Werdt (patrician family)

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Hans Jakob Dünz , portrait of Elisabeth von Werdt, b. Andreae (1642)

The von Werdt family is a Bernese patrician family that has owned the city of Bern as a citizen since the 15th century .

The possessions included Toffen Castle and around 1600 the Zimmerwald Castle and the Heimenhaus Castle .

people

  • Abraham von Werdt (1594–1671), tanner, Herr zu Toffen, Venner zu Gerwern and Deutschseckelmeister
  • Daniel von Werdt, brother of Abraham, bailiff of Erlach (1648), brother-in-law of Anna von Diesbach
  • Friedrich von Werdt (1671–1737), Schultheiss zu Thun, Venner zu Gerwern and Deutschseckelmeister
  • Georg Samuel von Werdt (1710–1792), Governor of Vevey, writer
  • Friedrich Karl Georg von Werdt (1831-1893), free-thinking national councilor
  • Franz Johann Armand von Werdt (1805–1841), painter
  • Hans Fritz Ernst Armand von Werdt (1865–1937), railway engineer
  • Josef Duss-von Werdt (1932–2019), psychologist and theologian
  • Hans von Werdt (* 1958), Dr. med., neck and face surgeon
  • Nicolas von Werdt (* 1959), Dr. iur., federal judge
  • Rudolf von Werdt (* 1960), business economist

literature

  • Rudolf von Graffenried: Längmoos 1798–1998 , Bern 1998.
  • Franz Vollenweider: Piscator and Bern , In: Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde, Volume 8 (1946), pp. 69–74. doi : 10.5169 / seals-241101
  • Georg Friedrich von Werdt: Memories of a Bernese officer from the campaign of 1799 . In: Berner Taschenbuch on the year 1863, pp. 234–269. doi : 10.5169 / seals-121009

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Braun: Abraham von Werdt. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

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