| Christoph Albert Kurz | |
| Office: | 3rd Mayor of Bern |
| Term Start: | 1864 |
| Term End: | 1864 |
| Predecessor: | Friedrich Ludwig von Effinger |
| Successor: | Otto von Büren |
| Office2: | Member of the Grand Council of Bern |
| Term Start2: | 1842 |
| Term End2: | 1864 |
| Office3: | Member of the Ständerat |
| Term Start3: | 1854 |
| Term End3: | 1864 |
| Birth Date: | 22 March 1806 |
| Birth Place: | Bern, Switzerland |
| Death Place: | Bern, Switzerland |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Alma Mater: | Academy of Bern |
Christoph Albert Kurz (born 22 March 1806 in Bern - died 3 April 1864 in Bern) was a Swiss politician who served as the third mayor of Bern.
Christoph Albert Kurz studied rights at the Bern Academy.
He was working in Bern in 1832 as a lawyer. In 1838 he became a judge, but after the takeover of the Radical Party (forerunner of today's Liberal Democratic Party) in the canton of Bern in 1846, he was relieved of his duties.
He was a member of the Grand Council of Bern from 1842 to 1864 and was seven times president of the Grand Council. He had a part in the formation of the Bernese coalition government of conservatives and radicals in 1854. And he was a member of the Ständerat (first chamber of the federal parliament) from 1854 to 1864. He became the editor of the Zeitschrift für Vaterland Recht in 1858 and he made numerous publications.[1]
Kurz was elected Mayor of Bern in 1864, but died in office the same year. He was the first Mayor of Bern to die in office.