| Surname | Sinner, von | |
| First Name | Friedrich | |
| Gender | male | |
| Place of birth | Bern | |
| Place of death | ||
| Year of birth | 1713 | |
| Year of death | 1791 | |
| Profession | Officials | |
| Religion | Protestant | |
| Place(s) of activity | Bern | |
| Century | 18 | |
| Biographical information |
Son of Abraham, member of the Grand Council and governor of Lenzburg, and of Margarete Esther Jenner. Married to Maria Juliane von Malessert. Studied law in Marburg (1730-33), then travelled through Europe, to Paris and England, among other places. Member of the Grand Council (1745), provincial governor of Interlaken (1750-56). Member of the Small Council from 1763 onwards, as renovator of the alms system (1764), and, from 1765 onwards, as the administrator of the population statistics. President of the clerical court (1765), standard bearer in Mittellöwen (1766), treasurer of the German-speaking cantons (1767-71) and in the even-numbered years of 1771-91, officiating head of the municipality. |
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| Title | o.T. | |
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| Period writen | 1778 to 1790 | |
| Period covered | 1713 to 1790 | |
| Format / Language | Autograph, German. | |
| Physical description | Volume with 204 pages of autobiography, a table of contents and about 50 blank pages. 33 / 20cm. |
| Content | Detailed autobiography written for his descendants on the basis of diaries, beginning with genealogical remarks. Sinner then discusses his education, travels, family events and his political life. |
| Place of deposit | BBB (Bern) |
| Classification | FA von Sinner 22 |
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| Secondary litterature |
von Fischer, Friedrich. Friedrich von Sinner 1713-1791. In: Sammlung Bernischer Biographien, Band 2. Bern 1896, S. 93-109. |
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| Author | Basel |
