Schmalz (patrician family)
The Schmalz family was probably from Bueren an der Aare originating Bernese patrician family , which since the Reformation, the burger right of Bern possessed and 1795 went out in the male line.
people
- Niklaus Schmalz (I.) († 1558), glass painter, member of the Grand Council, pen conductor, bailiff of Biberstein
- Samuel Schmalz (I.), member of the Grand Council, appalled by the council in 1565, rehabilitated
- David Schmalz (1541–1577), glass painter, member of the Grand Council, chamberlain to Middle Lions , conductor in the Interlakenhaus
- Samuel Schmalz (II.) (1577–1628), glass painter, member of the Grand Council, department store administrator, bailiff of Aarburg
- Samuel Schmalz (III.) (1577–1628), member of the Grand Council, bailiff of Schwarzenburg, monastery conductor, member of the small council
- Niklaus Schmalz (II.) (1641–1706), department store manager, member of the Grand Council, governor of Fraubrunnen, mayor of Murten
- Johann Rudolf Schmalz (1713–1795), country major, member of the Grand Council, Iseler, Obervogt zu Lenzburg
coat of arms
Blazon : "Split shield, in the upper half, in blue, a gold star and a silver fish, the lower half split five times by blue and gold." | |
Foundation of the coat of arms: The Schmalz had this coat of arms since the late 17th century at the latest. |
swell
- Kathrin Küffer, daughter of Jörg Küffer, a well-established burger in Bern, and Adelheid Schmalz, born. Lay sister in the Inselkloster zu Bern, acknowledges the monastery bailiff Diebold von Erlach for a compensation of 300 pounds, CI a (documents), Inselarchiv, May 8th 1529 in the catalog of the State Archives Bern .
- Sulpitius Haller, Seckelmeister of the city of Bern, and the monastery attendant Niklaus Schmalz transferred some vines to Jost Ibach and his sons at the "Schneggenbühl" ("Schneckenbühl") in Oberhofen for half the wine yield to fief, CI a (documents), Fach Stift, 3 January 1543 in the catalog of the State Archives Bern .
- Samuel Schmalz, of the Grand Council of Bern, ceded to Friedrich von Graffenried, of the Grand Council of Bern, a soil validity on an estate in Mühleberg, CI a (documents), Inselarchiv, July 2, 1677 in the catalog of the State Archives of Bern .
- Exchange letter between Georg Emanuel Ernst and Captain Carl Schmalz for a house on Gerechtigkeitsgasse, 1771, Mss.hhXII.289 (7) in the catalog of the Bern Burger Library
- Marriage letter between Captain Samuel Schmalz and Catharina von Wattenwyl, 1761, Mss.hhXII.289 (8-9) in the catalog of the Bern Burger Library
literature
- Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Vol. VI, 1927, p. 200.
- Alfred Zesiger: The room at the red / guldinen Mittlen-Löwen. A look back at the history of the first five centuries. For the inauguration of the new guild room in the Falken on March 10, 1908 , Bern 1908.
Individual evidence
Web links
Commons : Schmalz family - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Schmalz coat of arms on ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- Coat of arms of the Schmalz family in the catalog of the Bern Burger Library