Jeanne Niquille

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Jeanne Niquille (born July 1, 1894 in Friborg ; † September 9, 1970 ibid) was a Swiss writer and archivist in the canton of Friborg .

Life

Jeanne Niquille was born as the daughter of Casimir Niquille (1855-1907), who was General Inspector of Forests and Domains of the Canton of Friborg, and the teacher Pauline Quartenoud (1862-1944). She was one of the first women from Freiburg to complete an academic education. After working as a teacher from 1910 to 1914 at the Kollegium Hl. Kreuz in Freiburg, she studied from 1914 to 1918 at the Faculté des Lettres of the University of Freiburg , among others with Albert Büchi . She received her doctorate in 1918 with a thesis on the institution of the Hôpital Notre-Dame à Friborg .

From 1918 to 1957 Jeanne Niquille worked as an archivist at the Freiburg State Archives . In 1927 she was a scientific advisor for Freiburg's participation in the Swiss Exhibition for Women's Work SAFFA. Since around 1932 she has been a member of the “ Club Hrotsvit ”, a Swiss cultural association of Catholic women, founded by Agnes von Segesser from Lucerne .

During her career, Niquille wrote numerous scientific publications on legal history, Romance philology, literature and art history. Themes from Freiburg history , especially the city history of Freiburg, dominate her work. The historian wrote numerous articles for the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Works (selection)

  • L'Hôpital de Nôtre-Dame à Friborg. Freiburg 1921.
  • La Faculté de médecine de Friborg au 18ème siècle. In: Annales Fribourgeoises , 11, 1923, pp. 49-63.
  • Les prêteurs juifs de Morat à la fin du Moyen Age. In: Nouvelles Étrennes Fribourgeoises , 60, 1927, pp. 89-99.
  • L'occupation des frontières grisonnes en 1805. In: Zeitschrift für Schweizer Geschichte 9, 1929, pp. 1–28.
  • Deux récits historiques de l'avoyer de Joseph de Diesbach. In: Hektor Amamnn (ed.): Festschrift Friedrich Emil Welti . Aarau 1937, pp. 147–156.
  • A siècle d'histoire fribourgeoise. Freiburg 1941.
  • La dissidence fribourgeoise de 1798 et le canton de Sarine-et-Broye. In: Revue d'histoire suisse , 42, 1942, pp. 529-572.
  • Quand Friborg voulait un port sur le Léman (1536). In: Louis Junod: Mélanges d'histoire et de littérature offerts a Monsieur Charles Gilliard à l'occasion de son soixante-cinquième anniversaire. Lausanne 1944.
  • The contre-revolution in the canton of Friborg. In: Revue d'histoire suisse , 1948, pp. 47–74.
  • Emprunteurs et prêteurs d'autrefois (Friborg, 14th-15th centuries). In: Schweizer Münzblätter , 1951, pp. 35–41.
  • La navigation sur la Sarine . In: Swiss Journal for History , 1952, pp. 206–227.
  • La lépro series de Bourguillon . In: Annales Fribourgeoises , 42, 1956, pp. 57-58.
  • Origines de la brasserie du Cardinal . In: Annales Fribourgeoises , 44, 1960, pp. 91-104.
  • Les Sautter ou Suter de Friborg. Une famille peters. In: Généalogiste suisse , 28, 1961, p. 96-101.
  • La vie d'Emanuel Curty. In: Annales Fribourgeoises , 1962, pp. 9-22.

literature

  • List of études historiques publiées par Mlle Jeanne Niquille, archiviste. In: Annales Fribourgeoises , 43, 1958, pp. 17-20.
  • Catherine Bosshart-Pfluger: Jeanne Niquille (1894–1970), honorary state archivist. In: Freiburger Geschichtsblätter , 75, 1998, pp. 168–174.
  • Nicolas Morard: Homage to Jeanne Niquille (1894-1970), archiviste honoraire de l'Etat. In: Annales Fribourgeoises , 50, 1969/1970, pp. 198-199.

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personal data
SURNAME Niquille, Jeanne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss archivist
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Üechtland
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1970
Place of death Freiburg in Üechtland