Carl Ahasver von Sinner
Carl Ahasver von Sinner was a Bernese architect of the Louis XVI period.Biography
Born in Sumiswald as the son of governor 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 of Schwarzenburg from 1803 to 1805.
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.Buildings
- Landsitz Lohn, Kehrsatz, 1782 – 1783
- :de:Campagne Kleehof|Tschiffeligut, Kirchberg, Bern, reconstruction 1783
- Clergy house, Ammerswil, 1783
- Amtshaus, Aarau, 1784 – 1787
- Hofwil, Münchenbuchsee, 1784 – 1786
- :de:Schloss Rued|Schloss Rued, Schlossrued 1792 – 1796
- :de:Campagne Ortbühl|Ortbühl, Steffisburg, 1794
- Gasthof Ochsen, Schöftland, 1798
- Urechhaus, Othmarsingen
- Müllerhaus, Lenzburg, 1780
