Stauffacher SZ

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The Stauffachers were a leading family in Schwyz in the 13th and 14th centuries . It was first documented in 1267.

Well-known namesake are:

Heinrich Stauffacher , Landammann in 1320, brother of Werner Stauffacher, involved in leading position in the dispute with the monastery of Einsiedeln, which to the Battle of Morgarten led
Rudolf Stauffacher , with Hans Schryber 1303 Landammann von Schwyz and envoy from Schwyz at the Rütli oath
Werner Stauffacher , according to a legend, an envoy from Schwyz to the Rütli oath , figure in Friedrich Schiller's Wilhelm Tell from 1804

Locations

Stauffacher (Zurich) : Tram stop / square in Zurich named after Werner Stauffacher

literature

Wilhelm Oechsli : Stauffacher . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 523-527.

Web links

Ralf Jacober, Lucia Lüönd-Bürgi: Stauffacher (SZ). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .