The basle family

Stehelin - Staehelin - Staehelin

A family history that goes back 500 years.

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The Basel Family Stehelin - Stähelin - Staehelin

The progenitor of the Basel family Stehelin - Stähelin - Staehelin is Hans Stehelin, "the red roper", who was granted the citizenship of the city of Basel in 1520.

 

What connects us members of this family

Our family is characterized by an extraordinary solidarity. We strive to maintain and develop our values in a timely manner, both within the family and in a wider social context. We can count on family members on different continents and in different language regions, just as they can count on the family – connected by a history of more than 500 years with its origin in the city of Basel.

our topics

From the coat of arms to the board of trustees

Here is a selection of our topics and areas of activity. Some content is only accessible to family members.

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Our family name
Everything about the origin of our family name and its development over the last 500 years.
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The three spellings
How the three different spellings came about and what is behind them.
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The book to the family
The Stähelin'sche Family Fund has commissioned two historians to research the history of the family over the 500 years and to report on the result in a book.
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The two foundations
Two family foundations exist. The older one, the Stähelin'sche Familienfonds, was established in 1739 by Balthasar Stähelin-Ryhiner. The younger of the two foundations is the Adolf Stehelin'sche Familienstiftung, established in 1898 by Adolf Stehelin.
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The family coat of arms
Everything about the development and interpretation of our family coat of arms up to today's digital form.