Directory of the citizens of the city of Bern

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19th century burger books

The directory of the citizenry of the city of Bern (Burgerbuch) is the directory of the members of the civic community of Bern that has been published since 1848 .

The civic community of Bern has published the unofficial directory of the citizens of the city of Bern in Stämpfli Verlag since 1848 . The so-called Burgerbuch appeared in the following years after 1848: 1853, 1861, 1869, 1876, 1883, 1889, 1893, 1899, 1902, 1906, 1910, 1914, and every five years since 1920.

The burger book available in bookshops contains the year of birth, surname and first name, marital status, occupation and place of residence of every citizen in the city of Bern. Each family line is registered with the place of origin and the date of the encampment, as well as the affiliation to the societies ( guilds ). The editors state that they are taking into account the cantonal data protection regulations .

The burger book is often referred to as the «Toggelibibel» in parts of the citizenry.

literature

  • Daniel Schläppi: The Zunftgesellschaft zu Schmieden in Bern between tradition and modernity. Social, structural and cultural-historical aspects from Helvetic to the end of the 20th century (= archive of the Historical Association of the Canton of Bern. Vol. 81). Historical Association of the Canton of Bern, Bern 2001, ISBN 3-85731-021-9 (also: Bern, Univ., Diss., 2000).
  • Directory of the citizenship of the city of Bern on January 1st, 2015. Burgerbuch. Edited from official sources and from private communications , Bern 2015.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Burgerbuch 2015, p. VII.
  2. ↑ Burgerbuch 2015, p. VII.
  3. ↑ Burgerbuch 2015, p. VII.
  4. ↑ Schläppi 2001, p. 87.

Web links

  • Burgerbuch 2015 at Stämpfli Verlag
  • Sensitive data in the burger book . Article in the newspaper Der Bund online (accessed on July 14, 2017)