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Kurt Bächtold

Swiss regional historian, journalist and politician (1918-2009)
Person human Q1680400

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
November 13, 1918
Date of death
October 30, 2009
Place of birth
Merishausen
Place of death
Schaffhausen
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[10]
Occupation
regional historian, journalist, politician, historian, editing staff
Position held
Member of the Swiss Council of States, President of the Swiss Council of States, substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Wikidata item[11][12][13][14][15]
Religion or worldview
reformed[17]
Member of political party
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland[19]
Work location
Schaffhausen, Bern[23][24]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[28]
Described by source
Schaffhausen Canton History of the 19th and 20th Centuries[27]
Documentation files at
SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts[30]
Family name
Bächtold[21]
Given name
Kurt[22]
Member of
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe[16]
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Osterfingen, Wilchingen[25][26]
Name in native language
Kurt Bächtold[29]
P14527
18552[31]
Residence
Schaffhausen[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kurt Bächtold en Kurt Baechtold nl Kurt Bachtold
🔖 Identifiers · 22
ISNI
0000000117799566
VIAF cluster ID
111614854
Library of Congress authority ID
n81076103
GND ID
136080383
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
ETH-BIB-Kurt Bächtold-Com L20-0941-0258.tif ↗
BDELIS ID
57418
DDB person (GND) ID
136080383
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
136080383
Dodis ID
P41824
FotoCH photographer ID
44552
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122kccmj
HDS ID
006034
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IdRef ID
182046028
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
136080383
NUKAT ID
n2002040011
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810540244905606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070831343
PACE member ID
1509
SPAP ID
a/34204086-ca95-44f6-8ed9-524a03983321
Swiss parliament ID
1178
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdMfKhJH9YhQb7JVMRBT3
Yale LUX ID
person/91ce68c6-4251-4429-be2a-1919d3f54c31

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🔗 Connections
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national 2
Wilchingen, Osterfingen
Occupation 2
politician, journalist
Work location 2
Bern, Schaffhausen
Country of citizenship 1
Switzerland
Given name 1
Kurt
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Member of 1
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Member of political party 1
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
Place of birth 1
Merishausen
Place of death 1
Schaffhausen
Residence 1
Schaffhausen
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
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Summary

Kurt Bächtold was born on November 13, 1918[1], in Merishausen[2]. He died on October 30, 2009[3], in Schaffhausen[4]. He worked as a regional historian[5], journalist[6], politician[7], historian[8], and editing staff[9].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Kurt Bächtold include Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason[32], a literary work[33], written by Helen Fielding[34].

FAQs

Where was Kurt Bächtold born?

Kurt Bächtold was born in Merishausen[2].

Where did Kurt Bächtold die?

Kurt Bächtold passed away in Schaffhausen[4].

What did Kurt Bächtold do for work?

Kurt Bächtold worked as a regional historian[5], journalist[6], politician[7], historian[8], and editing staff[9].

Related Entities

Bern Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Database of important Persons from Schaffhausen. wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . assembly.coe.int. assembly.coe.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . assembly.coe.int. assembly.coe.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Database of important Persons from Schaffhausen. wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . Database of important Persons from Schaffhausen. wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . pace.coe.int. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Database of important Persons from Schaffhausen. wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Database of important Persons from Schaffhausen. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Database of important Persons from Schaffhausen. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . performing-arts.ch. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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