Abraham Friedrich Mutach

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Abraham Friedrich Mutach (born November 9, 1765 in Bern ; † July 2, 1831 ibid) was a Swiss lawyer and politician .

Life

Mutach was taught by his tutor Jakob Nüsperli from 1770 to 1779 . In 1778/1779 he attended grammar school , then the high school in Bern. From 1781 he devoted himself to studying law and did his doctorate in Göttingen in 1784/1785 . From 1784 Mutach was a captain , from 1795 as Bernese Grand Councilor and from 1797 as major and envoy of Bern to Paris. In 1798 he was a member of the provisional Bernese government and from 1802 a chief judge in the Bernese army, a member of the large and small councils and the finance council. Mutach founded the first fire insurance company in Bern in 1806. More important was the re-establishment of the Bern Academy in 1805, of which he became the first chancellor. From 1819 to 1830 he held the office of President of the Academic Board of Trustees. As President of the Unification Commission for the Jura ( Bernese Jura ) in 1815, he led the constitutional amendment and the introduction of Bernese administration in the Jura.

Mutach was an influential liberal politician. His revolutionary history of the Republic of Bern 1789–1815 (written from 1817 to 1820) is considered the most important historical work of the Bernese patriciate in the restoration era.

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  1. ↑ Christoph Zürcher: Abraham Friedrich Mutach. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data
SURNAME Mutach, Abraham Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1765
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 1831
Place of death Bern