Niklaus Bernhard Morell

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Niklaus Bernhard Morell, Portrait by Anton Hickel (1787)

Niklaus Bernhard Morell (born October 19, 1754 in Bern ; † January 3, 1835 there ) was a Swiss politician and officer.

Life

Niklaus Bernhard Morell was born in Bern to Abraham Morell, Landschreiber zu Wangen, and Margaretha Stettler . Margaretha Stettler was a daughter of the Venner Johann Rudolf Stettler (1696–1757). Morell's grandfather was the dean of the cathedral, Hans Jakob Morell. Niklaus Bernhard Morell was a salt bookkeeper and captain of the artillery . From 1778 he was secretary of the salt administration. In 1785 he married Rosina Margaretha Hartmann (1765–1829), daughter of Johann Rudolf Hartmann and Margaretha Wagner, in Steffisburg. Together with his brother Karl Friedrich Morell , he gave the so-called Morell bowl to the archery society in 1794 , owned by the salt accountant Hans Jakob Morell (II.) (1616–1663). In 1795 he was appointed to the city council of Bern. In 1799 he became chairman of the reorganized Reismusketen-Schützengesellschaft . From 1793 he owned the so-called “Stock” in Ittigen, the Breitenrain estate, and in 1805 he acquired today's property at Postgasse 14 in Bern, known as the Morellhaus.

Archives

literature

  • Hans Gugger: Ittigen, a young community with an ancient history , Ittigen 1998.
  • Manuel Kehrli et al .: The Reismusketen-Schützengesellschaft of the City of Bern. Founded in 1686. Bern 2009, p. 30.
  • August Staehelin-Paravicini: The grinding wheels of Switzerland , Basel 1926.
  • Robert Ludwig Wyss: craftsmanship in gold and silver. The silver dishes of the Bern guilds, societies and civil associations , Bern 1996, p. 272.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A grinding wheel in the collection of the Bernisches Historisches Museum dated 1804 bears the following inscription: Nickl [from] Bernhard Morell / Salzcassierer von Ittigen / 1804; Staehelin-Paravicini, No. 1292; Fig. In Gugger 1998, p. 403.
  2. ^ Negotiations of the Helvetian Military Society, Basel, p. 12. online
  3. ^ Regimental book for Easter 1794.
  4. ^ Bernisches Historisches Museum, Inv. No. 332.7; Wyss 1996, p. 272.
  5. ↑ Gugger 1998, p. 403.

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personal data
SURNAME Morell, Niklaus Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bern officer and magistrate
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1754
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1835
Place of death Bern