Allmendingen bei Thun

Allmendingen is a suburb or district of Thun in the canton of Bern and has 2184 inhabitants ( 2011).

History

In the Roman period, from 1st to 3rd century BC, Allmendingen was the religious center of the region, which was then " regional lindensis " was called, which means area on the lake. This emerges from a stone inscription, which was found in 1926. At that time there was a Gallo- Roman sanctuary, surrounded by a wall eight small temples, and beside it a business district.

The first mention of Allmendingen dated from the year 1287., The area was flooded prior to initiation of Kander into Lake Thun before 1714 often and the soil yielded only a meager income. For irrigation and drinking water supply of water is derived from the Kander and since 1997 by the Glütschbach since 1589.

1843 Allmendingen received the first school house, which in 1900 followed by a second. At that time the village had 800 inhabitants - almost 2,200 today - and stretched mainly along the main road to Amsoldingen and along the Wylergasse. Originally Allmendingen belonged to the municipality Strättligen, which was incorporated in 1920 in the city of Thun. The big development started after 1950. In 1965 the new school house was built. In 1984 an extension and the construction of multi-purpose hall. Since the seventies, major industrial zones were created in Allmendingen: " Zelgli ", " Bierigut " and " Allmendingen - Nord". The modern church was built in 1995 in Allmendingen. With the " Kensai Karate -Do " in 1997 the largest solid timber Switzerland was formed. 2001 was opened on the Burger Allmendfeld the golf course. Together with the school houses and private residential and commercial buildings thus creating a new village center.

Infrastructure

The settlement structure is rural, but Allmendingen is almost grown together with the settlement area of ​​the city of Thun; only the A6 motorway exit Thun -south separates the village from the city. Allmendingen is connected by bus to public transport.

The golf course and the " Kensai Karate -Do " (also called the Temple ), the football stadium Arena Thun and the shopping center "Panorama Center" - both opened in 2011 - are remarkable buildings that characterize the district. Recreation areas are the Burgerholzstrasse that Allmendfeld and the place of arms. In the industrial zones " Bierigut " and " Allmendingen North " made ​​business locations.