Carl Ahasver von Sinner

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.

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 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