Alchenstorf
Koppigen and the surrounding area, photographed from a balloon on 16 April 2011; Alchenstorf can be found on the image above Koppigen in the center
Alchenstorf ( in local dialect: [ ɑu̯ ( χ ) ɪʃ ˌ to ɾf ː ] ) is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Geography
Alchenstorf is located at 500 m above sea level. M., 8 km north of the district capital Burgdorf (air line). The farming village stretches along the eastern edge of the flood plain of the river Emme, in the valley of Wynigenbachs between the heights of large wood and wild mountain in the Swiss Mittelland.
The area of 6.6 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the over-molded by glacial Rhone glacier Molassehöhen east of Emmeebene in the Bernese Mittelland. The area is crossed by the valley of the Wynigenbachs with an approximately 200 to 400 m wide, flat valley floor from the southeast to the northwest. On its southern side of the valley from the height of the wild mountain ( 557 m above sea level. M. ) flanked. The Moostal, a dry valley, provides the connection from the plane to the upper Wynigenbach Önztal. The entire valley system of the region was created during the last ice age by the melt water runoff in the edge region of the Rhone Glacier.
The eastern boundary of the municipality extends over the Ieschberg, on 626 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Alchenstorf is achieved. This isolated hill is delimited by the Wynigenbachtal, the Moostal and Wynigental. To the north of the municipality of soil covers the broad ridge of large wood ( 588 m above sea level. M. ). From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 32 % of forest and woody plants and 61% to agriculture.
Alchenstorf consists of the scattered village Unteralchenstorf ( 499 m above sea level. M. ) at the outlet of Wynigenbachs in the Emmeebene, for many of the village street Oberalchenstorf (506 m above sea level. M. ) in the valley of Wynigenbachs, the hamlets Wil ( 511 m above sea level. M. ) in Wynigenbachtal between wild mountain and Ieschberg, Tannhölzli (520 m above sea level. M. ) on the northern slope of the wild mountain, Mösli (490 m above sea level. M. ) and Tannwald (500 m above sea level. M. ) in the lower section of the Wynigenbachtals as well as several groups of farms and individual farms. Neighboring communities of Alchenstorf are Höchstetten, Hellsau, Seeberg, Wynigen, Rumendingen, Niederösch and Koppigen.
Population
With 567 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Alchenstorf one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Bern. Of the residents 98.6 % are German, 0.4 % French-speaking and 0.4 % speak Serbo-Croatian (as of 2000). The population of Alchenstorf amounted in 1850 to 648 inhabitants, in 1900 there were 615 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population had a slightly decreasing trend. Since 1970 (552 inhabitants), only small population fluctuations were recorded.
Economy
Alchenstorf was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and animal husbandry and dairying have an important place in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the region of Burgdorf and in the Solothurn area.
Traffic
The community is located off of the larger passage axes at a connecting road from Koppigen to Wynigen. The nearest links to the A1 ( Bern- Zurich ) is located about 8 km from the town center. By Postbus course which operates direct flight from Wynigen via Koppigen to Burgdorf, Alchenstorf is connected to the public transport network.
History
The territory of Alchenstorf has been inhabited since early times, which could be demonstrated by means of traces from the Neolithic period and remains of a Roman estate. The place is mentioned in 1257 as Alcherstorf documented and appears in 1275 as Alchestorf, 1276 as Alkistorf 1316 as Alcherzdorf 1353 as Algestorf. The place name is composed of an Old High German personal name Alcher or Alker and the spread in Alemannic settlement name base word village, hamlet, farm, village, estate, district '.
From 1275 to 1471 a church in Alchenstorf is mentioned, their location but could not be accurately located. Village and church were in possession of the Carthusian monastery Thornberg and since 1528 the Office Thornberg. The sovereignty over the area since the beginning of the 15th century was at Berne. Alchenstorf the bailiwick cheeks and the district court Koppigen been assigned. Even the church in 1420 the parish Koppigen affiliated.
After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Alchenstorf belonged during the Helvetic Republic to the district from 1803 to the cheeks and upper office hamlet, was given the status of an office district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. At the beginning of 1888 the then independent municipality Wil was at Koppigen (1880 were 84 inhabitants counted ) incorporated to Alchenstorf.
Attractions
In the old town numerous characteristic farmhouses have survived in the Bernese country style in the 18th and 19th centuries. Alchenstorf does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish Koppigen.
Personalities
- Adrian cheese ( * 1971 in Alchenstorf ), champion wrestler in 1989
- Matthias Sempach ( born 1986 ), champion wrestler in 2013