Forging guild society

Forging guild society
purpose	Civil corporation
Chair:	Dario Salis (chairman)
Establishment date:	before 1345
Number of members:	2388
Seat :	Zunfthaus zu Schmieden ; Schmiedenplatz 5 ; 3011 Bern Switzerland;
Website:	www.schmieden.ch

House sign of the blacksmiths on Marktgasse in Bern (1913).

The Zunftgesellschaft zu Schmieden is one of the 13 societies and guilds in the city of Bern and a public corporation guaranteed by the constitution of the Canton of Bern . It is a civil corporation within the meaning of Bernese municipal legislation and is subject to the supervision of the cantonal authorities. As a personal corporation, it does not have its own territory and is taxable. It includes all citizens of Bern who have the guild right to forge. At the moment the Zunftgesellschaft zu Schmieden has around 2200 members.

The guild society was first mentioned in 1345 and included the metalworking crafts. From the 15th century one of the four had Venner Berns room journeyman to forging his. The up-and-coming generations of the Venner societies Pfistern, Schmieden, Metzgern and Gerwern thus had a political privilege. Numerous families increasingly devoted themselves to politics and in modern times formed the patriciate. This explains the high number of ruling families on forges.

people

Non-exhaustive list of members of the guild society zu Schmieden, about which a German Wikipedia article exists.

Anton Spilmann , Venner, Mr. zu Kehrsatz
Valerius Anshelm , chronicler
Hans von Rüte , clerk
Hans Franz Nägeli , mayor of Bern
Hans Rudolf Sager , mayor of Bern
Karl dulcimer , general
Wilhelm Emanuel Dittlinger , Hafner
Johann Heinrich Ringier , pastor and professor
Samuel Engel , librarian, geographer, politician, philanthropist and economist
Albrecht von Mülinen , mayor of Bern
Sigmund von Wagner , artist
Ludwig Zeerleder (II.) , Banker and politician
David Ludwig Bay , politician
Franz Niklaus König , painter
Samuel Heinrich König , theologian and orientalist
Johann Samuel König , mathematician
Karl Zeerleder , politician and historian
Albrecht Weyermann , pastor and politician
Gottlieb Jakob Kuhn , pastor and folk song writer
Edmund von Fellenberg , archaeologist
Albert Samuel Gatschet , ethnologist and linguist
Wolfgang Friedrich von Mülinen , historian
Gottfried von Fellenberg , composer
Eduard Will , engineer, National Councilor
Helene von Mülinen , women's rights activist
Alfred von Zeerleder , metallurgist
Paul Niehans , doctor
Georges Grosjean , geographer
Werner Bircher , former city president of Bern
Ewald Weibel (1929–2019), anatomist and electron microscope specialist
Klaus Wildbolz , actor
Guido Schmezer , high school teacher, writer
Gerhart Schürch , politician
Ueli Schmezer , presenter, journalist and singer
Thomas Jordan , economist
Mirjam Ott , curler

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).
Paul Wäber: The forging company in Bern. Her life and development over six centuries , Bern 1938.

Web links

Commons : Zunftgesellschaft zu Schmieden - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the Zunftgesellschaft zu Schmieden
Zunftgesellschaft zu Schmieden on the website of the Burgergemeinde Bern
Archive of the Zunftgesellschaft zu Schmieden in the catalog of the Bern Burger Library
Zunftgesellschaft zu Schmieden on the ETHorama platform

Individual evidence

↑ schmieden.ch
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^ State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern: Constitution of the Canton of Bern. SR 131.212. In: Systematic Legal Collection SR . Voters of the Canton of Bern, June 6, 1993, accessed on June 14, 2018 (Article 107 in Section 7 municipalities; as of March 11, 2015).
^ State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern: Municipal Law of the Canton of Bern. BSG 170.11. In: Systematic legal collection of the Canton of Bern BSG. Grand Council of the Canton of Bern , March 16, 1998, accessed on June 14, 2018 (Article 117 in Section 2.2 Civic Communities and Civil Corporations; Status on January 1, 2014).

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[1] schmieden.ch

[2] schmieden.ch

[3] State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern: Constitution of the Canton of Bern. SR 131.212. In: Systematic Legal Collection SR . Voters of the Canton of Bern, June 6, 1993, accessed on June 14, 2018 (Article 107 in Section 7 municipalities; as of March 11, 2015).

[4] State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern: Municipal Law of the Canton of Bern. BSG 170.11. In: Systematic legal collection of the Canton of Bern BSG. Grand Council of the Canton of Bern , March 16, 1998, accessed on June 14, 2018 (Article 117 in Section 2.2 Civic Communities and Civil Corporations; Status on January 1, 2014).