Vinzenz Fischer (politician)

Vincent Fischer

Vinzenz Fischer (born December 16, 1816 in Triengen ; † January 8, 1896 in Lucerne ) was a Swiss lawyer and politician ( Catholic conservative ).

biography

Vinzenz Fischer was born on December 16, 1816 as the son of the painter and district judge Ulrich Fischer in Triengen. He completed a law degree in Tübingen and Heidelberg . From 1843 he was as a senior writer of the Lucerne Department of the Interior in use. From 1845 to 1847 he was represented in the Grand Council . The moderately conservative Vinzenz Fischer, who judged the appointment of the Jesuits as inopportune, but legitimate, represented Lucerne in 1847 at the Diet and on diplomatic missions in Paris and Milan . He then acted as secretary of the Sonderbund War Council, whereupon he had to flee. After his return, he acted as a defense attorney in the high treason trial against the Sonderbund authorities. From 1848 he ran a law firm in Lucerne. He also served in the Lucerne Grand Council from 1854 to 1863 and from 1871 to 1879. For this he worked from 1870 to 1879 as chief justice and 1879-1893 as a Government with the responsibility of the Education Department. In addition, he sat from 1860 to 1879 as a Catholic-Conservative, federalist -minded politician in the National Council . From 1879 to 1885 and again from 1886 to 1889 he was a member of the Council of States .

Vinzenz Fischer, who was married to Magdalena Fischer, daughter of the Lucerne government councilor Josef Zünd , died on January 8, 1896 at the age of 79 in Lucerne.

archive

• Roman Bussmann: Biography of the Lucerne Grand Council , in the Lucerne State Archives
• Government materials , in the Lucerne State Archives

literature

• Erich Gruner : The Swiss Federal Assembly 1848–1920. Vol. 1, pp. 259 f.

Web links

• Markus Lischer: Fischer, Vincent. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .