Berther
Berther is a Swiss family name . The name originally comes from the Cadi in the canton of Graubünden and was mentioned as Berchta in the Tujetsch in 1300 . The Tujetsch line provided numerous cadis from 1425, but was only influential in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Origin and meaning
The family name is of Walser origin. The settlement of the communities of Sedrun and Disentis is probably after the foundation (720) of the monastery Disentis , in 8/9. Century began.
Old line of the high court Disentis, which in the 14th century as Cha-Berchta im Tavetsch, since the 15th century as Berchter , since the 19th century as Berther also occurs in other communities of the old high court and still flourishes today.
coat of arms
Black, red-armored bear with an uprooted fir tree in gold.
Well-known namesake
- Martin Berther, Mistral, led the Disentis flag into the Calvenschlacht in 1499 .
- Peter Berther, 1555–1557 commissioner in Cläven.
- Johann Berther, 1661 Potestate in Worms
- Josef Nicolaus Berther, 1753–1755 Potestate in Trahona
- Father Basilius Berther, 1858–1931 in Disentis, Romance writer
The High Court of Disentis has often elected a Berther to the Mistral, and the gray federal government has also awarded a member of this family its highest official status several times. They are also represented among the Veltliner officials, in the service of the church, as well as among the judges. Fifteen members of the family are named among the Mistrals of the Cadi.
Individual evidence
- ^ Adolf Collenberg: Berther. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ↑ To the settlement of the top tier of the Vorderrhein Valley . By Martin Bundi, Cuera / Sagogn. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
- ↑ a b Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. Second volume, page 201