Thormann (patrician family)
The Thormann family was a Bernese patrician family . The family may have had citizenship rights in the city of Bern since around 1295 and belong to the Pfistern company .
history
The Thormann family in Bern can be traced back to Hans Thormann, baker and member of the Small Council. Earlier occurrences of the name cannot be brought into context, as the name is widely used in German-speaking countries. Burkhard Thormann, Hans' son, rose to the Pfistern-Venner level . The family consisted of eight Venners, 17 made it to the Small Council by 1798, and almost all of the namesake got into the Grand Council. The Thormann were bakers, tanners and butchers, but gave up their profession until about 1600 in favor of military and political careers. In the 19th and 20th centuries, many members of the family became merchants, engineers, architects or lawyers.
Individual family members temporarily owned the Lords Engi (Bern), Duillier , St. Christophe (Champvent) and Mathod as well as goods in Concise, Gerzensee, am Muristalden (Bern), Rosengarten (Bern), Bürenstock (Bern) and in Wingreis .
people
- Hans Thormann († 1446), baker, member of the Small Council
- Burkhard Thormann († 1459), baker, Kastlan zu Frutigen, Venner zu Pfistern
- Jakob Thormann († 1567), butcher, rice runner, appalled by the council, again by the small council, Venner to butchers
- Gabriel Thormann (1653–1716), bailiff in Payerne, of the Small Council, Venner zu Pfistern, Deutschseckelmeister
- Georg Thormann (1655–1708), Protestant clergyman and pioneer of Pietism in Bern
- Johann Karl Thormann (1676–1753), Lord of St. Christophe, Governor of Grandson
- Hieronymus Thormann (1717–1765), Lord of Mathod (by marriage)
- Gottlieb Thormann (1754–1831), politician, state clerk
- Eduard Thormann (1855–1936), advocate, President of the Bernese Higher Court
- Franz Thormann (1867–1948), Dr. phil., librarian, deputy director of the Bern Historical Museum
- Philipp Thormann (1874–1960), legal scholar, professor of criminal law
- Georges Thormann (1912–2000), architect and politician
Archives
- FA Thormann in the burger library in Bern
- Famille Thormann in the Archives cantonales vaudoises
literature
- Hans Braun: Thormann. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Charlotte König-von Dach: A Bernese Campaign. Der Rosenberg , Bern 1984.
Web links
- Thormann coat of arms on www.chgh.net