Ulrich Eisenhut

Ulrich Eisenhut ( mentioned for the first time in 1508 ; † before May 22, 1537 in Altstätten ; authorized to reside in Gais AR ) was a Swiss politician, mayor and delegate from the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

Life

Ulrich Eisenhut was tax master from 1508 to 1513 and then - from 1516 to 1534 - with interruptions, Landammann of the then undivided state of Appenzell . Between 1508 and 1535 he represented his country, which in 1513 was the 13th place in the Confederation , in over 60 diets. From 1519 Ulrich Eisenhut was a sought-after arbitrator in matters of religion. As a supporter of the Reformation he mediated in 1535 the border dispute between Gais and Oberriet in the St. Gallen Rhine Valley . In this function as well as in the so-called banner trade - a dispute between the state of Appenzell and the economically strong city of St. Gallen, which is not part of the Confederation, over a banner captured by the Appenzell people at the Battle of Vögelinsegg in 1403, the Eisenhut supposedly the St. Gallern is said to have sold - his envious people, especially Jakob Büchler , accused him of treason . Despite a lack of evidence, Ulrich Eisenhut was arrested in 1535. The city of St. Gallen and the confederates mediated unsuccessfully. However, in the same year he was able to escape. In 1537, the old Landammann, who had recently died bitterly, was rehabilitated by the Federal Diet .

literature

• Gottfried Bodemer: The banner trade between Appenzell and St. Gallen 1535-1539. A contribution to the Swiss cultural history of the XVI. Century. St. Gallen: Fehr 1905. Web access via archive.org
• Ernst H. Koller, Jakob Signer: Appenzell coat of arms and gender book. Bern: Stämpfli 1926, p. 57
• Appenzell history. For the 450th anniversary of the Appenzellerbund 1513–1963. Volume 1. Published by the governments of the two half-cantons of Appenzell. Herisau, Appenzell 1964, pp. 390 f., 424-430.
• Hermann Bischofberger: Legal archeology and legal folklore of the federal state Appenzell Innerrhoden. Published by the Canton of Appenzell I.Rh. Appenzell: Volksfreund 1999.
• Joachim von Watt (Vadian): Banner trade. A slogan from the long span between ainer instead of S.Gallen and ainem land Appenzelle, ain paner. Edited by Bernhard Stettler. Herisau: Appenzeller Verlag, 2013. ISBN 978-3-85882-651-0 .

Web links

• Hermann Bischofberger: Ulrich Eisenhut. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 30, 2004 , accessed April 17, 2020 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ In 2013, Bernhard Stettler edited a previously unpublished manuscript by the St. Gallen reformer Vadian on this subject. Joachim von Watt (Vadian): Banner trade. A slogan from the long span between ainer instead of S.Gallen and ainem land Appenzelle, ain paner. Herisau: Appenzeller Verlag, 2013.

This version of the article is based on the entry in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland (HLS), which, according to theHLS's usage instructions, is under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - Distribution under the same conditions 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). If the article has been revised and expanded to such an extent that it differs significantly from the HLS article, this module will be removed. The original text and a reference to the license can also be found in the version history of the article.