Plazid Weissenbach junior
Plazid Weissenbach junior (born March 29, 1841 in Bremgarten ; † September 7, 1914 in Aarau ; resident in Bremgarten) was a Swiss politician and railway manager . From 1872 to 1874 he represented the canton of Aargau in the National Council . He was then General Secretary and President of Centralbahn and the first General Director of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).
biography
The son of Councilor Plazid Weissenbach senior attended the canton school in Aarau . He then studied law at the universities of Heidelberg , Munich , Berlin and Paris . During his student days he joined the Swiss Zofingerverein . He then worked as a lawyer in Bremgarten and then in Aarau. In 1868 Weissenbach was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Aargau. In the parliamentary elections in 1872 , he was elected to the National Council .
Weissenbach gave up his seat on the National Council in 1874 after he had been elected General Secretary of Centralbahn and therefore relocated to Basel , the company's headquarters. Nonetheless, he remained politically active and was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Basel-Stadt , which he presided over in 1890. From 1888 Weissenbach was president of the Central Railway. He turned against the shareholders by speaking out in favor of the nationalization of the railways. For this reason he had to resign in 1896.
Shortly afterwards, Weissenbach entered the federal service. Federal Councilor Josef Zemp mainly entrusted him with the task of buying back the private railway companies and preparing the establishment of the state-owned SBB. In 1901, the SBB Board of Directors elected Weissenbach as the new company's first general director. He held this office until 1911. Weissenbach published several railway law and political works as well as studies on the history of the canton of Aargau.
literature
- Biographical Lexicon of the Canton of Aargau 1803–1957 . In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia . tape 68/69 . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1958, p. 846-847 .
Web links
- Anton Wohler: Weissenbach, Placid. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Placid Weissenbach in the digital Alfred Escher letter edition . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weissenbach, Plazid junior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician and railway manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremgarten |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1914 |
| Place of death | Aarau |