Hasle bei Burgdorf

Hasle bei Burgdorf is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Geography

Hasle bei Burgdorf is located on 571 m above sea level. M., 5 km south-southeast of the town of Burgdorf (air line). The village is located in the Emmental in the flood plain and on the adjoining terrace area on the left side of the river Emme, in Molassehügelland the higher Swiss plateau.

The area of ​​21.9 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Emmental. The northeastern border is always along the channelized and straightened Emme. The main settlement area serve the floodplain and the gravel terraces which lie about 20 m higher than the river bed. The Emmental has in the region of Hasle bei Burgdorf to a width of approximately 1 to 2 km. From the southwest and south here lead four valleys in the Emmental, namely the Biembachtal, the Bigental, the Talgraben and Goldbachtal. Almost the entire catchment area of ​​the Biembachtals belongs to Hasle bei Burgdorf, while in the other valleys only the lowermost portion of the municipal territory counts.

The entire western and southern part of the municipality spell is occupied by Molassehöhen between the Emmental and the Aare valley. This landscape is characterized by numerous hills and valleys of ridges and ditches, which often show very strong slope angles, which makes the agricultural work in this field. At higher altitudes, therefore, prevail forest and pasture. The hill country, reaching average heights of 800 m above sea level. M. is on the Wägesse, a broad ridge between the Biembachtal and the Widimattgraben ( tributary of the Bigentals ) with 918 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Hasle bei Burgdorf. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 32 % of forest and shrubs, 60 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

Community structure

Hasle bei Burgdorf is in four parts of municipalities, so-called district (now school districts ), jointed, which are represented symbolically as four hazel leaves in the arms of Hasle:

• Hasle in the Emmental with the settlements Kalchofen (570 m above sea level. M. ) and Tschamerii ( 558 m above sea level. M. ) in the flood plain.
• Biembach in the valley of Biembachs southwest of the village with the main settlements tunnel (620 m above sea level. M. ), Biembach ( 642 m above sea level. M. ) and Äschbach ( 725 m above sea level. M. ).
• Schafhausen (606 m above sea level. M. ) in Bigental south of the village with the hamlets Uetigen ( 595 m above sea level. M. ), Untergomerkinden ( 627 m above sea level. M. ), Obergomerkinden (630 m above sea level. M. ), all at Biglenbach, and Schwandstrasse (820 m above sea level. M. ) at the level of the west Bigentals.
• Goldbach ( 586 m above sea level. M. ) on the same stream southeast of the village with the hamlets Bigel (611 m above sea level. M. ) at the entrance to Talgraben, Valley ( 674 m above sea level. M. ) in Talgraben and Otzenberg (727 m above sea M. ). west at an altitude of Goldbachtals.

In addition, include numerous groups of farms and individual farms, which are scattered in the valleys and on the hills, to the community. Neighboring communities of Hasle bei Burgdorf Rüegsauschachen, Lutzelfluh, Rüderswil, Walk rings, Vechigen, Upper castle, castle village and Heimiswil.

Population

With 3184 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Hasle bei Burgdorf belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Bern. Of the residents 95.9 % are German, 0.8 % speak Serbo-Croatian and Albanian 0.4 % (as of 2000). The population of Hasle bei Burgdorf was in 1850 at 2,253 inhabitants, 1900 to 2390 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased to 1970 slowly up to 2944 people. A strong migration during the 1970s led to a population decline on 2682 inhabitants ( 1980). Since then, a slight increase in population was recorded again.

Economy

Hasle bei Burgdorf was until the second half of the 19th century, mainly coined by farming village. Early on, however, evolved into the main settlement Hasle commercial and industrial. Here in the course of the 19th century a hat factory, a weaving mill and a brewery.

However, the large hinterland survive today on agriculture, especially dairy farming and animal husbandry, but there are also farming and fruit growing. Many other jobs are in the manufacturing and services available. In Hasle bei Burgdorf a company for industrial supplies, a parquet factory and enterprises in the construction industry, the feed industry, the electrical industry and wood processing are represented today. On the gravel terrace south of the village several gravel pits are being exploited. Many workers are also commuters who work mainly in the region of Burgdorf and in the agglomeration of Bern.

By working closely with the neighboring community Rüegsauschachen the post office, the railway station, the secondary school as well as some clubs and stores carry the place name Hasle- Rüegsau.

Traffic

The community is conveniently technically quite well developed. It lies on the main road from Burgdorf to Langnau in the Emmental. On May 12, 1881, the railway line from Burgdorf to Langnau was opened with the Hasle- Rüegsau station. The commissioning of the route of Hasle- Rüegsau to Thun on 21 July 1899. For the dispersion in public transport Postbus course, which serves the route of Hasle- Rüegsau to Affoltern im Emmental provides.

History

Already in the year 894 the settlements Uetigen ( Utingun ) Gomerkinden be ( Comirichingun ) Bigel ( Pigiluna ) and mentioned other hamlets in a donation to the monastery of St. Gall. The first mention of Hasle, but was only in 1255 under the name Hasela. Later, the names Hasle ( 1261 ) published, Hassly ( 1531) and Hassle ( 1574 ). The place name is derived from the Old High German word Hasal ( hazel ).

In the Middle Ages Hasle bei Burgdorf was under the suzerainty of Kyburg. It was part of the District Court Ranflüh, and came in 1384 under Bernese domination. In 1525 the village was assigned to the Schultheissen Office Burgdorf. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Hasle bei Burgdorf was during the Helvetic Republic to the district of Burgdorf and from 1803 to Oberamt hamlet, was given the status of an office district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831.

Attractions

The Reformed Church was originally developed from a medieval building, but was built from 1678 to 1680 in the Baroque style largely new. Preserved are late Gothic frescoes from the previous building from the 15th century. The covered bridge north of the village was built in 1839 and is equipped with an arch span of 60.15 m, the longest wooden arch span bridge in Europe.