Carl Ahasver von Sinner was a Bernese architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 of the Louis XVI period.

Born in Sumiswald

Sumiswald

Sumiswald is a municipality in the district of the Emmental administrative district in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.-Geography:Sumiswald has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 46.3% is forested...

 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

Grand Council of Bern

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, in 1795 and head magistrate (Oberamtmann) of Schwarzenburg

Schwarzenburg

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 from 1803 to 1805.

As an architect, he is noted for the palace of Lohn, now the country estate of the Swiss Federal Council

Swiss Federal Council

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; the Kleehof in Kirchberg and the estate of Hofwil

Hofwil

Hofwil is a village in the canton of Berne, Switzerland, part of the municipality of Münchenbuchsee.-External links:...

 in Münchenbuchsee

Münchenbuchsee

Münchenbuchsee is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is famous as the birthplace of painter Paul Klee.-History:...

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