Lyss

Station of Lyss

Lyss [li ː s] ( Bernese German: [li ː ː s ] ) is a municipality ( municipality ) in the Administrative District Zealand in the Swiss canton of Bern.

On 1 January 2011, the municipality merged with Busswil Buren with Lyss.

Lyss has about 13,000 inhabitants. Since the population is about 10,000, located Lyss also be referred to as a city. For the promotion of renewable energies Lyss was awarded, Energy City '. The rapidly developing regional center has preserved the Zeeland - rural character much.

  • 7.2 railway
  • 7.3 Local Bus

Geography

Lyss is on the edge of a broad valley, which stretches in the southwest-northeast direction from Lake Murten over the Great Marsh and the Old Aare to the vicinity of Grenchen. The west of this valley close from Lake Neuchâtel and Biel. Further west the Jura massif rises to the 1,607 m high Chasseral, which can be seen from Lyss. The lowland regions (also called Berner Seeland ) has little gradient and was often bedeviled to drain ( Jura water correction ) of flooding. The alluvium consists of deposits of the rivers Broye, Sarine and Aare. The community is located at the entrance of Lyss creek in this flat country. About 8 km from Lyss away is the eastern shore of Lake Biel; southwest lie Neuchâtel and Murten and south of Wohlensee. The distance to the capital of the administrative district Aarberg is 3 km away, the federal capital of Bern about 20 km away and the city of Biel / Bienne 10 km away. The neighboring municipalities are Seedorf BE, Aarberg, Kappelen, Enlisted, Studen, Büetigen, this bei Buren and Grossaffoltern.

Name

The place name Lyss is considered most likely to be a transfer of the same name originally Lyssbach. The Name of water body could lei, pour on an Indo-European root, flow, dribble ' go back; he would have been then later expanded by the illustrative additional brook, while the settlement would have retained the old form of the name. Of the numerous other allegations contained in the past interpretations enjoys especially not the derivation from a Celtic word * lessa, to 'represent the ( small ) cottage, stable, more popular, but it lacks probably unfounded.

History

The area of ​​the Lakes region was originally settled by the Celts. In 1009 Lyss is first mentioned in a deed as Lissa. Already in the early Middle Ages the town was due to the settlement and language border between Alemanni and Burgundians. Lyss included in the County Aarberg and came to Bern in 1377. Like other villages in the area had also Lyss long struggle with recurring floods. The Lyssbach then drove some mills, which still bear witness to some street names ( Oeleweg, Mill Place, Walkeweg ). 1831 and 1832 there were particularly heavy flooding in the lake, which then led to the creation of a first Korrektionskomitees. It was in June and August 2007, two more floods, leading to severe damage.

1868-1878, the first phase of the Jura water correction has been completed. Aare was diverted from Aarberg westward to Lake Biel ( Hagneckkanal ) after the Nidau ​​-Büren canal was completed ( a wider outflow of Lake Biel, the River Aare in turn below Lyss ). It could hereby be reclaimed vast tracts of land.

1864, the railway line from Bern Lyss to Biel / Bienne was opened and twelve years later the railway line from Lausanne on Lyss to Solothurn. Lyss thus became a traffic junction (1887 was followed by a new road from Biel to Bern Lyss on ). For trade, commerce and industry, this offered very good conditions, which can be gauged from the development of the population. 1956 and 1979, the industrial areas Schachen Grien and South were opened. The formerly independent school communities Lyss and Hardern formed after the merger in 1974, the municipality of Lyss in its present form.

Population

Policy

Executive

The council 's executive consists of five members, including the mayor. Mayor Andreas Hegg (FDP, Booth 2013). In addition, during the elections in 2013 another member of the FDP and one representative each from SP, SVP and BDP were elected.

Legislature

  • GPS: 1
  • SP: 9
  • EPP: 6
  • Glp: 2
  • FDP: 8
  • BDP: 6
  • SVP: 11
  • EDU: 1

The local parliament (Grand council, GGR) as a legislature has 40 members (proportion of women in 2010: 32.5 %) and meets six times a year. Traditionally, the strongest forces are the FDP, SP and SVP, also, the EPP is represented in the Council for some time. Started since the 2010 Legislature are also BDP, glp and the Greens represented, not begun, however, was the Association of Local Policy ( VGP ). 2014 also draws a representative of the EDU in the Council. As a result of completed on 1 January 2011 Merger of Lyss with Busswil seven people from Busswil were nachgewählt in the GGR in September 2010, and therefore the Council was temporarily expanded to 47 seats and 44 seats for the Legislature from 2014 to 2017 includes ..

The voter shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 27.2 %, SP 18.9 %, 17.4 % BDP, FDP 11.1 %, 6.1 % glp, EPP 6.1 %, 5.6 % GPS, EDU 1.9 %, CVP 1.7 %.

Economy

In Lyss about 6,000 people are employed in about 600 commercial or industrial establishments. The key to the diverse industries:

  • The metal industry
  • Engineering industries
  • Cement goods and Block industry
  • Artificial stone industry
  • Electronics companies
  • Plastics Processing
  • Confectionery and Biscuitfabrikation
  • Trading company
  • Distribution centers
  • Solar industry
  • Tools (fine tool)
  • Food industry

Traffic

For already described transportation hub came in 1986 the connection to the motorway network added. The A6 from Brodhüsi about Thun, Bern Lyss to Biel / Bienne is currently being expanded as A16 ( " Transjurane " ) on Delémont and Porrentruy towards French motorway network. Only 30 highway kilometers away is the international airport Bern -Belp.

Train

Lyss is on the railway tracks Biel / Bienne, Bern, Kerzers - Lyss Lyss and -Solothurn. The municipality has a railway station with fast connections to Bern and Biel. Regional trains run towards Biel, Bern, Bueren an der Aare and Kerzers. Another regional train station is located on the Bern - Biel in the district Busswil belonging since the merger to Lyss. Another stop is planned in the region Lyss - Grien on the line Lyss Aarberg.

Local bus

The quarters within Lyss be served by a local bus to 4 lines. The service is currently in a three -year trial period.

Public institutions

In the village there is the sports center Grien, a park pool, called Zealand hall with artificial ice rink, tennis complex Grunau and some gyms.

Arts and Culture

The KUFA ( Culture Factory ) was reopened on September 2, 2010. The program content covers a range from concerts to theater. It is operated by the KUFA youth club.

Attractions

Gallery

Old Mill

Hirschenplatz

Catholic church of the Nativity of Mary

Marketplace

Professional and Continuing Education Center

Twinning

In April 1982, the Adriatic town of Monopoli in the Italian province of Puglia sister city of Lyss was. The choice Monopolistic fell so far not difficult, because for years many former Monopoli Taner live and work in Lyss.

Personalities

  • Werner Zimmermann (1893-1982), writer, life reformers and supporters of the free economy
  • Margrit von roof (* 1946), writer and translator

Freeman

  • Ernst Siegfried, former mayor
  • Max Gribi, former mayor
  • Kurt Wüthrich, Nobel Prize winner
  • Fritz Boesch, entrepreneurs
537011
de