Rodt (patrician family)
The von Rodt family was a Bernese patrician family , possibly from Gerzensee , who had owned the citizenship of the city of Bern since 1587 and belonged to the society of merchants . The Rodt spelling was only used consistently from the 17th century, the title of nobility from 1786.
people
- Bernhard Emanuel von Rodt (1776–1848), Swiss officer, politician and historian
- Karl von Rodt (1805–1861), Swiss founder of a revival movement
- Alfred von Rodt (1843–1905), emigrated to Chile , tenant of the Juan Fernández Islands
- Eduard von Rodt (1849–1926), architect and historian
- Cécile von Rodt (1855–1929), travel writer
- Bernhard von Rodt (1892–1970), architect, author of the Bernese civil genealogies
Archives
- Rodt family archive in the catalog of the Bern Burger Library
Web links
Commons : Rodt family - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Christian Müller: Rodt. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Rodt coat of arms on www.chgh.ch