Expulsion of Jews from Berne, pronounced by the City Council

Just over a century after the affair of the child Rudolf, the Council of Berne pronounced the expulsion of the Jews from the city and its territory. The measure brought to a close an intermittent presence, characterized by temporary admissions in exchange for payment and periodic expulsions, which typified the fate of communities in the cities of the Confederation.

As elsewhere in Imperial lands, the prohibition on residence subsequently served as ordinary rule: Jews could only pass through the territory upon payment of a body toll. It would take the treaties of the nineteenth century and pressure from foreign powers before the right of settlement was recognized for Jews in Switzerland.