Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Bern Scientific Society in Bern

Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1786	According to an historical page on scholars associated with the Naturhistorische Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, in 1786 Jakob Samuel Wyttenbach (1748-1830) and others founded the Privatgesellschaft naturforschender Freunde in Bern, from which in 1815 the Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Bern sprang. At a page entitled Einstein in the Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Bern, we read that on 18 December 1786, Jakob Samuel Wyttenbach (1748-1830) hosted the first meeting of the Privatgesellschaft naturforschender Freunde in Bern where the seven founding members gathered. It indicates that the Naturforschende in Bern sprang from this private society.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Bern Switzerland	This location is supported by the names of the Society.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1786 - 1815	Privatgesellschaft naturforschender Freunde in Bern	A page at Einstein in the Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Bern. Also a historical page on scholars associated with the Naturhistorische Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern
1815 -	Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Bern	A historical page on scholars associated with the Naturhistorische Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern
1944? -	Naturforschende Gesellschaft Bern = Scientific Society in Bern	Its publications
Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Bern = Scientific Society in Bern

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1843 - 1942 [i.e. pub. 1843 - 1943] (Nr.1 - Nr.1769)   A	Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern According to a record in the GBV German Union cat., in the beginning the title was Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern. That record also gives the publishing statement as 1843 - 1942(1943). The record in the NEBIS: Swiss Union Catalogue, however, gives it as Nr. 1 (1843) - 1769 (1942). Continued by B. Indexed Pogg. & RSLC [GBV German Union cat.; NEBIS: Swiss Union Catalogue]	Bern, Mittheil. [RSLC, v.1, p.xx; v.9, p.xi] Bern, Mitth. [RSLC, v.13, p.xx] Mitt. d. Naturfors. Ges. Bern [J. Ecology, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Feb., 1935), p.245 cites 1919.] Mitt. der Naturf. Ges. in Bern [Ecology, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct., 1926), p.413 cites 1919.] Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Bern [Isis, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Jul., 1934), p.398 cites 1931.] Mitt. Naturf. Gesell. Bern [Proc. Roy. Soc., B Vol. 168, No. 1013 (Nov. 14, 1967), p.389 cites (N.S.), 20, 1964.] Mitt. Naturf. Gesell. in Bern [Geografiska Annaler, Vol. 1 (1919), p.250 cites 1909.] Mitt. Naturforsch. Ges. Bern [Science, New Series, Vol. 173, No. 3993 (Jul. 16, 1971), p.235 cites 24 (1967).] Mitth. Naturf. Gesellsch. Bern [Science, New Series, Vol. 5, No. 105 (Jan. 1, 1897), p.21 cites 1896.] Mittheil. d. naturf. Gesellsch. in Bern [Pogg., v.1, col.321 cites 1843.] Mittheil. d. naturf. Gesellsch. zu Bern [Pogg., v.1, col.335 cites 1848.] Mittheil. der Nat. Ges. in Bern [Proc. Roy. Soc., Vol. 8 (1856 - 1857), p.417 cites 1853.] Mittheil. der Naturforsch. Gesell. von Bern [Science, New Series, Vol. 5, No. 129 (Jun. 18, 1897), p.939 cites 1889.] Mitthl. d. naturf. Gesellsch. in Bern [Pogg., v.1, col.322 cites 1847.]
1944 - (N.F. 1. - )   B	Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bern A record in the GBV German Union cat. gives the title for this run (N.F.) as Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bern . A record in the NEBIS: Swiss Union Catalogue gives the title as Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern (followed by the designation Neue Folge indicating that this is indeed the new series). Continues A. [GBV German Union cat.; NEBIS: Swiss Union Catalogue]