Albligen

Albligen ( in local dialect: [ ɑu̯b̥lig̊ə ]; French Albenon ) is a village in the political community Schwarzburg in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Before the union with Wahlern on 1 January 2011 Albligen was an independent municipality with the hamlets Harris, Matt Wallis and Änetmoos.

Geography

Albligen located in the midlands on a small hill of the hill Höchi (818 m. Above sea level. M. ). To the east on the municipal boundary flows the scythe.

Policy

In addition to the municipality, there are two Burger municipalities: the Village civic community and the Harris civic community. Next there is a Reformed congregation called Albligen.

Population

Over a period of 70 years is determine by the year 1960 in Albligen a slight decrease in population. 1880 were counted 700 residents. The decline in population is in large part due to a migration from agriculture. Since 1960, the population is smaller fluctuations at 420, which in recent years an increasing trend can be observed. The population was 468 at the end of 2009

Traffic

For centuries, the connection was tedious to the rest of Office Schwarzburg. After a first web ( 1743), the first covered bridge was built over the scythe in 1826, which facilitated the traffic on the axis Schwarzburg - Albligen - Ueberstorf strong. Today's street guide has been created in 1874. From this year the traffic was served by Stagecoach, which was twice of Flamatt to Schwarzburg go.

Main infrastructure provider is now the main road that leads from Flamatt to Schwarzburg. Autokurse the post also connect with the Albligen Flamatt station. A small school bus brings the Albliger secondary school students back to Schwarzburg and again.

The village offers shopping and meeting facilities. The village held by the civic community exploiting dividend Gasthof Baren was reopened. The village store with a comprehensive range of products and daily fresh bread is in the Bear Barn and became an important meeting place for the population.

History

The place is first mentioned in 1148 as Albennon. The name appears in the 14th century, initially as Albennen / Albenden, from 1346 as Alblingen; perhaps it is going back to a folk Latin personal name * Albione and later remodeled after the pattern of the numerous place-names on -ingen.

As part of since 1310 pledged to the Counts of Savoy rule Grasburg Albligen shelter after their sale in 1423 the cities of Berne and Fribourg, and came into the Helvetic first to the canton of Fribourg in 1802 finally to the Canton of Berne.

In a referendum held in the church, the population has 18 September 2008 extremely scarce, with 101 to 94 votes, pronounced to receive merger investigations with the Bernese neighboring community Wahlern - this, after the council had made ​​strong for it, with the canton of Fribourg, the neighboring municipality Ueberstorf start negotiations on a merger.