Theodor Ab-Yberg
Johann Theodor Kaspar Rudolph Ambros Alois Xaver Ab-Yberg (born December 7, 1795 in Schwyz ; † November 30, 1869 there ) was a Swiss politician .
biography
His parents were the colonel and councilor Alois Xaver Ab Yberg from the Schwyz patriciate and his wife Maria Anna von Reding. In his youth he served in the Swiss Guard in Paris . In 1823 he returned home and worked for three years at the Cantonal Court of Schwyz. In 1826 he was elected councilor and in 1830 governor of the Schwyz district and canton governor , re-elected in 1832. In the constitutional dispute with the outer districts, which insisted on legal equality, Ab-Yberg appeared conservative and championed the old prerogatives of the main district. When the Küssnacht Fortress was occupied in August 1833, Ab-Yberg was appointed commandant. His defeat there and another before Basel cost him his military rank, but not his reputation.
On 11 October 1833, occupied by federal troops Schwyz was united under a law guaranteeing equality Constitution, and on November 3, down Yberg became the Landammann elected the district. On June 1, 1834 Ab-Yberg was elected Landammann of the canton and confirmed in 1838, 1842 and 1846. In 1840 he was the banner owner and organized a banner festival. From 1841 to 1846 down Yberg represented the canton of Schwyz as Tagsatzung envoy and special covenant as a member of siebenörtigen War Council. On September 26, 1847, he was elected by the cantonal parish in Rothenthurm to the commandant of the Schwyzerischen troops and held the degree of divisional colonel in the Sonderbund army under Johann Ulrich von Salis-Soglio .
After the fall of the Sonderbund, Ab-Yberg did not hold any political office for some time. In 1852 he was re-elected to the Cantonal Council for four years, but found himself unable to cope with the changed political situation and in 1856 he left without complaint. He died as a private person.
literature
- Franz Auf der Maur: Ab Yberg, Theodor. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Martin Kothing: Abyberg, Theodor . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 26.
Web links
- Publications by and about Theodor Ab-Yberg in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ab-Yberg, Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ab-Yberg, Johann Theodor Kaspar Rudolph Ambros Alois Xaver (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwyz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1869 |
| Place of death | Schwyz |