Karl von Greyerz

After studying theology in Basel, Jena, Bern, Berlin and Paris, he became pastor in Bürglen (Aegerten near Biel) in 1895, in Winterthur in 1902, in Kandergrund in 1912 and in 1918 at the Johanneskirche in Bern [de], where he stayed until 1935. After the First World War he advocated for Christian pacifism and the introduction of alternative civilian service.

Karl von Gruyerz created a pacifist version of the hymn "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name", which is number 518 in the hymn book of the Evangelical Reformed Churches in German-speaking Switzerland and number 729 in the prayer and hymn book of the Christian Catholic Church in Switzerland.

• "Greyerz, Karl von" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
• Hans von Greyerz (1966). "von Greyerz, Hans Karl Walter". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 7. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 54–55. (full text online).
• "Greyerz, Hans Karl Walter von". In: Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie. 2. Ausgabe. Bd. 4 (2006), S. 135 (online).

• Literature by and about Karl von Greyerz in the German National Library catalogue