Gatschet (patrician family)
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The Gatschet family (fr. Gachet ) is an extinct patrician family from Payerne and Bern .
history
The gachet are first mentioned in Payerne in 1389 with Junker Humbert. A branch was established in the city of Bern in 1557.
Members of the family owned the lordships of Bellevaux and Montagny (Lutry) and the Gatschethaus (Rebgut) in Môtier (municipality of Mont-Vully ).
The Gatschet became extinct in 1885 in the male line.
people
Payerne branch
- Humbert Gachet, Junker (first documented mention 1389)
- Nicolas Gachet (1418–1468), Lord of the Payerne banner , buried in Payerne Abbey
- Jean Amédée Gachet, Lord of the Banner, Mayor of Payerne
Bern branch
- Niklaus Gatschet (I.) (1510–1606), Ratsschreiber 1563, Welschseckelschreiber 1565–1588
- Niklaus Gatschet (II.) (1572–1609), member of the Grand Council 1596
- Daniel Gatschet (I.) (1573–1618), notary, member of the Grand Council 1597, mayor of Murten 1602, governor of Oron 1610
- David (1593–1673) (I.), member of the Grand Council 1621, Rathausammann 1625
- Niklaus Gatschet (III.) (1598–1673), island scribe 1624, member of the Grand Council 1627, governor of Oron 1634, governor of Nyon 1647, member of the small council 1654, witness 1658
- Daniel Gatschet (II.) (1607–1676), Lord of Montagny, member of the Grand Council 1635, Ohmgeldner 1644, Governor of Moudon 1646, member of the Small Council 1652, Governor of Payerne 1661
- Daniel Gatschet (III.) (1646–?), Farmer
- Niklaus Gatschet (IV.) (1655–1727), silver administrator
- David (1659–1729) (II.), Inspector of the Roche salt works
- Daniel Gatschet (III.) (1694–1729), member of the Grand Council, governor of Sumiswald 1728
- Niklaus Gatschet (V.) (1702–1769), member of the Grand Council 1745, clerk in 1749, bailiff of Grandson 1755
- Hans Rudolf Gatschet (I.) (1724–1810), owner of a vineyard in Môtier, lieutenant captain in Dutch service, member of the Grand Council, governor of Sumiswald in 1758, governor of Münchenbuchsee in 1774, colonel, member of the council of war in 1778
- Niklaus Gatschet (VI.) (1736–1817), painter, heraldist, genealogist, Landammann in Thurgau 1778, member of the Grand Council 1785, Kastlan zu Saanen 1791
- Hans Rudolf Gatschet (II.) (1737–1803), major in the Dutch service, member of the Grand Council, Ohmgeldner, governor of Moudon 1787
- Niklaus Samuel Gatschet (1765–1840), member of the Grand Council in 1795, Cantonal Councilor in 1803, Senior Administrator in Burgdorf in 1806
- Friedrich Ludwig Gatschet (1772–1838), officer in the Dutch service, member of the Grand Council in 1816
- Daniel Gatschet (IV.) (1777–1798), cadet, killed in Neuenegg
- Friedrich Anton Gatschet (1772–1838), member of the Grand Council in 1816, salt treasurer, owner of the Hübeli in front of the Aarbergertor
- Arnold Ludwig Gatschet (1795–1885), member of the Grand Council 1824, forest treasurer, owner of the Gatschethaus in Môtier, ultimus
- Johann Rudolf Gatschet (1805–1856), engineer, chief engineer of the canton of Bern, lieutenant colonel in the Sonderbund War, commander of the Geniecorps
coat of arms
The family coat of arms of the Gatschet or Gachet (from Payerne and Bern) shows a golden sun in blue . The Gatchet of Neuchâtel carry the same coat of arms . A growing golden lion on the temple helmet with blue and gold covers . This full coat of arms can also be seen in the vaulted ceiling of the gachet chapel of Payerne Abbey .
The Geneva gachets have the same coat of arms on a red background.
swell
- Burgerbibliothek Bern , house booklet Niklaus Gatschet (1526), Mss.hhXVII.276 (19)
- Archives cantonales vaudoises, Dossiers généalogiques, Y Dos gen Gachet
- State archive of the canton of Bern , inventory of bequests and distribution of inheritance. Concerns Daniel Gatschet (1607–1667), GEN 2017
- Scattered stocks in the Bern Burger Library
literature
- Gilbert Marion: Gachet. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Barbara Braun-Bucher: Gatschet. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Mathias Sulser: The town clerk Peter Cyro and the Bernese Chancellery at the time of the Reformation. Bern 1922.
Web links
Commons : Gatschet (patrician family) - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Gatschet coat of arms on www.chgh.ch
- Gachet and Gatschet families on realmac.info