Daniel von Fellenberg

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Daniel Fellenberg, Portrait of August Friedrich Oelenhainz (1792)

Daniel von Fellenberg (born August 13, 1736 in Bern ; † January 1, 1801 there ) was a Swiss politician and lawyer. He was reformed.

Life

Fellenberg studied law in Göttingen and received his doctorate there in 1756. From 1756 to 1760 he worked as a vice librarian and from 1759 he was secretary of the German Chamber of Appeals. From 1763 until 1777 he was given a legal professorship at the Bern Academy because of his legal treatises . In 1775 he joined the Bernese Grand Council and in 1786 became the Small Council . In 1777 he became a member of the Chamber of Appeal. In 1779 he officiated as Obervogt von Schenkenberg , in 1786 he was a school councilor, in 1787 a medical councilor and in 1790 Böspfenniger. As an educator, he was involved in scientific, political and literary circles in Bern and the Swiss Confederation. For example in Café Littéraire, in the Helvetic Society and the Société des Citoyens . He was president of the Economic Society and a member of the Political Institute. In 1793 he acquired the Wylhof in what is now the municipality of Münchenbuchsee , which was known as Hofwil under his son Philipp Emanuel .

Works

  • Jurisprudentia antiqua continens opuscula et dissertationes quibus leges antiquae praesertim mosaicae, graecae, et romanae illustrantur , Bern 1760–1761 ( Vol. 2 online )

Archives

literature

  • Kurt Guggisberg: Daniel von Fellenberg (1736-1801). Contributions to Bernese cultural history, part 1 , in: Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde (1951) pp. 55–95. doi : 10.5169 / seals-242193
  • Kurt Guggisberg: Daniel von Fellenberg (1736-1801). Contributions to Bern's cultural history, part 2 , in: Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde (1951) pp. 146–179. doi : 10.5169 / seals-242197
  • Wolfgang Friedrich von Mülinen : Daniel Fellenberg and the Patriotic Society in Bern , Bern 1900.
  • Margret Genna-Stalder: The Patriotic Society in Bern 1762 - 1766 , in: Margret Genna-Stalder / Lars Lambrecht : The Patriotic Society in Bern and Isaak Iselin's share in the European philosophy of history; Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-631-66642-5

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personal data
SURNAME Fellenberg, Daniel von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fellenberg, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1801
Place of death Bern