Béatrice von Wattenwyl House
The Béatrice von Wattenwyl House (originally Frisching House) is a city palace at Junkerngasse 57–59 in the old town of Bern .
history
It was built from 1705 to 1706 as an extension to the south of the city seat of Samuel Frisching based on plans by Joseph Abeille . Later it belonged to his grandson Rudolf Emanuel Frisching (1698–1780), who married Anna Margaretha von Wattenwyl in 1727 .
On the basis of a donation agreement from 1929, after the death of Jakob Emanuel von Wattenwyl in 1934 , the house was transferred to the Swiss Confederation and has since been named after the deceased's wife.
Today the house is used for Federal Council receptions ; The so-called Von Wattenwyl Talks between the Federal Council and the governing parties SVP, SP, FDP and CVP have been taking place here regularly since 1970 .
The main facade, visible from the cathedral platform, with its flight of stairs , balcony , gable with the coat of arms of the Frisching patrician family and roof turret faces south; the terraces and tiered gardens in front of it give it a monumental character.
literature
- Monica Bilfinger and Martin Fröhlich: Swiss Art Guide GSK, Volume 681: The Beatrice von Wattenwil House in Bern , Bern 2000, ISBN 3-85782-681-9
- Monica Bilfinger: The Beatrice von Wattenwyl house in Bern. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 958–959, Series 96). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2014, ISBN 978-3-03797-169-7 .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ The Federal Council: Von Wattenwyl Talks. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
Web links
- Information and pictures about the Béatrice-von-Wattenwyl-Haus on g26.ch
- Information and pictures from the Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics
- The renovated von Wattenwyl-Haus , Swiss film weekly show from January 23, 1959
Coordinates: 46 ° 56 '50.4 " N , 7 ° 27' 10" E ; CH1903: 601078 / one hundred and ninety-nine thousand five hundred eighty-four