May (patrician family)

Coat of arms of the von May family in the Rued church (1709)

The von May family is a Bernese patrician family that has owned the city of Bern since around 1400 and has been a member of the Middle Lions Society since 1434 . Members of the family-owned or have Hünigen Castle , Schloss Toffen , Castle Rued , Brestenberg Castle , Castle Schöftland and the Rebgut Belletruche .

people

• Bartholomäus May , merchant and magistrate
• Bartholomäus May (II.) , († 1576), Welser factor, mayor of Augsburg
• Albrecht Friedrich May (1773–1853), politician, secretary of the Helvetic Directory, diplomat
• Carl Friedrich Rudolf May (1768–1846), politician
• Friedrich Amadeus Sigmund von May (1801–1883) lawyer, private scholar and author
• Julie von May (1808–1875), suffragette
• Walo von May , book illustrator
• Glado von May , opera director, artistic director of the St. Gallen Theater
• Christiane von May, founder of the pro pallium foundation

Archives

• May family archives, Mss.hhXXXVI (12th century-20th century). in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
• Family archive von May, FA von May A in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
• Family archive von May, FA von May B (18th century-21st century) in the catalog of the burger library in Bern

Trivia

The Mayweg in Bern has been named after the von May family since 1912.

literature

• Hans Braun: May [from]. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Christian Holliger: Schöftland. History and stories , Schöftland 1992.
• Amadé von May: Bartholomeus May and his family. A picture of life from the time of the Reformation. In: Berner Taschenbuch on the year 1874. pp. 1–178 ( online ).
• Carl May: House of Cronik. Dedicated to my children and descendants by Carl Friedrich Rudolf May von Rued (1768-1846). Commentary and edition, edit. by Franz Kamber and Markus Widmer-Dean, Schöftland 2001.
• Walther Merz: The medieval castles and fortifications of the canton Argau (vol. 2), Aarau 1907, p. 464 (family tree).
• Berchtold Weber: Streets and their names. Using the example of the city of Bern , Bern 1990.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Silke Christiane Keckeis: Glado von May . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1209 f.
2. ↑ Weber 1990, p. 204.

Web links

Commons : May family  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• May coat of arms on www.chgh.ch