Berseth (patrician family)

Berseth coat of arms

The Berseth family was one of Tschugg originating patrician family of the city of Bern , which in 1821 became extinct.

The family provided numerous bailiffs , but did not get into the highest state offices. From the second half of the 17th century it produced lawyers and pastors with doctorates at the Bernese High School as well as officers who served in Veneto , Hungary , Holland , Limburg , but not for France. The family estates in Tschugg passed to the black Steiger in 1712 through the marriage of an heir's daughter to Christoph von Steiger , but were remarried in 1797 by the last Berseth, Imbert Jakob Ludwig (1754–1821).

people

Imbert Berseth (I.), baker, officer in the French service, Burger von Bern 1554
Imbert Berseth (II.) († 1629), baker, member of the Grand Council 1594, Ohmgeldner 1610
Hans Berseth (1586–1654), clerk, member of the Grand Council 1624, Ohmgeldner 1636, Landvogt zu Schenkenberg 1638
Beat Ludwig Berseth (1626–1691), member of the Grand Council 1651, Schultheiss zu Burgdorf 1658, the Small Council 1671, builder 1682
Johannes Berseth (1634–1712), member of the Grand Council 1673, mayor of Büren, owner of the Tschugg Campagne
Imbert Jakob Ludwig Berseth (1754–1821), ultimus, member of the Grand Council 1785, Ohmgeldner, 1798 government commissioner in Aargau, city councilor and city school of Bern 1803

coat of arms

In gold, the upper half of an erect, red-tongued black bear with silver teeth. On the helmet with black and gold covers, the shield image is repeated as a crest ornament .

swell

Holdings in the burger library in Bern
Tschugg Castle, family archive

literature

Barbara Braun-Bucher: Berseth. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Andres Moser: Tschugg , special print from: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Bern Land II , ed. from the Society for Swiss Art History, Bern 1998, pp. 227–228.

Web links

Commons : Berseth family - collection of images, videos and audio files

Berseth coat of arms on www.chgh.ch

Individual evidence

^ Barbara Braun-Bucher: Berseth. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 14, 2004 , accessed December 14, 2014 .
^ Book of coats of arms of the bourgeois families of the city of Bern , published by the Burgergemeinde, Bern 1932
↑ The de Büren family (accessed December 14, 2014)

[1] Barbara Braun-Bucher: Berseth. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 14, 2004 , accessed December 14, 2014 .

[2] Book of coats of arms of the bourgeois families of the city of Bern , published by the Burgergemeinde, Bern 1932

[3] The de Büren family (accessed December 14, 2014)