Josef Leu (politician, born 1800)
Josef Leu (1 July 1800 – 20 July 1845), whose name is often given with the designation of birthplace von Ebersol, was a Swiss politician in the canton of Lucerne.
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Biography
Born in the hamlet of Unter-Ebersol in the municipality of Hohenrain, Leu was a conservative Catholic and was under the influence of the pious farmer and charismatic healer Niklaus Wolf von Rippertschwand. Since 1839 he demanded the appointment of the Jesuits to the higher educational institution of Lucerne. When this came about in 1844, it was the occasion for the Freischarzüge.
Under Leu's leadership, the Ruswil Declaration was drawn up on November 5, 1840, at the Rössli Inn, and shortly afterwards the Ruswil Association was founded at the same place, from which the Swiss Conservative People's Party developed, today's Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP).
The political climate in the run-up to the Sonderbund War was extremely tense. On the night of July 19/20, 1845, at 0:15 a.m., Leu was murdered by the radical farmer Jakob Müller, while sleeping in his bed with a shot to the heart.[1]
Leu's daughter Marie Leu von Ebersol married the Sursee politician and farmer Franz Xaver Beck.
Notes
- ↑ Ammann, W. (1846). Die Kriminal Prozedur gegen Jakob Müller von Stechenrain, im Kanton Luzern, Mörder des sel. Herrn Grossrath Leu von Ebersol. Zürich: Verlag von Friedrich Schultheß.
References
- Alois Bernet & Gottfried Boesch, eds., Josef Leu von Ebersol und seine Zeit. Luzern: Rex (1945).
- Gerold Meyer von Knonau, "Leu, Joseph". In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). 18. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot (1883), pp. 469–72.
- Constantin Siegwart-Müller, Rathsherr Joseph Leu von Ebersoll: der Kampf zwischen Recht und Gewalt in der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft. Altdorf: Selbstverlag des Verfassers (1863).
