Friedrich Sinner
Friedrich von Sinner (born March 15, 1713 in Bern , † February 23, 1791 ) was a Swiss lawyer and magistrate.
Friedrich Sinner studied law in Marburg and went on a training trip to Paris and England . From 1745 he was a member of the Grand Council of the City and Republic of Bern , from 1746 he was a notary and assessor at the German Court of Appeal. From 1750 to 1756 he was bailiff of Interlaken , where he took care of welfare and forestry. In 1751 he inherited the Grandcour estate from his father, which he sold in 1755. He was a member of the Bernese German Society and in 1764 President of the Bernese Economic Society . In 1763 he got into the small council, where he mediated in the confusion of Geneva in 1766 and 1767 and in the Gaudot affair in 1768. He succeeded in preventing Bern from intervening in the military, for which he received the award of Knight of the Prussian Eagle Order from the Prussian King in 1788. In 1765 he was president of the choir court, in 1766 Venner zu Mittellöwen , 1767 to 1771 Deutschseckelmeister and from 1771 to 1791 in the even years incumbent mayor . In 1774 he contributed to the conclusion of the new alliance of the Thirteen Places with France . In 1780 he was sent to Geneva as a mediator because of the disputes between long-established residents and new residents, and in 1781 he dealt with the settlement of internal unrest in Friborg . Sinner was successful as a diplomat, but was regarded as friendly to the French, which often led to differences with his younger fellow schoolboy Niklaus Friedrich Steiger .
Sinner was interested in art and literature. He was one of the most important clients of the painter Jakob Emanuel Handmann and the sculptor Valentin Sonnenschein . For a while he employed Christoph Martin Wieland in Interlaken as a private tutor for his children.
Archives
- Holdings in the burger library in Bern
literature
- Karl Ludwig Friedrich von Fischer: Friedrich von Sinner 1713–1791 . In: Collection of Bernischer Biographien , Vol. 2, Bern 1896, pp. 93-109.
Web links
- Christian Müller: Sinner, Friedrich von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Albrecht Friedrich von Erlach |
Schultheiss von Bern February 14, 1771 to Easter 1771, Easter 1772–23. February 1791 (even years) |
Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sinner, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sinner, Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Schultheiss of Bern |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1713 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1791 |
| Place of death | Bern , Switzerland |