Stephan Buol

Stephan Buol was born in 1658, the son of Paul Buol, Landvogt of Maienfeld. He married twice: first to Magdalena von Buol-Strassberg, and second to Cordula Magdalena Sprecher von Bernegg, daughter of Heinrich Sprecher von Bernegg, governor-general of Valtellina, and widow of Antonio de Lazzaroni. He was a Protestant and a citizen of Chur.^[1]

Buol served as a colonel in foreign military service under France. In Chur, he was a member of the guild of Shoemakers (Korporation der Schuster). From 1699 to 1729, he alternated between serving as active burgomaster and burgomaster-in-repose (Bürgermeister in Ruh), and presided over the League of God's House (Gotteshausbunds) on several occasions. From 1697, he owned the Buol hotel in Chur, which today houses the Rhaetian Museum (Rätisches Museum).^[1]

• U. Jecklin, «Die Churer Bürgermeister/Stadtpräsidenten», in Bündner Monatsblatt, 1988, p. 231

 This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Text taken from Buol, Stephan​, Jürg Simonett, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Translated by Lucienne Hubler.