Carl Ahasver von Sinner (February 2, 1754 – April 25, 1821) was a Bernese architect of the Louis XVI period.

Biography

Born in Sumiswald as the son of governor (Landvogt) Johann Bernhard von Sinner, he married Maria Susanna Zeerleder in 1780. He was a member of the Grand Council of Bern, in 1795 and head magistrate (Oberamtmann) of Schwarzenburg from 1803 to 1805.

Carl Ahasver von Sinner

As an architect, he is noted for the palace of Lohn, now the country estate of the Swiss Federal Council; the Kleehof in Kirchberg and the estate of Hofwil in Münchenbuchsee.

Carl Ahasver von Sinner

Buildings

Landsitz Lohn, Kehrsatz, 1782–1783

Tschiffeligut (Kleehof), Kirchberg, Bern, reconstruction 1783

Clergy house, Ammerswil, 1783

Amtshaus (official residence), Aarau, 1784–1787

Hofwil, Münchenbuchsee, 1784–1786

Schloss Rued, Schlossrued 1792–1796

Ortbühl, Steffisburg, 1794

Gasthof Ochsen, Schöftland, 1798

Urechhaus (a three-story classicist house), Othmarsingen

Müllerhaus Lenzburg, 1780

References

1754 births

1821 deaths

Swiss architects

Swiss nobility

Carl Ahasver von Sinner