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Casimir Pfyffer von Altishofen (10 October 1794 inRome – 11 November 1875) was aSwisspolitician andjurist. He wasmayor of Lucerne (1832–1835), President of theSwiss National Council (1854/1855) and five timesPresident of the Federal Supreme Court.

Kasimir-Pfyffer-Strasse inLucerne is named for him.

• Pfyffer, Kasimir (1850).Geschichte der Stadt und des Kantons Luzern: Vom Ursprunge bis zur Staatsumwälzung im Jahr 1798 (in German). Zürich: Orell, Füssli & Co.
• Pfyffer, Kasimir (1852).Geschichte der Stadt und des Kantons Luzern: Geschichte des Kantons Luzern während der letzten 50 Jahre: Staatsumwälzung im Jahr 1798 bis zur neuen Bundesverfassung im Jahr 1848 (in German). Zürich: Orell, Füssli.
• Der Kanton Luzern historisch-geographisch-statistisch geschildert ; ein Hand- und Hausbuch für Jedermann. 2 volumes, St. Gallen: Huber 1858/59.

• Heidi Bossard-Borner: Pfyffer, Kasimir (von Altishofen) inGerman,French andItalian in the onlineHistorical Dictionary of Switzerland.
• Biography of Kasimir Pfyffer on the website of theSwiss Parliament.
• Louis Carlen (2001)."Kasimir Pfyffer von Altishofen".Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 20. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. p. 369. (full text online).
• Placid Meyer von Schauensee (1887). "Pfyffer von Altishofen, Kasimir".Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 25. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 717–721.

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