Weyermann (patrician family)

Weyermann coat of arms (1613)

The Weyermann family (Wigerman, Wierman, Wyerman) is an extinct Bernese patrician family of the Society for Middle Lions and the Guild Society for Forging .

In 1475, Niklaus Weyermann owned the civil rights of the city of Bern and was a member of the Schützen Society . His son of the same name was the first of the family to join the Grand Council in 1513. The gender died out in the male line in 2013.

Members of the family temporarily owned the Oberried Campaign in Belp.

people

Niklaus Weyermann (I.), Burger von Bern 1475
Niklaus Weyermann (II.), Member of the Grand Council 1513
Dominik Weyermann († 1528), member of the Grand Council 1525
Anton Weyermann († 1558), member of the Grand Council 1532, governor of Morges 1541
Glado Weyermann († 1636), mayor of the city of Bern
Albrecht Weyermann (1809–1885), Swiss politician and pastor
Hans Weyermann (1895–1989), President of the Citizens' Council of Bern
Hans Beat Glado Weyermann (1929–2013), ultimus

Trivia

Weyermannstrasse in Bern honors the Weyermann family.

literature

Hans Braun: Weyermann. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
François de Capitani: Nobility, citizens and guilds in Bern in the 15th century. Bern 1982.
Berchtold Weber: Streets and their names. Using the example of the city of Bern , Bern 1990.
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. KJ Wyss, Bern 1908, p. 203 f.