Bargen, Bern
View of barges from the bridge over the Hagneckkanal
Bargen is a municipality in the administrative district in the canton of Bern Seeland in Switzerland.
Geography
Bargen is located in the Great Marsh, a very flat, fertile area in the lake. The neighboring municipalities in the south started from the top clockwise as seen are Kallnach, Siselen, Walperswil, chapels, Aarberg and Radelfingen. The border with Radelfingen forms the Aare, which is redirected to Aarberg in the Hagneckkanal and only a small part flows as Old Aare the original path. In the north Bargen is limited by the Hagneckkanal. 70.1 % of the municipality can be used for agricultural purposes.
Economy
In addition to the butcher shop, which also offers dairy products, bread and other foods, has Bargen yet the fruit and vegetable shop " Eggli " as well as three restaurants. Since 2006 there is also a brewery. Brews beers for the local retail and hospitality sectors. Earlier commercial and service enterprises such as the dairy, the bank and the post office were closed for reasons of profitability.
Traffic
Bargen is on the railway line Lyss - Kerzers and has its own train station. This was a few years ago from a small wooden house, sold in the earlier tickets as well as the barrier of the level crossing were then still operated manually. But this was vandalized, which put the wooden house on fire. After a few years, there had been temporary, the station in 2009 as part of the regional station modernization project, the SBB was. With a new one, consisting of a bench seat and a roof, replaced Also the former gravel Perron has been replaced by a newer, higher.
Population
Bargen is German ( 95.32 % ), some residents speak Serbo-Croatian or Portuguese. The council consists of seven members.
Policy
Kurt Mori is the mayor (as of 2011 ).
The voter shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 32.3 %, SP 18.4 %, BDP 18.0 %, GPS 6.3 %, EPP 5.2 %, EDU 4.7 %, FDP 4.5 %, glp 3.8 %, pirates 2.0 %, CVP 1.2 %.
History
Bargen gave the old county barges that reached the time of the Burgundian kings of the river Aare to the Jura valleys, its name. Here was a Cluniac Priory Hospital with what was mentioned in a papal bull of 1139.
The first Jura waters correction brought the community to Hagneckkanal, at the beginning of the 20th century came the tailrace of the power station Kallnach in the West to do so.
Sons and daughters of the community
- Hans Känel ( b. 1953 ), cyclist
Attractions
Pictures
Interior of the church
Half-timbered house in Bargen