Rudolf Riggenbach (politician)
Rudolf Riggenbach (born November 11, 1822 in Zeglingen , † October 17, 1896 in Arlesheim ) was a Swiss politician .
Life
Riggenbach studied law in Bern and Heidelberg from 1841 to 1844 . From 1845 to 1851 he was a clerk, from 1851 to 1855 President of the Arlesheim District Court . As a free-witted he sat 1851-1857 in the district of the canton of Basel-Country , from 1856 to 1861 in the Senate and from 1857 to 1863 in the Governing Council . There he held the Justice and Police Department and from 1860 the Justice Department.
In the dispute over the revision of the cantonal constitution from 1862 to 1863, Riggenbach lost his political offices, whereupon he ran a law firm in Binningen . From 1869 to 1896 he was again President of the Arlesheim court. Riggenbach was considered an independent and differentiated politician.
literature
- Roger Blum : The political participation of the people in the young canton of Baselland (1832-1875) , 1977
- Lexicon of persons of the canton of Basel-Landschaft , edited by Kaspar Birkhäuser , Liestal 1997, p. 125, ISBN 3-85673-251-9 .
Web links
- Heinrich Riggenbach: Riggenbach, Rudolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Riggenbach, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zeglingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1896 |
| Place of death | Arlesheim |