Trachselwald
Trachselwald
Trachsel forest is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Geography
The municipality is located östlichlich the Emme and south of Green in the lower Emmental and mainly comprises the valley Heimisbach with the places Kramershaus and Thal. The neighboring communities in the north clockwise are starting Lutzelfluh, Sumiswald, Trub, Langnau im Emmental, Lauperswil and Rüderswil. The village Trachsel forest itself is close to the western boundary of the municipality.
History
The name of the village means " Drechsler -Wald " and is first mentioned in 1131. The village around the castle Trachsel forest was initially the Barons of Trachsel forest, then those which finally assumed by Ruti bei Lyssach and Sumiswald, until the reign was sold in 1408 to the city of Bern. The castle became the bailiwick.
1574 the village was destroyed by fire. As part of the Swiss peasant war a meeting took place on April 3, 1653 held at the inn fir, in which the peasant leader Niklaus Leuenberger had its first public appearance. On June 19, he was arrested and imprisoned in the dungeon of the castle until his execution on August 27.
Population
Name
The unit belonging to community forest valley Heimisbach Trachsel was called until 1967 "Dürr ditch ". On January 1, 1968, she was awarded the 100th birthday of the dialect poet Simon Gfeller, whose debut album had been called in 1910 " Heimisbach ", its current name.
Arts Culture
Attractions
The baroque building of the Reformed Church Trachselwald was in 1685 according to plans by Abraham Dünz.
The oldest parts of the castle date from the second half of the 12th century; was by the end of 2009, here is the seat of government governor of the Office Trachsel forest. Since 1 January 2010, the municipality Trachsel forest belongs to the administrative district of Emmental.
Since March 2003 lodges in the premises of the 1614 -built former Amtsschaffnerei the Swiss Zither Culture Centre, which exists since February 1999 and was initially based in Konolfingen.
In the old school house in Thal Heimisbach where Simon Gfeller had gone 1875-1884 to school, founded in 1970, a memorial room for him.
Personalities
- Fritz Berger was born March 12, 1868 Trachselwald, founder of the congregation of Christ
Swell
- Collection of Swiss Law Sources, II Department: The sources of law in the canton of Bern, Part Two: Rights of the landscape, Volume 8: The right of the landscape Emmental ( Since 1803 magisterial districts of Signau and Trachselwald ) by Anne -Marie Dubler, Aarau, 1991 ( online version. )