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Heinrich Stey

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Biography

☨ Heinrich Stey
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1862-11-08 Obersoultzbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace in France

Dead	1933 Gereuth, Untermerzbach in Germany


Spouse(s)	Mathilde Stey

Residence
Country	Switzerland

Locations
Title	owner -1933
Location	at Circus Stey in Switzerland

Heinrich Stey , circus director in Switzerland

Stey was born * 1862-11-08 in Obersoultzbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace France dead 1933 Gereuth, Untermerzbach, in Germany , son of circus artist Meinrad Stey and circus artist Henriette Haag

⚭ Partner to Mathilde Stey born ? .

The Swiss line of the Stey family dates back to Heinrich Stey († 1933), who immigrated from Alsace to the municipality of Lachen on the upper Lake Zurich in Switzerland . Around the turn of the century, Heinrich Stey began touring Switzerland with the open, uncovered Arena Stey.

From the marriage with Mathilde Ley, eight children survived: Some of the sons emigrated to the USA and became known there with motorcycle stunts and with high mast and high rope numbers. Their son Isidor took over the parental business, bought a circus tent and founded the circus Stey, as it exists today.

Family

Total: 1 children

Isidor Stey. Born: 1887. Dead: † 1959

Siblings

Siblings through the father Meinrad Stey (1844-10-10 -- 1913-12-02):

Carolina Stey Born 1885-06-02 Dead: † 1924

Heinrich Steys ancestral Ahnentafel:
P	I	II	III
Heinrich Stey Born: 1862-11-08	Father: Meinrad Stey Born: 1844-10-10	Paternal Grandfather: Joseph Stey Born: 1804-06-09	Paternal Great-grandfather:
		Paternal Grandfather: Joseph Stey Born: 1804-06-09	Paternal Great-grandmother:
		Paternal Grandmother: Elisabeth Hecht Born: 1800?	Paternal Great-grandfather::
		Paternal Grandmother: Elisabeth Hecht Born: 1800?	Paternal Great-grandmother:
	Mother: Henriette Haag Born: 1835-03-24	Maternal Grandfather: Born: h	Maternal Great-grandfather:
		Maternal Grandfather: Born: h	Maternal Great-grandmother:
		Maternal Grandmother: Born:	Maternal Great-grandfather:
		Maternal Grandmother: Born:	Maternal Great-grandmother:

Heinrich Stey is mentioned on 1 other person pagesMathilde Levi,

Heinrich Stey is mentioned on 1 location pagesCircus Stey,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). director Heinrich Stey in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 7 June 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=4440. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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