Wälti Bänziger

Wälti Bänziger (* 1560 in Kurzenberg (today Wolfhalden ); † 1646 in Kurzenberg; resident in Kurzenberg) was a Swiss politician from the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

Life

Wälti Bänziger was married to Elsbeth Sonderegger. He was the landlord and builder of a mill that was completed in 1626. Wälti Bänziger was mentioned for the first time in 1593 as mayor of the municipality , later as mayor and during the Thirty Years' War from 1613 to 1646 as a member of the Ausserrhoder small council - the Ausserrhoder government - in the office of governor. Wälti Bänziger, who was accused in 1621 of illegal currency exchange transactions, cultivated intensive relationships with Thal and Rheineck , whose strong market position he knew how to use for business purposes. Endowed with great fortune, he was the dominant personality on Kurzenberg . He made the hamlet of Wolfhalden the preferred meeting place for the Kurzenberg municipal authorities, which was one of the reasons for the dispute over the location of the Kurzenberg church in 1652.

literature

• Ernst Züst: History of the Kurzenberg community. Heiden, Wolfhalden, Lutzenberg: self-published by the municipalities 1991, pp. 131–178.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Wälti Bänziger. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 15, 2002 , accessed March 27, 2020 .

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