Franz Lindt (born 11 September 1844 in

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- died 17 November 1901 in

) was a

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who served as the sixth

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Personal life

Lindt graduated from the engineering School of Federal Polytechnic in

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Political career

After a brief stay abroad he became Adjunct at Bern Kantonsgeometer Franz Rudolf Jacob pipe. After this, he had been elected to the Executive Council in 1872, Lindt took office as Kantonsgeometer. In 1894 he was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern, where he took over the building department. After Mayor Eduard Müller was elected in the Federal Council in 1895, Lindt took over the office of Mayor of Bern. In 1899 he resigned because of a back injury leaving him incapable to fulfill his duties as Mayor.

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Political career

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