| Surname | Wattenwyl, von | |
| First Name | Ferdinand Bernhard | |
| Gender | male | |
| Place of birth | ||
| Place of death | ||
| Year of birth | 1752 | |
| Year of death | 1837 | |
| Profession | Officer | |
| Religion | Protestant | |
| Place(s) of activity | Bern | |
| Century | 18 / 19 | |
| Biographical information | Captain in France. He became a member of the Grand Council in 1795. | |
| Title | (f) Journal de Bernard Ferdinand de Watteville | |
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| Period writen | 1772 to 1813 | |
| Period covered | 1772 to 1813 | |
| Format / Language | Autograph, French | |
| Physical description | 2 volumes with around 250 or 270 pages. 24.5 / 17cm or 24.5 / 20.5cm. |
| Content | Diary kept daily for years. Wattenwyl usually makes only one-line comments on his daily work (one page per month). The diary thus gives a good insight into the activities of a Bernese patrician. Volume 1 covers the years 1772-1791 (mainly military activities), volume 2 the years 1792-1813 (mainly his activities as estate owner of Bursinel Castle in Vaud). |
| Place of deposit | BBB (Bern) |
| Classification | FA von Tscharner |
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| Secondary litterature |
Bursinel. In: Berner Heim. Sonntagsbeilage des Berner Tagblatt Nr. 3 1943 (27. Februar) [liegt dem Manuskript bei]. |
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| Author | Basel |
