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Bonstetten Confederacy 1479
Bonstetten may refer to: Places: *Bonstetten, Switzerland, a village of the Canton of Zürich * Bonstetten, Bavaria, a community of Bavaria * von Bonstetten, a historical noble family and Swiss surname **Albrecht von Bonstetten Albrecht von Bonstetten (c. 1443-c. 1504) was a Swiss humanist of the later 15th century. A member of the baronial '' von Bonstetten'' family, he entered Einsiedeln Abbey at a young age, and after studies in Fribourg and Basel he returned to Ei ... (d. c. 1504), deacon at Einsiedeln and humanist writer ** Charles Victor de Bonstetten (1745-1832), Swiss writer ** Walter von Bonstetten (1867-1949), Swiss Guide and Scout Movement notable {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonstetten, Switzerland
Bonstetten is a village in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Bonstetten is first mentioned in 1120 as ''Buonstetin'', though this reference is debated. In 1184 it was mentioned as ''Bowensteden''. Geography Bonstetten has an area of . Of this area, 57.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 13.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Demographics Bonstetten has a population (as of ) of . , 11.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 32.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (90.6%), with English being second most common ( 2.2%) and Italian being third ( 1.9%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (20.4%), the FDP (17.2%) and the CSP ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonstetten, Bavaria
Bonstetten is a municipality in the district of Augsburg in Bavaria in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... References Augsburg (district) {{Augsburgdistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Von Bonstetten
Bonstetten was the name of a noble family originally from Bonstetten, Switzerland (now in the Swiss canton of Zürich). First mentioned in 1122 with one ''Henricus de Bonstadin'', the family held the office of reeves in Zürich in the 13th century, and several members acted as judges in Thurgau in the 13th and 14th century. In the 14th century, they acquired Oberelsass, Aargau and Sundgau, rising to considerable prominence and entering marital ties with the House of Habsburg. Hermann von Bonstetten was prince-abbot of St Gall during 1333–1360. In the 15th century, the family lost its prominence and was reduced to the status of local lower nobility. In 1498, they received a confirmation of their baronial status from Maximilian I. The family now became part of the patriciate of Zürich and Berne. The Zürich line was extinct in 1606. Humanist Albrecht von Bonstetten (d. c. 1504) was from the Berne line. The Berne line prospered, and produced a number of prominent politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albrecht Von Bonstetten
Albrecht von Bonstetten (c. 1443-c. 1504) was a Swiss humanist of the later 15th century. A member of the baronial ''von Bonstetten'' family, he entered Einsiedeln Abbey at a young age, and after studies in Fribourg and Basel he returned to Einsiedeln and was made deacon in 1469. He studied canon law at Pavia and was ordained a priest in 1474, and he received the title of ''doctor utriusque iuris'' from Emperor Maximilian in 1498. He published a biography on Nicholas of Flüe called ''Historia fratris Nicholai'' in 1479. He is the author of a number of religious and historiographical works in Latin. His ''Superioris Germaniae Confoederationis descriptio'' (written in 1479) is the oldest geographic description of the Old Swiss Confederacy (called by von Bonstetten the "Upper German Confederacy"; the adoption of the name of ''Schwyz'' developed after his time). The work was presented to the king of France and the Doge of Venice in 1479, and was combined with a description of Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Victor De Bonstetten
Charles Victor de Bonstetten (german: Karl Viktor von Bonstetten; 3 September 17453 February 1832) was a Swiss liberal writer. Life Charles Victor was born at Bern in Switzerland to one of its great patrician families on 3 September 1745. He began his education there before traveling at age 14 to Yverdon. He studied at Geneva from 1763 to 1766 at Geneva, where he came under the influence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Charles Bonnet and imbibed liberal sentiments. His father, intending to fit him for a career as a Bernese senator of the traditional type, was alarmed at the tone of his letters from Geneva and recalled his son to Bern. He obeyed but his distaste for Bernese life led him to attempt suicide by pistol. Supposedly, he was distracted by a moonbeam at the moment of discharge and survived to be sent by his father to Leiden to continue his studies. As the climate of Leiden disagreed with him, he was permitted to travel to England in 1769, where he made many friends includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
