Wäber (Bern)

Bern Minster , church place sign David Wäber (around 1750)

The Wäber family comes from Merenschwand and has been a citizen of the city of Bern since 1544 .

Branches of the family belong to the guild society for blacksmiths and the society for merchants , extinct lines of society for Pfistern and the guild society for butchers . The descendants of the theologian Johannes Wäber worked as clergymen, scribes, carpenters, butchers, dyers and artisans.

people

• Johannes Wäber (1499–1577), pastor at the cathedral
• Wilhelm Wäber (1629–1682), butcher, member of the Grand Council, restaurant attendant
• Jakob Wäber († 1698), flag and box painter
• David Wäber (1685–1757), scribe, infirmary, secretary of the Chamber of Exiles
• Abraham Wäber († 1793), sculptor
• John Webber (1751–1793), English painter and expedition draftsman
• Henry Webber (1754–1826), sculptor and designer
• Johann Rudolf Wäber (1787–1854), pastor in Lauterbrunnen and Mühleberg
• Karl Friedrich Wäber (1788–1838), foreman, Lieutenant Colonel 1830, City Councilor 1831, Grand Councilor 1831 to 1838
• Paul Adolf Wäber (1874–1946), Dr. iur., advocate, secretary of the cantonal police department, chief judge
• John Harald Wäber (* 1942), historian

literature

• Hans Braun: Wäber. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• J. Harald Wäber: The Wäber family of Bern . Bern 1979.

Web links

Commons : Wäber family  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Wäber coat of arms on www.chgh.ch
• Wäber at www.bernergeschlecht.ch