Plazid Weissenbach senior
Plazid Weissenbach senior (born November 9, 1814 in Bremgarten ; † June 9, 1858 there ; entitled to live in Bremgarten) was a Swiss politician and judge . From 1848 until his death he represented the canton of Aargau in the Council of States .
biography
Weissenbach attended the community school in Bremgarten and the Lyceum in Lucerne , where Augustin Keller was one of his teachers. He then studied law at the universities of Jena and Zurich . After graduating, he opened a law firm in Bremgarten. In 1840 Weissenbach became a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Aargau. As a radical liberal politician, he was a staunch opponent of the denominational parity that prevailed at the time and supported the abolition of all Aargau monasteries in 1841 . Two years later he vainly opposed the reintroduction of women's convents.
In 1846 Weissenbach presided over the Grand Council, and from 1844 to 1851 he was a member of the Aargau High Court. In 1846 and 1847 he represented his canton at the federal diets . In April 1849, the canton parliament elected him to the Council of States to succeed Josef Emanuel Meienberg . In 1853 he organized the official 50th anniversary of the founding of the canton and, through his influence, managed to have it held in Bremgarten instead of in the canton's capital, Aarau .
His son Plazid Weissenbach junior was a member of the National Council and the first general director of SBB .
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 .
Web links
- Anton Wohler: Weissenbach, Placid. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weissenbach, Plazid senior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician and judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremgarten |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1858 |
| Place of death | Bremgarten |