Rippstein
Rippstein is a Swiss family name .
Part of the namesakes have as Citizen of the Canton Solothurn Kienberg . Most of the famous people are therefore associated with this place.
Name story
It is considered to be the oldest family in the Kienberg community, as the name was first mentioned on August 15, 1288. In this document, a Heinrich Ribstein from Kienberg, in the hostel of Wölflinswill by the Lords of Kienberg and Zielemp, is granted prospecting rights for an ore mine in Wölflinswil.
The origin of the name is unclear, but there is a legend about it. In this legend it is said that the sex goes back to a foundling who was found on a millstone (friction stone). This legend is not so absurd, as the name was spelled with B until the 18th century. Then for a while with a P (Ripstein) and only in the 19th century is the spelling with two P, as the name is spelled today.
people
- Ernst Rippstein (1882) , born June 13, 1882 in Kienberg, † December 30, 1972, member of the Cantonal Council of Solothurn 1921–25 and 1933–37.
- Ernst Rippstein (1921) , born April 25, 1921 in Kienberg, member of the Cantonal Council of Solothurn 1961–1973, son of the previous one.
- Johann Rippstein (1827) (called Weibelgross), born November 13, 1827 in Kienberg, † November 16, 1910 there, member of the Cantonal Council of Solothurn 1856–65
- Johann Rippstein (1818) , born June 21, 1818 in Kienberg, † April 15, 1897, member of the Cantonal Council of Solothurn 1876–1886
- Louis Rippstein , born December 26, 1915, † July 28, 1999, member of the Cantonal Council of Solothurn 1949–1977, President of the Cantonal Council 1965. Member of the National Council of Switzerland 1967–79.
- Gottlieb Rippstein , * 1862 in Kienberg, † 1914 in Zuchwil, member of the Cantonal Council of Solothurn 1912-14.
Individual evidence
- ^ Louis Rippstein : Kienberg. The story of a Jurassic community . Bürgergemeinde, Kienberg 1991, pp. 299-300.