Ludwig Robert von Erlach, portrait by Frans van Dorne (1816)
Ludwig Robert von Erlach (born August 25, 1794 in Hindelbank; † June 19, 1879 in Bolligen) was a Swiss landowner and politician.
Ludwig Robert von Erlach was the son of Karl Ludwig von Erlach and Johanna Margaretha von Muralt; he had a twin brother Moritz.[1] After his father’s death, he received his uncle Anton Gottlieb von Muralt as his guardian.[2] Around 1808 he attended high school in Bern, where he met Georg von Escher.[3] In 1817 he married his sister Anna Maria.[4] After studying in Lausanne, he returned to Bern in 1812 and began his military career.[5] He came to the Grand Council in 1824, was senior mayor of Konolfingen from 1826 to 1831, and again in the Grand Council from 1839. He was the owner of Hindelbank Castle, which he sold to the state of Bern in 1866.
- N Emil Bloesch 5 (33) Correspondence: Erlach, Ludwig Robert von (1794-1879) and Bloesch, Karl Emil (1838-1900), 1876-1879 in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
- FA von Fellenberg 167.23 (50) Correspondence: Erlach, Robert von (1794-1879) [Hindelbank u. Schlosswyl an Fellenberg, (Philipp) Emanuel von (1771-1844), 1823-1844 ] in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
- Mss.Mül.488 (8) Correspondence: Erlach, Robert von (1794-1879) to Zeerleder, Karl (1780-1851), 1813.07.01-1844.03.04 in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
- FA von Fellenberg 54 (14) Correspondence: Erlach, Ludwig Robert von (1794-1879) to Müller, Karl (Friedrich Rudolf) von (1810-1884), 1864 in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
- Stray stocks in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
- Emil BLösch: Ludwig Robert von Erlach. 1794-1879. In: Historical Association of the Canton of Bern (ed.): Collection of Bernese biographies. Band 1. Bern 1884, S. 377–381doi:10.3931/e-rara-32410.
- Hans-Ulrich von Erlach: Ludwig Robert von Erlach von Hindelbank (1794-1879). In: Burgdorf yearbook. 1981, S. 17–86.
- Christoph Zuercher: Erlach, Robert von. In: Historical lexicon of Switzerland.
- ↑ by Erlach 1981, p. 18.
- ↑ by Erlach 1981, p. 23.
- ↑ by Erlach 1981, p. 24.
- ↑ by Erlach 1981, p. 24.
- ↑ by Erlach 1981, p. 25.
