Karl dulcimer
Karl dulcimer, portrait by Johann Rudolf Huber (1713).
Karl Hackbrett (born April 6, 1674 in Bern ; † October 29, 1737 there ) was a Bernese officer and magistrate .
In 1709, in the service of Duke Viktor Amadeus II of Savoy , dulcimer became colonel in a Swiss regiment. In the Second Villmerger War he commanded an infantry brigade and was the commandant of Baden . Back in Savoy , he took part in the Sicilian campaigns as a brigadier from 1717 to 1718 and rose to major general in 1719 . In 1720 he bought the Kehrsatz estate , and in 1723 the Perroy estate . After his promotion to lieutenant general in 1731, he returned to Bern and in the same year became governor of Lausanne .
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- Two letters from Colonel Karl Hackbrett dated May 27, 1712 , Burgerbibliothek Bern , Mss.hhXXIa.2 (30, 31).
- Copy of a letter from the Duke of Savoy to Karl Hackbrett dated May 5, 1712 , Burgerbibliothek Bern, Mss.hhXXIa.2 (29)
- Budget and valuation of the Perroy rule 1739 , State Archives of the Canton of Bern , FA von Diesbach 185
literature
- Hans Braun: Dulcimer, Karl. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Robert von Diesbach: Karl dulcimer. 1674-1737. In: Collection of Bernese Biographies , Vol. 3, 1898, pp. 601–609.
- Manuel Kehrli: Four (five) heroes - the Bernese "Twelve Generals" and their reception in the visual arts . In: Der Geschichtsfreund, Vol. 166 (2013), pp. 89-104.
- Rodolphe de Steiger: Les généraux bernois. notices biographiques . Berne 1864, p. 38 ( digitized version ).
Web links
Commons : Karl Hackbrett - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Le château de Perroy on www.swisscastles.ch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dulcimer, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bern officer and magistrate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized April 6, 1674 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1737 |
| Place of death | Bern |