Arnold Käch (4 February 1914 – 24 November 1998) was a

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military officer, skier, ski official and writer.

Biography

Käch was born in Berne. His father was the engineer Arnold Otto Käch, and his mother was Berta Käch, née Scholl. He studied jurisprudence at the universities of Lausanne,

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

, Paris, in the United States and Canada after 1933, and got his license to practice law in 1939. During his years of studies, he was a leader in the rank of a Leutnant of the national Olympic military patrol team in

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which placed seventh. On 9 January 1937 he won the first Citadin race in Mürren''Racing for Citadins''
FIS-CIT. From 1939 to 1940, he worked as a lawyer at the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, afterward as an assistant of the Swiss military and air attaché in Berlin, and after 1943 as military and air attaché in

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, Oslo, and

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. Meanwhile, he married Louisa Hendrika Jeannette Wagemans in 1941. From 1 July 1947 to 1957 he was the first director of the Eidgenössische Turn- und Sportschule (ETS) Magglingen as an officer, General Staff, and was engaged in its increasing to today's federal office of sports BASPO. From 1951 to the middle of 1961 he was secretary general of the

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.''The history''
, International Ski Federation. For his publishing work he was awarded with the

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for artists in 1957.''Awarded persons''
Credit Suisse Sports Awards. From 1957 to 1979, he was director of the Federal Military Administration, was advanced to the rank of Brigadier in 1957, and served additionally as the commander of Border Brigade 11 from 1967 to 1972.. Käch was a member of the Swiss Olympic Association and of the Commission for Assignments of Tasks between Federation and Cantons. After 1983 he was guest of honor at the yearly international SASSAS: Swiss Academical Skiclub competitions of

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. He died in

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Publications

* ''Weisse Abenteuer. Heitere Erlebnisse eines Ski-Vagabunden in Europa und Amerika.'' Amstutz & Herdeg, Zürich 1939

External links

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kach, Arnold Swiss generals Swiss male alpine skiers Swiss military patrol (sport) runners Military patrol competitors at the 1936 Winter Olympics Swiss referees and umpires Sportspeople from Bern Swiss writers 1914 births 1998 deaths 20th-century Swiss lawyers