Office Biberstein

Biberstein Castle , seat of the Comturs and Obervögte von Biberstein from 1527 to 1798

The Bernese offices in Aargau

The office of Biberstein was an upper bailiwick in the Bernese Aargau in Switzerland .

The area of ​​the bailiwick of the same belonged partly to the Order of St. John , and partly to the Königsfelden monastery . In 1535 Bern took Biberstein Castle after long reluctance from the Catholic towns and made it the seat of a governor's office, which included the villages of Biberstein , Küttigen and Erlinsbach . Instead of the Komturen , 51 Bernese Obervögte ruled the office in succession.

List of the Komturen zu Biberstein (1344 to 1537)

Johanniter- Komturen administered the Biberstein office:

1344 Rudolf von Büttikon 1360 Hug von Werdenberg 1391 Johannes White 1392 Johannes Schultheiss 1399 Hemmann Schultheiss ... 1445 John of Ow

1453 Hans Arnold Sägisser 1454 Johann Wittich ... 1503 Peter Stolzer 1520 Nillau proud 1528 Johannes von Hattstein

List of Obervögte zu Biberstein (1537 to 1798)

The Bernese appointed 51 chief bailiffs:

1537 Andreas Zehender 1543 Niklaus Schorr 1546 Ludwig Zehender 1551 Niklaus Schmalz 1556 Hans Scherz 1563 Heinrich von Hünenberg 1567 Peter von Graffenried 1573 Kaspar Dingnauer 1580 Konrad Seeloos 1580 Jakob Dittlinger 1581 Niklaus Schorr 1587 Hans Linder 1593 Niklaus Baumgartner 1599 Samuel Zurkinden 1601 Anton Wagner 1607 Samuel Dachselhofer 1618 Benedict Marti 1619 Niklaus Hänni 1625 Martin Müller 1631 Ulrich Schärer 1637 Niklaus Baumgartner 1643 Samuel Zehender 1649 Niklaus Bachmann 1655 Niklaus Bondeli 1657 Hans Konrad Wyttenbach 1663 Marquard Zehender

1669 Beat Jakob Fischer 1673 Christian Düring 1681 Hans Rudolf Müller 1687 Hans Jakob Knecht 1690 Jakob Haller 1691 Hans Jakob Gross 1698 Anton Zehender 1704 Samuel Wagner 1710 Samuel Tillier 1716 Albrecht Herport 1722 Gabriel Bondeli 1728 David Lienhart 1734 Samuel Jenner 1740 Sigmund von Bonstetten 1746 Abraham Gruber 1752 Jakob Wyttenbach 1752 Viktor von Gingins 1758 Samuel Haller 1760 Ludwig von Bonstetten 1767 Franz Ludwig Morlot 1773 Johann Ludwig Effinger 1779 Niklaus Jenner 1785 Anton Ludwig Stürler 1791 Gabriel Tschiffeli 1796 Karl Ludwig Steiger

Individual evidence

1. ^ J. Müller (pastor in Rupperwyl): The Aargau: Its political, legal, cultural and moral history. Zurich & Aarau 1870, p. 233 ff. ( Google Books ).
2. ^ ^{A b} J. Müller (pastor in Rupperswil): The Aargau: Its political, legal, cultural and moral history. Volume 2, Zurich & Aarau 1871, p. 421 (Google Books) .