Anna von Wattenwyl

Anna von Wattenwyl (1841 – 12 January 1927) was a Swiss religious worker and a pioneer of the Salvation Army. She held the rank of colonel in the Army, and served as the Secretary of Women's Social Work, helping establish programs and centers in Switzerland. She was the last Swiss Salvation Army officer to be sentenced to prison in Basel, as participation in the Holiness movement at that time was a criminal offense in the Swiss Confederation.

Biography Von Wattenwyl was born in Lauenen in 1841 to an Irish mother, Anna Maria von Wattenwyl, and a Swiss father, Gottlieb von Wattenwyl. She was one of six children. She was later imprisoned for her work, which was still illegal at the time, and was the last Swiss Salvation Army officer to be sentenced to prison in Basel. She died on 12 January 1927. She is remembered in Barbara Traber's book 40 Important Berneses Women from Seven Centuries.