Willy Pfister (historian)

Willy Pfister (* 1912 in Aarau ; † December 22, 2003 ) was a Swiss historian .

Life

He has written several volumes of the publishing Sauerland appeared contributions Aargauer history . « For the Bernese Aargau, Willy Pfister followed the résumés of individuals who moved into foreign services and determined how many of them returned to Switzerland and how long the absence lasted. »

Publications

• The choir court of the Bernese Aargau in the 17th century. 1939.
• The predicants of the Bernese Aargau in the 16. – 18. Century, 1528–1798. Zwingli, Zurich 1943.
• with Hans-Jörg Gilomen : The naturalization of foreigners in the city of Basel in the 19th century (= sources and research on Basel history. Volume 3). Reinhardt, 1976, ISBN 3-7245-0374-1 .
• Aargauer in foreign military service. In: Contributions to the history of the Aargau. 1980 ( digitized version ).
• Aargauer in foreign military service. 2 volumes. Sauerländer, Aarau 1980–1984.
  • Volume 1: ISBN 3-7941-2172-4 .
  • Volume 2: ISBN 3-7941-2651-3 .
  • Volume 3: The Aargauer in the Bernese regiment and in the guard in France 1701–1792. ISBN 3-7941-2172-4 .
• The Reformed pastors in Aargau since the Reformation: 1528–1985. Sauerländer, 1985, ISBN 3-7941-2237-2
• The prisoners and those executed in the Bernese Aargau. in: Contributions to the history of Aargau. 1993 ( digitized version ).

literature

• Felix Müller: Willy Pfister and Aargau historiography. In: Argovia. 118, 2006, pp. 131-134.

Web links

• Literature by and about Willy Pfister in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Willy Pfister in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Felix Müller: Willy Pfister and the Aargau historiography. In: Argovia: Annual journal of the Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau. Volume 118 (2006). P. 131
2. ↑ http://www.digibern.ch/GKB1789/index4t3.html
3. ↑ http://www.zwingliana.ch/index.php/zwa/article/view/555