Thomas Bornhauser
Hans Thomas Bornhauser (born May 26, 1799 in Weinfelden , † March 9, 1856 in Müllheim ) was a Swiss pastor, publicist and folk writer.
Life
Bornhauser studied in Zurich , first became provisional (administrator) in Weinfelden, then in 1824 pastor in Matzingen , in 1831 pastor in Arbon and finally in 1851 pastor in Müllheim .
As a publicist he had great success with his popular tragedy Gemma von Arth (1828), and his political articles in the liberal Appenzeller Zeitung received great attention. After the French July Revolution , he started a popular movement with his work On the Improvement of the Thurgau State Constitution , which also spread to other cantons. Together with Joachim Leonz Eder and Johannes Keller , he then worked out the draft of a new liberal Thurgau constitution.
After Bornhauser was President of the Thurgau Constitutional Council in 1831, he was re-elected to the Grand Council (Cantonal Parliament) in 1833 , where in 1835 he brought about the abolition of the Thurgau monasteries.
It rests on the south side of the Protestant church in Müllheim.
Works
- Andreas Schweizerbart, St. Gallen 4th edition 1834 (popular script for an improvement of the federal constitution)
- Hans Waldmann, tragedy
- Gemma von Arth, tragedy
- Lieder, Trogen 1832
- Heinz von Stein, Epic, Zurich 1836
- Rudolf von Werdenberg in the Appenzell freedom struggle, epic, Frauenfeld 1853
- Ida von Tockenburg, Roman, Zurich 1838 ( digitized version )
- Duke Johann, Roman, St. Gallen 1846
literature
- Hans Brauchli: Thurgau ancestral gallery . Weinfelden 2003, ISBN 3-85809-127-8 , pp. 425-434 .
- Reto Caluori: Thomas Bornhauser . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 245.
- Jakob Christinger: Thomas Bornhauser . His life, work and poetry based on the documents and legacy writings for the Swiss people. 2nd Edition. Frauenfeld 1898, p. 320 (first edition: 1875).
- Markus Schär: Bornhauser, Thomas. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Hermann Wartmann: Bornhauser, Thomas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 175.
Web links
- Publications by and about Thomas Bornhauser in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Thomas Bornhauser in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Thomas Bornhauser in the German Digital Library
- Bornhauser on the caricature Die Nottaufe (1833) ( Memento from June 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bornhauser, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bornhauser, Hans Thomas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss pastor, publicist and popular writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weinfelden |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1856 |
| Place of death | Muellheim TG |