| Surname | Wattenwyl, von | |
| First Name | Alexander Ludwig | |
| Gender | male | |
| Place of birth | Berne | |
| Place of death | Berne | |
| Year of birth | 1714 | |
| Year of death | 1780 | |
| Profession | Public official | |
| Religion | Protestant | |
| Place(s) of activity | Bern | |
| Century | 18 | |
| Biographical information | Son of Franz Ludwig and Elisabeth de Mestral. In 1736, he married Dorothea Salome von Erlach, daughter of Viktor. From 1745 onwards, he was a councillor in Bern; bailiff in Nidau (1752-58), from 1762 onwards, commander in the priory of Moutier-Grandval. From 1762 onwards, he was a member of the library commission and the school council in Bern and acted as censor. In 1739, he founded, together with Johann Georg Altmann, the Deutsche Gesellschaft (German Society) to cultivate language and literature. In 1759, he was one of the founding members of the Economic Society of Bern, which he presided over in 1767 and 1769. In 1747, he suggested the foundation of a Historical Society. In 1762, he joined the Helvetic Society and became its president in 1766. | |
| Title | Notebook 1: (a) Continuatio 6ta. Meines Journals oder Diarii seit dem 8ten. 10bris 1732 biß zu dem 5ten Julii 1733. | |
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| Period writen | 1732 to 1745 | |
| Period covered | 1732 to 1745 | |
| Format / Language | Autograph, the text begins in German and then changes to French. | |
| Physical description | 20 booklets each with around 20-30 pages. about 17 / 12cm. |
| Content | Diary in which von Wattenwyl notes daily events, e.g. visits, dancing, eating, preaching, invitations, attending school, family, political activities. The main focus of the author is on his social life. He partly lived abroad (Lunéville, France). Wattenwyl's earlier diaries have been lost, it seems – this is apparent from a note in the first booklet. |
| Place of deposit | StABE (Bern) |
| Classification | FA von Wattenwyl |
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| Author | Basel |
