Bäriswil, Bern

Bäriswil

Bäriswil is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Geography

Bäriswil is located on 546 m above sea level. M., 10 km northeast of the capital of the canton of Bern ( straight line ). The farmers and traders village is located in a small valley, rose slightly on the southeastern edge of the wide valley floor of Urtenen at the northern foot of the heights of the gray wood, on the Swiss Plateau.

The area of ​​2.8 km ² large municipality area includes a section of the Bernese Mittelland. The central part of the municipality of soil is occupied by a formerly marshy depression between the forest heights of Röduberg, Matt Stettenberg and Gibel ( 624 m above sea level. M. ). As the rest of the former marshland the Bermoos is left with his pond. In the north of the municipality ban extends to the edge of the Talniederung Urtenen. To the south, the area extends into the wooded region of Wannetälchens and the length of the mountain, on the western slope with 705 m above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Bäriswil is achieved. From the municipality surface 1997 12 % came from settlements, 41 % of forest and shrubs, 46 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Bäriswil include the district Ruti (580 m above sea level. M. ) on the northern slope of the Gibel and some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Bäriswil are Hindelbank, Krauchtal, Schönbühl and Matt Stetten.

Population

With 1024 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Bäriswil one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Bern. Of the residents 97.0 % are German, 1.0 % French-speaking and 0.7 % speak Dutch ( as of 2000). The population of Bäriswil amounted in 1850 to 462 residents in 1900 to 501 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population fluctuated always in the range 460-500 people. Since 1970 (505 inhabitants), a striking increase in population was associated with a doubling of the population recorded in 30 years.

Policy

The voting shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 29.6 %, BDP 21.1 %, SP 16.3 %, GPS 9.2 %, FDP 5.8 %, glp 5.4 %, EDU 2.8 %, EPP 2.7 %, CVP 1.7 %, SD 1.7 %.

Economy

Bäriswil was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding and forestry have a certain role in the occupational structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In Bäriswil today operations of the construction and transport industry, computer science, telecommunications, carpentry and printing are represented. 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 the agglomeration of Bern.

Traffic

The community is conveniently moderately well developed. It is just a few 100 meters next to the old trunk road from Bern to Burgdorf, respectively, according to Zurich. The nearest links to the A1 ( Bern- Zurich ) is located approximately 3 km from the center. Through operated by regional train to Bern- Solothurn bus, which operates direct flight from Schoenbuehl after Bäriswil, the village is connected to the public transport network.

History

The discovery of grave mounds from the Hallstatt period in the war Wood points to an early settlement of the municipality. The first documentary mention of the place was already in the year 861 under the name Perolteswilare. Later, the names Bereswilen ( 1229 ), Berolswile (1310 ), Beriswil ( 1389 ) and Bäriswyl ( 1479 ) published. The place name is derived from the Old High German personal name Perolt and thus means the court of the Perolt.

Since the Middle Ages Bäriswil formed its own little rule, which was in the possession of various Bernese families. At the beginning of the 15th century the village came under the suzerainty of the city of Bern and the district court Zollikofen was assigned. In 1720 Bäriswil was incorporated under the Family von Erlach the reign Hindelbank. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) belonged Bäriswil during the Helvetic Republic to the district of Burgdorf and from 1803 to Oberamt hamlet, was given the status of an office district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831.

Since 1758, the pottery industry emerged in Bäriswil. The Bäriswiler ceramic experienced between 1780 and 1820 their stylistic and artistic climax. Production was up in the 1870s in the hands of three families with the name Kräuchi, Kläyi and Witschi. The village was at that time for its pottery known far and wide. The last still preserved aboveground witness this important for the village of handicraft production is the so-called tube hut. There were also grinding wheel production, sculptors and glaziers.