Samuel Wanner
Samuel Wanner (born March 29, 1853 in Schleitheim , † December 18, 1911 in Küsnacht ) was a Swiss politician and businessman . From 1902 to 1911 he was a member of the National Council.
biography
Samuel Wanner was born into a large family as the son of the country hunter Ulrich Wanner and his wife Barbara. His father died early. His first marriage was Emma, the daughter of the debt collector Johann Rudolf Widmer. In 1911 he married his second wife, Emilie Widmer, the daughter of the postal administrator Konrad August Widmer.
He received his education at the canton school in Schaffhausen . He then completed a commercial apprenticeship at Amsler in Feuerthalen . His actual career aspiration was to become a pastor or teacher, which he did not achieve.
From 1875 to 1880 he worked as a traveler for the Hünerwadel company in Horgen. In 1880 he and a companion founded the mechanical workshop and iron foundry Wanner & Co. In Horgen . By 1911, he expanded this to 300 employees and opened branches in Schaffhausen, Paris, Brussels and Milan. The industrial building he built at Seestrasse 93 in Horgen was a domed structure based on the appearance of the Federal Palace in Bern and was built by the Ludwig & Ritter Thalwil company from 1896 to 1907 . Shortly before his death, he converted the company into a public company. Samuel Wanner was president of the Horgen commercial association and, between 1906 and 1911, a board member of the employers' association of the Swiss machine industry, he was also in charge of the district school administration.
Wanner first politicized in a liberal-democratic direction, but later became a member of the Liberal Democratic Party . From 1890 to 1905 Horgens was a representative in the Zurich Cantonal Council and from 1898 he sat on the Horgen City Council, which he chaired from 1900 to 1904. As Chairman of the Board of Directors of Leihkasse Horgen, he used bank funds for his own purposes. Therefore he was not re-elected as mayor in 1904. Samuel Wanner was a member of the radical democratic parliamentary group and from 1902 to 1911 a member of the National Council.
Samuel Wanner died after a short illness, unexpectedly at the age of 59, on the afternoon of January 18, 1911; the funeral took place on December 21 in Horgen.
literature
- Erich Gruner , Karl Frei: The Swiss Federal Assembly 1848–1920. Francke, Bern 1966, page 123
Web links
- Susanne Peter-Kubli: Wanner, Samuel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1988: Horgen, Seestrasse 93, factory building of Grob & Co. - formerly Wanner & Cie. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wanner, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schleitheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1911 |
| Place of death | Küsnacht |