Wabern bei Bern

Waft is a town in the municipality Köniz near Bern.

Waft directly adjacent to the city of Bern and the Bern railway station in about ten minutes by tram Bern accessible. The village lies at the foot of the belts, the Bern 's local mountain. At the valley station of the Gurtenbahn is the former brewery building of straps beer. From the mountain you have a magnificent overview of the Alps and over the city of Bern. As a recreation area also is popular the river Aare and the campground Eichholz.

In the middle of Wabern is the cultural and Quartierzentrum Bernau. The Villa Bernau comes from the time when the Bernese patrician like to spend the summer months on their Campaigns. 1890 bought the chemist Dr. Georg Wander, founder of the company ( Ovaltine ), the residence for himself and his family. As a result, migrant made ​​as an entrepreneur and as a private man deserves to developing Wabern. 1979/80 threatened the Villa Bernau having to make way for a shopping center. The project, however, joined in the Waberer population with widespread rejection. Thanks to the commitment of some Waberer the property was spared from demolition and included instead in the inventory of protected buildings. The community Köniz supported as a consequence the efforts for a public use of the property. Today, " the Bernau " is managed by a sponsoring organization. The goal of the Society is to include socio-cultural ideas, projects and needs of the population Waberer and support, giving them space and help to achieve. The villa offers an extensive range of courses and cultural events on, on the ground floor there is a bistro and rooms can be rented for private parties.

Waft is the seat of the Swiss Federal Office of Topography, the Federal Office of Metrology and the Federal Office for Migration. Every summer on the straps instead of the widely known Gurtenfestival Switzerland, with around 40,000 visitors ( over four days).

People

  • Jean Gebser, cultural philosopher, died and buried in Wabern
  • Mani Matter, a member of the Berner Troubadours, have been living in Wabern. Many of his dialect songs are now in German Switzerland to general songs, such as Bim Coiffeur or Hemmige.

Attractions

  • Eichholz
  • Belts
  • Nobs House
  • Villa Morillon
Gurten (mountain) Gurtenbahn funicular
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