Gosteli Coat of Arms - Cow version - Bolligen, BE, Switzerland

Gosteli Coat of Arms - Oak Leaf version - Bolligen, BE, Switzerland

Gosteli is a rare yet distinguished surname of Swiss origin. A surname is a name added to a Given name and is part of a Personal name. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation This surname's history can be traced back to as early as the 12th century where it was held by many nobles and people of great importance. Nobility is a government-privileged title which may be either hereditary (see Hereditary titles) or for a lifetime Information on the Gosteli surname turns up randomly within the Swiss Confederation and throughout Switzerland's history. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Since 1848, the Swiss Confederation has been a Federal state of relatively autonomous cantons some of which have a history of confederacy that goes back Due to the lack of record keeping in early times, most of the history is not well documented until the year 1500. One of the early Gosteli families listed is Jakob Gosteli, born around 1522 in Bolligen, Bern, Switzerland. Bolligen is a municipality in the Berne administrative district of the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. The city of Berne or Bern (, Berne, Berna, Romansh: Berna, Bernese German: Bärn) is the Bundesstadt ( Federal Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation His family consisted of wife, Christina Schmid, and 3 sons & 3 daughters: Martin, Michael, Niklaus, Barbli, Christine, and Barbel. Through canton and church records, many Gosteli family lines can be traced to this point.

The Swiss origin of the Gosteli name lies within the Bolligen, Bern region of Switzerland. Bolligen is a municipality in the Berne administrative district of the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. The city of Berne or Bern (, Berne, Berna, Romansh: Berna, Bernese German: Bärn) is the Bundesstadt ( Federal Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Today the Gosteli surname is still primarily found in Switzerland but a few branches of the family line can also be found in areas of UK, Canada and the USA. A surname is a name added to a Given name and is part of a Personal name. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Notable Gosteli

• Benedikt Gosteli Died in the 1798 Napoleon invasion of Ostermundigen, Switzerland. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. 1
• Marthe Gosteli - Founder of Gosteli Foundation
• Fritz Gosteli - President Alberta Swiss Crossbow Association
• Sonja C. Gosteli - President Globi Corporation
• James R. Gosteli - Mayor of Cheadle, Alberta and Photography Artist
• Brett A. Cheadle is a hamlet located along Highway 24, just South of the Highway 1 in south-central Alberta, Canada Gosteli - President Gosteli Computer Solutions
• Hans Gosteli - Antica Masseria Gosteli

Two traditional variations of the Gosteli Familien-Wappen \ Coat-of-Arms. The left is the most earliest form

See also

• Bolligen
• History of Bern
• History of Zürich
• History of the Grisons
• Swiss Confederation
• The Swiss Mercenaries of early history
• The Swiss-German Language
• Gosteli Stiftung

This surname-related article is a stub. Bolligen is a municipality in the Berne administrative district of the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. From her inauspicious beginnings as a Celtic settlement in pre- Roman Central Europe, the city of Berne grew to become an aristocratic city Zürich was continuously inhabited since Roman times Political power lay with the Grossmünster and Fraumünster abbeys during Medieval times The Three Leagues was the alliance of 1471 of the League of God's House, the League of the Ten Jurisdictions and the Grey League, leading eventually to Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Swiss mercenaries were soldiers notable for their service in foreign armies especially the armies of the Kings of France, throughout the Early Modern period of European Swiss German ( Schweizerdeutsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken A family name or last name is a type of Surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.