Büren (patrician family)

Karl Viktor von Büren and his family, portrait by Johann Sautter (1745).

The von Büren family is a Bernese patrician family that has owned the city of Bern as a citizen since the 14th century .

Ruf (Rudolf) von Büren received citizenship rights in Bern before 1326. The von Büren temporarily owned power in Mörisried , Münsingen , Ligerz and Signau . Peter von Büren, a member of the Grand Council from 1448, acquired half of the Seftigen rule through his marriage to Christiana von Seftigen , which remained in the family's possession until 1798. David von Büren added the rule of Vaumarcus by marriage . In 1831 Albert sold the property to the Prince of Neuchâtel.

people

• David von Büren (1661–1729), Lord of Seftigen, Baron of Vaumarcus, of the Grand Council, Governor of Oron
• Ludwig von Büren (1735–1806), major general of the Grand Council, governor of Lausanne
• Otto von Büren (1822–1888), Mayor of Bern 1864–1887

Archives

• Büren family archive, Bern Burger Library , von Büren FA

literature

• Ulrich Moser: Büren, from (BE). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Manuel Kehrli: On the social position of the middle-class Wyttenbach family around 1600 In: Vera Heuberger: Bilderwelt des Himmelbetts , Bern 2000, pp. 12–13, 61.

Web links

Commons : Büren family (Bern)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The de Büren family (English)
• Büren coat of arms on www.chgh.ch