When Hans Heinrich Fischer was born on 15 December 1808, in Lufingen, Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Hans Jakob Fischer, was 32 and his mother, Anna Barbara Meyer, was 30. He married Anna Barbara Schmid on 20 August 1832, in Lufingen, Zürich, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 22 June 1864, in his hometown, at the age of 55.
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New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Erwin, Gerhard, Helmut, Fritz, Klaus, Horst, Dieter, Franz, Ernst.
German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a fisherman, from Middle High German visch, German Fisch ‘fish’ + the agent suffix -er. This form of the surname is also established in some other parts of Europe, notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Hungary, and the Netherlands. In Poland, Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia it is (also) established in the Slavicized forms Fiszer (Polish) and Fišer (see Fiser ). Compare Fisher .
Scottish: variant of Fisher .
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