Ludwig Zeerleder (II.)

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Pieter Recco, Portrait of Ludwig Zeerleder (1818)

Ludwig Zeerleder (II.) (Born December 5, 1772 in Bern ; † July 18, 1840 there ) was a Swiss banker and politician .

Life

Ludwig Zeerleder was the son of the chemist and banker Ludwig Zeerleder (I.) and Charlotte von Haller, a daughter of Albrecht von Haller . He was a brother of the historian and politician Karl Zeerleder . Zeerleder was a student of Johannes von Müller . He spent the years 1791 to 1795 in Paris and England. In Germany he met Simon Moritz von Bethmann and Alexander von Humboldt .

In 1798 he was appointed war commissioner for the Bernese Oberland. Together with his relative Gottlieb Abraham von Jenner , he managed to save part of the Bernese state treasure. Bern sent him to the Congress of Vienna in 1815 . He was commissioned to regain the areas of Vaud and Aargau that had been separated by Napoleon.

Zeerleder owned the New Belp Castle .

Archival material

Fonts

  • Thoughts on the constitutional proposal , Bern 1831.
  • Preliminary reply from a defendant by the Dotations Commission , Bern 1837.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Zeerleder, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zeerleder, Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss banker and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1840
Place of death Bern