Dachselhofer (patrician family)

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Dachselhofer coat of arms in the Bözen church

The Dachselhofer family (also: Daxelhofer; Daxelhoffer) was a Bernese citizen family. It came from the Zurich Dachselhofer, a council family whose name goes back to the place Dachelsen in the Säuliamt .

history

In 1509 Hans Dachselhofer (* before 1485 in Zurich, † 1550 in Bern) settled down as a glazier in Bern and became a member of the Grand Council there in 1534. The family then belonged to the new bourgeois ruling class that arose in Bern during the Reformation , the Bernese patriciate . Until the fall of the old Swiss Confederation in 1798, many family members played a key role in the politics of the city-state of Bern as grand councilors, governors, members of the small council and in many other positions . From 1682 to 1798 the Dachselhofer owned the Utzigen estate, whose castle remained in their possession until 1875. Even after the end of the old Swiss Confederation, members of the family held important offices until 1831. In addition to several large councilors, the family provided senior officials in Erlach (1810–1820), Courtelary (1822–1831) and in Niedersimmental (1822–1827). In 1897 the Bern line went out with the death of Karl Albrecht Dachselhofer.

However, secondary lines have been in Biel since 1587 (members of the Biel patriciate ) and in Aubonne since 1774 . The architect Marcel Daxelhoffer is one of the latter .

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