Limpach, Switzerland

Limpach with church

Limpach was until December 31, 2013 municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014, merged with the former municipalities Limpach Büren, Etzelkofen, Count Ried, Mülchi, Schalunen and Zauggenried for Township woman fountain.

Geography

Limpach is on 473 m above sea level. M., 12 km south-southwest of the town of Solothurn (air line). The scattered village extends along the southern edge of the plane of Limpachtals, on a flat alluvial fan of the village Bach, emerges here from the heights of the northeastern plateau of Rapperswil, the Swiss Plateau.

The area of ​​4.4 km ² large municipality area includes a section of the Bernese Mittelland. The northern boundary runs along the canalized Limpachs. From here, the communal land extends southward over the 1 km wide Limpachmoos up onto the adjacent rolling countryside of Rapperswil plateau. The heights of Buechwald, Schachen (509 m above sea level. M. ), Widacher (535 m above sea level. M. ) and Buechhubel, at the 550 m above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Limpach is achieved are partly forested, partly passed with arable and meadow land. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 22 % of forest and woody plants and 71% to agriculture.

To Limpach heard the outer settlement Vorimholz (500 m above sea level. M. ) on the chess height east of the village. Neighboring communities of Limpach were up 31 December 2013 Bätterkinden, Schalunen, Büren and Mülchi in the canton of Bern and Unterramsern and Aetingen in the canton of Solothurn.

Population

With 341 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Limpach one of the small communities of the Canton of Bern. Of the residents 99.7 % are German and 0.3 % speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Limpach amounted in 1850 to 426 residents in 1900 to 407 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased to 1980 slowly but steadily by about 25 % to 312 persons. Since then, she splits her always in the range between 300 and 330 inhabitants.

Policy

The voting shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 52.6 %, BDP 23.4 %, GPS 6.3 %, SP 5.0 %, FDP 3.4 %, glp 2.9 %, Alps Parliament 2.1 %, EPP 1.1 %, CVP 1.1 %, EDU 0.2 %.

Economy

Limpach was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by agriculture village. Even today, agriculture, fruit growing and dairy farming and animal husbandry an important place in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In Limpach today among builders, the computer science and a company are represented for roofing. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the larger towns in the area as well as in the agglomeration of Berne and Solothurn in the room.

Traffic

The community is located off of the larger passage axes of a link road from Bätterkinden to Lyss. By Postbus course, which serves the route of Bätterkinden after measuring, Limpach is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first documentary mention of the place was already in 1276 under the present name; of 1290 the name Linbach is preserved. The name was originally used as water name and going back to the Old High German word linta ( Linde ). He therefore means the lined with linden creek.

Since the Middle Ages Limpach was under the suzerainty of the Counts of Kyburg. In the 13th century the Cistercian nun fountain acquired the manorial and tithe on Limpach. In 1406 the village came under Bernese rule and after the secularization of the abbey Frauenbrunnen assigned in 1528 the bailiwick woman fountain in the district court Zollikofen. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) belonged Limpach during the Helvetic Republic to the district Zollikofen and from 1803 to Oberamt Mrs. Fountain, received the status of an office district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831.

Already in the 18th century, great efforts have been made to counteract the stagnation of Limpachtals. New arable land, however, was obtained only during the cross-cantonal melioration in the years 1939-1951. Later pumping stations had to be built to prevent a recurrence of stagnation.

Attractions

The Reformed Church of Limpach was built in 1808 in the style of classicism at the site of a previous medieval building. It has an interior in Empire style. The picturesque village center with its many farmhouses in the Bernese country style from the 17th to the 19th century is one of the worth protecting sites of national significance. At the edge of Limpachmooses is the Taunersiedlung Moosgasse, which was built in the 17th century, in 1836 one was destroyed by fire and was subsequently restored.

Pictures

Interior of the church, organ

Half-timbered house in Limpach

Wooden house in Limpach

Village center