Tonhalle riot
The Tonhalle riot is a riot in Zurich in 1871.
After the end of the Franco-Prussian War and the establishment of an empire , the Germans Gottfried Semper , Adolf Gusserow , Adolf Exner and Otto Wesendonck , who lived in Zurich, suggested in the daily newspaper of the city of Zurich on January 31, " to celebrate the state reorganization of Germany with an evening commander " . The celebration took place on March 9th in what was then the Tonhalle at the site of today's Sechseläutenplatz .
Interned French officers of the Bourbaki Army , who were defeated in the said war, broke into the room and started a fight. Swiss critical of Germany demonstrated in front of the Tonhalle and threw stones. The police only succeeded with difficulty in evacuating the space in front of the concert hall and arresting several ringleaders . When several hundred people tried to free the prisoners, the Zurich government raised cantonal troops stationed in the city. A warning shot hit an innocent German fatally. When the prison was stormed on March 11th, four other people were shot dead.
The government council then asked for federal aid. Four battalions of the Swiss Army came to Zurich on March 12th. The Glarus National Councilor Joachim Heer was appointed as federal commissioner . After the arrival of the federal troops, things remained calm, whereupon the last troops withdrew on March 19. The costs of the federal intervention were imposed on the Canton of Zurich . Hans Weber was appointed extraordinary federal prosecutor by the Federal Council to investigate the incident .
literature
- Hans Schmid: The Zurich Tonhalle riot of March 9, 1871 and its consequences. Bopp, Zurich 1925.
- Hervé de Weck : Tonhalle riot. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Laupper: Heer, Joachim. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .