Christian Fueter

Christian Fueter (pronounced [fuətər] ; born June 16, 1752 in London ; † January 19, 1844 in Bern , legal resident in Bern) was a Swiss medalist , die cutter , mint master and politician .

Life

Christian Fueter, member of the Reformed Church , was born in London on June 16, 1752, the son of the goldsmith Christian Daniel Fueter, who returned to Bern in 1754 after stays in New York , Pennsylvania , England and France in 1769. Fueter initially trained as a coin die cutter with Johann Kaspar Mörikofer. From 1777 to 1778 he stayed in Paris . After his return to Bern, he was responsible for the production of various seals and medals. From 1791 to 1798 Fueter acted as mint master for the Bernese government, also during the time of the Helvetic Republic and from 1803 until the Bern mint closed in early 1838.

Fueter also minted medals, school awards and coins for the cantons of Aargau , Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Graubünden , Neuchâtel , Schaffhausen , Ticino and Uri in the Bern mint ; for Lucerne he cut stamps. In addition, he became a member of the Bern city administration in 1818, and from 1821 Fueter was a member of the Grand Council .

Christian Fueter, who was married to Katharina, nee Ganting, died on January 19, 1844 at the age of 92 in Bern.

literature

Ruedi Kunzmann: Fueter, Christian. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Johannes Strickler : "The Bern Mint and its Director Christian Fueter", in: Berner Taschenbuch, 1905, 15–62.
Adolf Fluri: The Berner Schulpfennige and Tischlivierer 1622–1798, 1910, 96–98.

Web links

Christian Fueter, mint master , on the website of the Fueter family; Retrieved July 4, 2012

proof

↑ Hans Bickel, Christoph Landolt: Duden. Swiss high German. Dictionary of the standard language in German-speaking Switzerland. Edited by the Swiss Association for the German Language. Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Zurich 2012, p. 88.

personal data
SURNAME	Fueter, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss medalist, die cutter, mint master and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 16, 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	January 19, 1844
Place of death	Bern

[1] Hans Bickel, Christoph Landolt: Duden. Swiss high German. Dictionary of the standard language in German-speaking Switzerland. Edited by the Swiss Association for the German Language. Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Zurich 2012, p. 88.