The Spiezer Chronik by chronicler Diebold Schilling, named after
its longtime home city of Spiez, is also known, because it was
privately commissioned by Rudolph von Erlach, as the Privater
Schilling. It contains the early history of Bern from the founding
of the city to events that took place in the mid-15th century.
Unlike Schilling’s three-volume official chronicle, the Amtliche
Berner Chronik (Bern, Burgerbibliothek Mss.h.h.I.1-3), it remains
incomplete (the Burgundian wars are not included).
