Rudolf Rebmann

Rudolf Rebmann (born November 25, 1759 in Stäfa ; † July 25, 1837 there ) was a Swiss farmer and politician.

Life

Rudolf Rebmann was born as the son of Rudolf Rebmann and his wife Magdalena geb. Hassler born. From 1793 to 1798 he was subordinate in Stäfa. In 1798 he became subordinate of the district of Meilen and held this office until 1802. From 1802 to 1803 Rebmann was a member of the Helvetian Senate and then went to the Zurich Large and Small Council as a liberal member . He remained in the Grand Council until 1834 and in the Small Council until 1830.

Together with Johann Kaspar Pfenninger , Johannes Braendlin, Jakob Dändliker, Johannes Hegetschweiler , Heinrich Braendlin and Hans Heinrich Ryffel (1804–1880) and other founding members, Rebmann founded the reading society in Stäfa in 1819 , which still exists today. In 1830 Rebmann played a key role in the preparations for the Ustertag . He was a political comrade in arms of Johann Caspar Pfenninger .

Rudolf Rebmann married Katharina Kunz, daughter of the judge Johannes Kunz.

Act

Rudolf Rebmann campaigned for a change in agricultural production structures and ran a model company according to his ideas. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , who visited his friend Heinrich Meyer in Stäfa in 1797 , visited Rudolf Rebmann's company and then thought of writing a little poem about the "philosopher from the mountain", namely the model farmers Rebmann.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Claudia Bieler: Rudolf Rebmann. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 3, 2010 , accessed January 5, 2018 .
2. ^ Leonhard Friedrich, Sylvia Springer: Johann H. Pestalozzi: Complete Works and Letters . Register volume 1. Walter de Gruyter, 1996, ISBN 3-11-080156-6 ( google.de [accessed on January 5, 2018]).
3. ^ Reading society Stäfa | History. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .