Rudolf Wegeli

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Rudolf Wegeli (born February 19, 1877 in Diessenhofen , † January 23, 1956 in Muri ) was a Swiss historian and director of the Bern Historical Museum .

life and work

Wegeli was the son of the tanner and mayor Johann Rudolf (1848–1901) von Diessenhofen and Johanna, née Brunner.

From 1897 to 1899 Wegeli studied history at the universities of Zurich and Bonn . In his dissertation from 1903, he dealt with the «inscriptions on medieval sword blades». From 1899 to 1910 he was the second assistant at the Swiss National Museum and in between worked for a year at the armory in Berlin .

In 1907 he married Johanna Fehr and in the same year Wegeli had set a small memorial to his place of birth with the text “Geschichte der Truchsesse von Diessenhofen ”.

In 1910 Wegeli was appointed to the Historical Museum in Bern and worked there as its director until 1948. Under his direction, the building was renovated and the administration, inventory and conservation professionalized.

Wegeli also looked after the coin cabinet and organized the collection systematically. So he created inventory books and wrote tens of thousands of inventory maps himself. Under his leadership, the Münzkabinett received numerous important new acquisitions. The coins of the Roman Republic were of particular concern to him . Together with Paul Hofer , he compiled the catalog of the coins of the Roman Republic in the Historical Museum.

In 1914 Wegeli signed the donation agreement for the "Oriental Henri Moser Charlottenfels Collection" from Henri Moser- Charlottenfels. Henri Moser donated 100,000 Swiss francs for the necessary extension and maintenance of the collection .

In 1914/1915 Wegeli managed to secure the important collection of the Langnau senior teacher Emil Aeschlimann (1864–1930) for his museum. With the support of the Association for the Promotion of the Bern Historical Museum, 155 ceramics and various stove tiles were purchased for 6,000 Swiss francs.

Wegeli also campaigned for the preservation of Bern's art monuments and edited the “Numismatic Review” for many years. In 1922 Wegeli received honorary citizenship from the city of Bern.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel Schmutz: The coin cabinet of the Hisorisches Museum Bern. Retrieved March 14, 2020 .
  2. ^ Regional Museum Langnau: Collection of Emil Aeschlimann. Retrieved March 14, 2020 .
  3. ↑ obituary for Rudolf Wegeli. In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch . Volume 32, 1957, p. 134 ( e-periodica.ch [accessed on March 14, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Wegeli, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss historian and director of the Bern Historical Museum
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Diessenhofen
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1956
Place of death Muri