Bucher (patrician family)

Bucher coat of arms, in Hans Ulrich Fisch's book of arms , 1622

The Bucher family was a Bernese patrician family that had owned the city of Bern as a citizen since the 14th century , belonged to the guild society of Schmieden and became extinct in the man line in 1871.

Members of the family provided the Venner zu Schmieden several times and the town clerk of Bern four times .

The family owned the Holligen Castle , the Schlössli Heimenhaus and the Buchergut in the Stadtbach district.

people

Peter Bucher (I.), saddler, member of the Grand Council 1528
Jakob Bucher (I.) (1543–1616), member of the Grand Council 1571, council clerk 1574, court clerk 1575, Hofmeister zu Königsfelden 1578, member of the small council 1584, Venner, town clerk 1593, bailiff of Payerne 1596
Peter Bucher (II.) (1574–1639), member of the Grand Council in 1604, monastery conductors in 1611, bailiff of Lenzburg in 1622
Jakob Bucher (II.) (1575–1617), member of the Grand Council 1606, council clerk 1608, town clerk 1614, author of Bucher's regimental book
Hans Rudolf Bucher (1681–1742), owner of Holligen Castle, member of the Grand Council 1718, Governor of Fraubrunnen 1729, member of the Small Council 1737, Venner 1741
Karl Friedrich Bucher, owner of the Schlössli Heimenhaus, member of the Grand Council, Governor of Trachselwald
Johann Rudolf Bucher (1799–1870), officer in the Dutch service, member of the Grand Council 1829, ultimus (the last)

Inventory from Peter Bucher, former conductor at Frienisberg, to Vinzenz Dachselhofer, the hospital's new conductor, handed over household goods and cattle to Frienisberg, on the Werdhof and by the lake (1551), State Archives of the Canton of Bern , documents, Fach Aarberg, October 11, 1551
Jakob Bucher, burger and town clerk in Bern, sells Gut Eichbühl, behind the Stutz, in the Thurnen church, and a new Rütti and Weide and a mat on the Gibelegg to Ludwig von Erlach, Mr. zu Riggisberg, for 5,300 pounds of Bern currency (1595), State Archives of the Canton of Bern, documents, Herrschaft Spiez, Riggisberg, March 10, 1595
Poem on the alliance between Bern and the Margrave of Baden (1612), Bern Burgerbibliothek , Mss.hhXV.100 (3)
Final account of the assets of Johann Jakob Bucher (1736–1744), Bern Burgerbibliothek, FA von Fellenberg 13 (3)
Family tree of the Bucher family , Bern Burger Library, ZA Schmieden 146
Report on a trip to Aargau (1784), Bern Burger Library, Mss.hhXXVIII.96 (4)
Speech by Carl Ludwig Bucher on the establishment of the Society of Patriotic Friends, given on the 12th wine month 1784 (1784) doi : 10.5169 / seals-242403
Bernhard von Rodt : Genealogies of civil sexes of the city of Bern , Volume 7 (1950), Burgerbibliothek Bern , Mss.hhLII.9.1 , pp. 145–154.

Barbara Braun-Bucher: Bucher (BE). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
François de Capitani: Nobility, citizens and guilds in Bern in the 15th century. Bern 1982, pp. 47-48.
Georges Herzog u. a. (Ed.): In the shadow of the golden age. Artist and client in the Bernese 17th century . Volume 1. Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern 1995, pp. 233-234.

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