Meyer zum Pfeil
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The Meyer zum Pfeil was a prosperous Swiss noble and patrician family from Basel.
History
It appears in Basel in the 15th century and is one of Basel's oldest patrician families, and dominated the city for several centuries together with a handful of other patrician families. The family were prominent merchants, especially cloth merchants, and many family members have served as council members and Mayors of Basel. The family name is derived from the arrow in its coat of arms. Family members used the noble honorific Junker already at the time the family appeared in Basel.Hans Berner: „Meyer zum Pfeil, Adelberg“, in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 17 (1994), p. 324 ff.Bernoulli, A. (ed.): "Die Familienchronik der Meyer zum Pfeil, 1533–1656". In: Basler Chroniken 6 (1902), pp. 379–422.
Family members include the renaissance humanist Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil, the politician Adelberg Meyer zum Pfeil and the Basel mayor Bernhard Meyer zum Pfeil.
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File:Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil und Barbara zum Luft Wandbehang.jpg|Memorial for Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil and Barbara zum Lufft, with their combined family arms
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File:Meyer zum Pfeil Wappen I.jpg|Meyer zum Pfeil coat of arms
File:Jakob Meyer zum Pfeil (+ c. 1515).jpg|Jakob Meyer zum Pfeil son of Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil
File:Bernhard Meyer zum Pfeil (1488-1558).jpg|Bernhard Meyer zum Pfeil, mayor of Basel
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{{Patrician families of Basel}}