Button (Bern)
David Knopf (1623–1681), portrait by Johannes Dünz (1676)
The family knob was a Bernese Burger family that since about 1500 Burger law of the city of Bern possessed and the guild for Ethiopians belonged. The Knopf were mainly tailors and theologians. Daniel Knopf (1666–1738) was an avowed Pietist and was one of the main actors in the Bernese banking crisis of 1720 . With Daniel Knopf, the line died out in the male line in 1738.
people
- Jakob Knopf (1597–1664), pastor to Tachselwald, pastor to Rüderswil, pastor to Kappelen, pastor to Rüegsau
- David Knopf (1623–1681), notary, writer of appeal, member of the Grand Council, governor of Interlaken
- Niklaus Knopf (1649–1690), pastor of Limpach
- Daniel Knopf (1666–1738), agent of the Malacrida Bank, almsman, secretary of foreign funds
Archives
- Testament of Jungfer Rosina Knopf (1754), Mss.hhXXXI.56 (5) in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
- Daniel Knopf's 2nd responsibility , dated November 28, 1698, Mss.hhXIII.102 (10) in the catalog of the Bern Burger Library
- Daniel Knopf's responsibility for those questions which MG HH. of the Commission in Religious Matters to me on September 17, 1698 , Mss.hhXIII.102 (9) in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
- Letter of purchase Daniel Knopf , CI a, Varia I (Orte) Bern, September 25, 1686 in the catalog of the Bern State Archives .
- Letter of purchase David Knopf , CI a, Interlaken, October 2, 1676 in the catalog of the Bern State Archives .
- Scattered stocks relating to the Knopf family in the Bern Burger Library
literature
- Rudolf Dellsperger: The Beginnings of Pietism in Bern. Source studies , Göttingen 1984.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dellsperger 1984, p. 122.
- ↑ Portrait of Johannes Dünz (1716) in the collection of the Bernisches Historisches Museum, inv. No. 49800; Portrait (1697) in the portrait documentation of the Burgerbibliothek Bern, online
Web links
Commons : Knopf family - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Coat of arms of the Knopf family in the catalog of the Bern Burger Library
- Coat of arms of the Knopf family on chgh.ch