Bern / Berne / Berna

 

Adopted 1353

 

   May 1191               City founded by Bertold V of Zähringen

01 Dec 1208               First mention of the name Bern

18 Feb 1218               Imperial Free City

06 Mar 1353               Member of the of the Swiss Confederation

12 Apr 1798 - 10 Mar 1803 Part of the Helvetic Republic

10 Mar 1803               City and Republic of Bern restored

31 Dec 1978               Secession of North Bernese Jura

24 Nov 2013               Referendum on Bernese Jura joining Jura is rejected by 71.8%

 

Counts of Zähringen

1025 - 1077 Berthold I

1077 - 1111 Berthold II

1111 - 1122 Berthold III

1122 - 1152 Konrad I

1152 - 1186 Berthold IV

1186 - 1191 Hugo I

1191 - 1218 Berthold V

 

Erste Schultheissen

23 Apr 1803 - 31 Dec 1804 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (1st Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1805 Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen (1st Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1806 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (2nd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1807 Christoph Friedrich Freudenreich (1st Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1808 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (3rd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1809 Christoph Friedrich Freudenreich (2nd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1810 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (4th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1811 Christoph Friedrich Freudenreich (3rd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1812 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (5th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1813 Christoph Friedrich Freudenreich (4th Time)

01 Jan 1814 - 31 Dec 1815 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (6th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1816 Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen (2nd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1817 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (7th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1818 Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen (3rd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1819 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (8th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1820 Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen (4th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1821 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (9th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1822 Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen (5th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1823 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (10th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1824 Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen (6th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1825 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (11th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1826 Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen (7th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1827 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (12th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1828 Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen (8th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1829 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (13th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1830 Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen (9th Time)

01 Jan      - 20 Oct 1831 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (14th Time)

Landamanner

21 Oct 1831 - 31 Dec 1832 Karl Antons von Lerber

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1833 Anton Gottlieb Simon

01 Jan      - 04 Mar 1834 Philipp Emanuel Fellenberg

11 Mar      - 31 Dec 1834 Gottlieb Messmer (1st Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1835 Karl Friedrich Ludwig Lohner

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1836 Gottlieb Messmer (2nd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1837 Johann Anton von Tillier (1st Time)

01 Jan      - 25 Sep 1838 Johann Schnell

25 Sep      - 31 Dec 1838 Johann Rudolf Scheinhauer (1st Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1839 Johann Anton von Tillier (2nd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1840 Johann Rudolf Scheinhauer (2nd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1841 Eduard Eugen Blösch (1st Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1842 Alexander Ludwig Funk (1st Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1843 Eduard Eugen Blösch (2nd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1844 Alexander Ludwig Funk (2nd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1845 Christian Emanuel Jaggi

01 Jan      - 30 Aug 1846 Xaver Péquingnot

Regierungsratspräsidenten

30 Aug 1846 - 02 Dec 1847 Alexander Ludwig Funk (1st Time)

02 Dec 1847 - 31 May 1848 Johann Ulrich Ochsenbein

01 Jun 1848 - 31 May 1849 Alexander Ludwig Funk (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1849 - 31 May 1850 Jakob Stämpfli 

01 Jun 1850 - 31 May 1851 Eduard Blösch (1st Time)

01 Jun 1851 - 31 May 1852 Ludwig Fischer (1st time)

01 Jun 1852 - 31 May 1853 Eduard Blösch (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1853 - 31 May 1854 Ludwig Fischer (2nd time)

01 Jun 1854 - 01 May 1855 Eduard Blösch (3rd Time)

01 Jun 1855 - 31 May 1856 Paul Migy (1st Time)

01 Jun 1856 - 31 May 1857 Eduard Blösch (4th Time)

01 Jun 1857 - 31 May 1858 Paul Migy (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1858 - 31 May 1859 Karl Schenk (1st Time)

01 Jun 1859 - 31 May 1860 Paul Migy (3rd Time)

01 Jun 1860 - 31 May 1861 Karl Schenk (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1861 - 31 May 1862 Paul Migy (4th Time)

01 Jun 1862 - 31 May 1863 Karl Schenk (3rd Time)

01 Jun 1863 - 31 May 1864 Paul Migy (5th Time)

01 Jun 1864 - 31 May 1865 Jakob Scherz (1st Time)

01 Jun 1865 - 31 May 1866 Paul Migy (6th Time)

01 Jun 1866 - 31 May 1867 Johann Weber (1st Time)

01 Jun 1867 - 31 May 1868 Jakob Scherz (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1868 - 31 May 1869 Johann Weber (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1869 - 31 May 1870 Ludwig Kurz

01 Jun 1870 - 31 May 1871 Johann Weber (3rd Time

01 Jun 1871 - 31 May 1872 Johann Jakob Kummer

01 Jun 1872 - 31 May 1873 Pierre Jolissaint

01 Jun 1873 - 31 May 1874 Wilhelm Teuscher (1st Time)

01 Jun 1874 - 31 May 1875 Constant Bodenheimer

01 Jun 1875 - 31 May 1876 Wilhelm Teuscher (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1876 - 31 May 1877 Rudolf Rohr (1st Time)

01 Jun 1877 - 31 May 1878 Wilhelm Teuscher (3rd Time)

01 Jun 1878 - 31 May 1879 Rudolf Rohr (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1879 - 31 May 1880 Alfred Scheurer (1st Time)

01 Jun 1880 - 31 May 1881 Edmund von Steiger (1st Time)

01 Jun 1881 - 31 May 1882 Rudolf Rohr (3rd Time)

01 Jun 1882 - 31 May 1883 Joseph Stockmar (1st Time)

01 Jun 1883 - 31 May 1884 Alfred Scheurer (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1884 - 31 May 1885 Friedrich Eggli (1st Time)

01 Jun 1885 - 31 May 1886 Niklaus Räz

01 Jun 1886 - 31 May 1887 Albert Gobat (1st Time)

01 Jun 1887 - 31 May 1888 Rudolf Rohr (4th Time)

01 Jun 1888 - 31 May 1889 Johann Schär

01 Jun 1889 - 31 May 1890 Joseph Stockmar (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1890 - 31 May 1891 Alfred Scheurer (3rd Time)

01 Jun 1891 - 31 May 1892 Friedrich Eggli (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1892 - 31 May 1893 Herrmann Lienhard

01 Jun 1893 - 31 May 1894 Eduard Marti

01 Jun 1894 - 31 May 1895 Edmund von Steiger (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1895 - 31 May 1896 Albert Gobat (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1896 - 31 May 1897 Friedrich von Wattenwyl (1st Time)

01 Jun 1897 - 31 May 1898 Johann Ritschard (1st Time)

01 Jun 1898 - 31 May 1899 Alfred Kläy (1st Time)

01 Jun 1899 - 31 May 1900 Niklaus Morgenthaler

01 Jun 1900 - 31 May 1901 Johann Minder .......................... 1848-1907

01 Jun 1901 - 31 May 1902 Louis Joliat ........................... 1846-1922

01 Jun 1902 - 31 May 1903 Edmund von Steiger (3rd Time)

01 Jun 1903 - 31 May 1904 Albert Gobat (3rd Time)

01 Jun 1904 - 31 May 1905 Friedrich von Wattenwyl (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1905 - 31 May 1906 Johann Ritschard (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1906 - 31 May 1907 Gottfreid Kunz ......................... 1859-1930

01 Jun 1907 - 31 May 1908 Alfred Kläy (1st Time)

01 Jun 1908 - 31 May 1909 Henri Simonin (1st Time)

01 Jun 1909 - 31 May 1910 Karl Könitzer .......................... 1855-1927

01 Jun 1910 - 31 May 1911 Karl Moser (1st Time) .................. 1854-1915

01 Jun 1911 - 31 May 1912 Friedrich Burren (1st Time) ............ 1860-1936

01 Jun 1912 - 31 May 1913 Emil Lohner (1st Time) ................. 1865-1959

01 Jun 1913 - 31 May 1914 Karl Scheurer .......................... 1872-1929

01 Jun 1914 - 31 May 1915 Rudolf von Erlach ...................... 1860-1925

01 Jun 1915 - 31 May 1916 Albert Locher .......................... 1856-1917

01 Jun 1916 - 31 May 1917 Hans Tschumi (1st Time) ................ 1858-1944

01 Jun 1917 - 31 May 1918 Leo Merz (1st Time) .................... 1869-1952

01 Jun 1918 - 31 May 1919 Henri Simonin (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1919 - 31 May 1920 Karl Moser (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1920 - 31 May 1921 Alfred Stauffer (1st Time) ............. 1867-1959

01 Jun 1921 - 31 May 1922 Friedrich Burren (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1922 - 31 May 1923 Friedrich Volmer ....................... 1875-1945

01 Jun 1923 - 31 May 1924 Emil Lohner (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1924 - 31 May 1925 Hans Tschumi (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1925 - 31 May 1926 Leo Merz (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1926 - 31 May 1927 Walter Bösiger (1st Time) .............. 1878-1960

01 Jun 1927 - 31 May 1928 Karl Moser (3rd Time)

01 Jun 1928 - 31 May 1929 Friedrich Joss (1st Time) .............. 1886-1939

01 Jun 1929 - 31 May 1930 Paul Guggisberg (1st Time) ............. 1881-1946

01 Jun 1930 - 31 May 1931 Hugo Dürrenberg (1st Time) ............. 1876-1957

01 Jun 1931 - 31 May 1932 Alfred Rudolf (1st Time) ............... 1877-1955

01 Jun 1932 - 31 May 1933 Henri Mouttet (1st Time) ............... 1883-1975

01 Jun 1933 - 31 May 1934 Hans Stähli (1st Time) ................. 1889-1963

01 Jun 1934 - 31 May 1935 Alfred Stauffer (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1935 - 31 May 1936 Walter Bösiger (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1936 - 31 May 1937 Arnold Seematter (1st Time) ............ 1890-1954

01 Jun 1937 - 31 May 1938 Friedrich Joss (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1938 - 31 May 1939 Paul Guggisberg (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1939 - 31 May 1940 Hugo Dürrenberg (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1940 - 31 May 1941 Robert Grimm ........................... 1881-1958

01 Jun 1941 - 31 May 1942 Georges Moeckli (1st Time) ............. 1889-1974

01 Jun 1942 - 31 May 1943 Maximilian Gafner (1st Time) ........... 1892-1957

01 Jun 1943 - 31 May 1944 Alfred Rudolf (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1944 - 31 May 1945 Henri Mouttet (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1945 - 31 May 1946 Hans Stähli (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1946 - 31 May 1947 Arnold Seematter (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1947 - 31 May 1948 Markus Feldmann ........................ 1897-1958

01 Jun 1948 - 31 May 1949 Walter Siegenthaler (1st Time) ......... 1904-1994

01 Jun 1949 - 31 May 1950 Friedrich Giovanoli (1st Time) ......... 1898-1964

01 Jun 1950 - 31 May 1951 Samuel Brawand (1st Time) .............. 1898-2001

01 Jun 1951 - 31 May 1952 Virgile Moine (1st Time) ............... 1900-1987

01 Jun 1952 - 31 May 1953 Dewet Buri (1st Time) .................. 1901-1995

01 Jun 1953 - 31 May 1954 Georges Moeckli (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1954 - 31 May 1955 Rudolf Gnägi ........................... 1917-1985

01 Jun 1955 - 31 May 1956 Maximilian Gafner (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1956 - 31 May 1957 Robert Bauder (1st Time) ............... 1916-1991

01 Jun 1957 - 31 May 1958 Henri Huber (1st Time) ................. 1918-1979

01 Jun 1958 - 31 May 1959 Walter Siegenthaler (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1959 - 31 May 1960 Friedrich Giovanoli (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1960 - 31 May 1961 Friedrich Moser (1st Time) ............. 1908-1985

01 Jun 1961 - 31 May 1962 Samuel Brawand (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1962 - 31 May 1963 Hans Tschumi (1st Time) ................ 1908-2001

01 Jun 1963 - 31 May 1964 Virgile Moine (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1964 - 31 May 1965 Erwin Schneider (1st Time) ............. 1910-1998

01 Jun 1965 - 31 May 1966 Dewet Buri (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1966 - 31 May 1967 Adolf Blaser ........................... 1908-1978

01 Jun 1967 - 31 May 1968 Robert Bauder (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1967 - 31 May 1969 Henri Huber (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1969 - 31 May 1970 Friedrich Moser (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1970 - 31 May 1971 Hans Tschumi (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1971 - 31 May 1972 Erwin Schneider (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1972 - 31 May 1973 Simon Kohler ........................... 1916-1990

01 Jun 1973 - 31 May 1974 Ernst Jaberg ........................... 1917-1998

01 Jun 1974 - 31 May 1975 Ernst Blaser (1st Time) ................ 1922-1994

01 Jun 1975 - 31 May 1976 Robert Bauder (3rd Time)

01 Jun 1976 - 31 May 1977 Werner Martigoni (1st Time) ............ 1927-

01 Jun 1977 - 31 May 1978 Bernhard Müller (1st Time) ............. 1931-

01 Jun 1978 - 31 May 1979 Kurt Meyer ............................. 1932-

01 Jun 1979 - 31 May 1980 Ernst Blaser (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1980 - 31 May 1981 Henri Louis Favre ...................... 1920-2011

01 Jun 1981 - 31 May 1982 Gotthelf Bürki ......................... 1925-2006

01 Jun 1982 - 31 May 1983 Henri Simon ............................ 1926-1984

01 Jun 1983 - 31 May 1984 Peter Schmid (1st Time) ................ 1941-

01 Jun 1984 - 31 May 1985 Hans Krähenbühl ........................ 1924-2010

01 Jun 1985 - 31 May 1986 Werner Martigoni (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1986 - 31 May 1987 René Bärtschi (1st Time) ............... 1931-1992

01 Jun 1987 - 31 May 1988 Bernhard Müller (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1988 - 31 May 1989 Peter Siegenthaler ..................... 1940-

01 Jun 1989 - 31 May 1990 Ueli Augsburger ........................ 1941-

01 Jun 1990 - 31 May 1991 Peter Schmid (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1991 - 31 May 1992 René Bärtschi (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1992 - 31 May 1993 Peter Widmer ........................... 1935-

01 Jun 1993 - 31 May 1994 Hermann Fehr ........................... 1941-

01 Jun 1994 - 31 May 1995 Mario Annoni (1st Time) ................ 1954-

01 Jun 1995 - 31 May 1996 Dori Schaer-Born ....................... 1942-

01 Jun 1996 - 31 May 1997 Hans Lauri ............................. 1944-

01 Jun 1997 - 31 May 1998 Elisabeth Zölch-Balmer (1st Time) ...... 1951-

01 Jun 1998 - 31 May 1999 Mario Annoni (2nd Time)

01 Jun 1999 - 31 May 2000 Samuel Bhend ........................... 1943-

01 Jun 2000 - 31 May 2001 Dora Andres ............................ 1957-

01 Jun 2001 - 31 May 2002 Werner Luginbühl (1st Time) ............ 1958-

01 Jun 2002 - 31 May 2003 Elisabeth Zölch-Balmer (2nd Time)

01 Jun 2003 - 31 May 2004 Urs Gasche (1st Time) .................. 1955-

01 Jun 2004 - 31 May 2005 Babara Egger-Jenzer (1st Time) ......... 1956-

01 Jun 2005 - 31 May 2006 Mario Annoni (3rd Time)

01 Jun 2006 - 31 May 2007 Werner Luginbühl (2nd Time)

01 Jun 2007 - 31 May 2008 Urs Gasche (2nd Time)

01 Jun 2008 - 31 May 2009 Babara Egger-Jenzer (2nd Time)

01 Jun 2009 - 31 May 2010 Hans-Jürg Käser ........................ 1949-

01 Jun 2010 - 31 May 2010 Philippe Perrenoud ..................... 1955-

01 Jun 2011 - 31 May 2012 Bernhard Pulver ........................ 1965-

01 Jun 2012 - 31 May 2013 Andreas Rickenbacher ................... 1968-

01 Jun 2013 - 31 May 2014 Christophe Neuhaus ..................... 1966-

01 Jun 2014 - 31 May 2015 Babara Egger-Jenzer (3rd Time)

01 Jun 2015 -             Hans-Jürg Käser (2nd Time)