Chastening. Novella. Translated from the Italian by Barbara Schaden. Berlin Verlag, Berlin 1996, pp. 76-79. Web access via Appenzell anthology.
2. ↑ website Hôtel Préalpina, accessed on 20 April 2020th

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