Hermiswil
Hermiswil
Hermiswil is a municipality in the Oberaargau the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Geography
Hermiswil is located on 494 m above sea level. M., 4 km south of Herzogenbuchsee and 10 km southwest of the city Langenthal ( straight line ). The small village extends in the middle Önztal, in Molassehügelland the Buchsiberge south of Herzogenbuchsee, in the Upper Aargau.
The area of 1.1 km ² large municipality area includes a section of the Bernese Mittelland. The area is crossed from south to north of the Oenz that was here channeled and straightened in a 500 m wide valley floor. This section of the Önztals lay for a long time on the edge of the glacial Rhone Glacier and served as meltwater channel. The western boundary runs along the edge of the valley at the foot of the height of Steinhofgründe. To the east extends the communal land on the steep forested slope of Guldisberg and Humberg up to the crest of the Molassehöhe, on 597 m above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Hermiswil is achieved. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 35 % of forest and shrubs, 57% to agriculture and about 1% was unproductive land.
Neighboring communities of Hermiswil are Bettenhausen, Ochlenberg and Seeberg in the canton of Bern and Steinhofgründe in the canton of Solothurn.
Population
With 99 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Hermiswil one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Bern. Of the residents 99.0 % are German, 1.0 % speak Romansh (as of 2000). The population of Hermiswil amounted in 1850 to 155 residents in 1900 to 112 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased to 1930 from first to 78 people. Since about 1950, the number of inhabitants lies always in the range between 100 and 120 people.
Economy
Hermiswil was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the crop and livestock farming have an important place in the economic structure of the population. Some other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. Various working population commuters who work mainly in the region Langenthal - Herzogenbuchsee.
Traffic
The municipality is situated on the main road from Burgdorf to Langenthal. On 12 June 1857, the railway line from Herzogenbuchsee was inaugurated to Bern, which passes by right in the village, but here never owned a station. By bus, which operates direct flight from Herzogenbuchsee to Wynigen, Hermiswil is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1289 under the name Hermanswile. Later, the names Hermenswile ( 1361 ), Hermannswyl ( 1386 ), Hermenschwyl ( 1539) and Hermiswyl (1784 ) published. The name goes back to the Old High German personal name Hariman and thus means the homestead Hariman.
Probably belonged Hermiswil since the Middle Ages to the Lords of stone, which were under the suzerainty of Kyburg. Through inheritance, the village came in 1466 to the city of Solothurn. Only with the signing of the contract Wyniger in 1665 came under Hermiswil Bernese rule and the bailiwick cheeks and the district court Bollodingen been assigned. The place was a horse -changing station for stagecoaches (Inn " to a white Rössli " ) in the 17th century. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Hermiswil belonged during the Helvetic Republic to the district from 1803 to the cheeks and upper cheeks Office, which received the status of an office district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. Hermiswil does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish Herzogenbuchsee.