Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach

Bleiken at Oberdiessbach

Bleiken at Oberdiessbach was until December 31, 2013 municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014, merged Bleiken at Oberdiessbach with Oberdiessbach.

Geography

Bleiken is located on 874 m above sea level. M., 7 km north of the city of Thun (air line). The farming village extends east of the Aare valley scenic location on the southern slope of the Falkenflue, overlooking the valley of Rotache, in the pre-alpine Molassehöhen.

The area of ​​3.6 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the relatively strong in relief hill country east of the Aare valley. The southern boundary runs along the Rotache, a deeply incised into the landscape right side of the river the river Aare. From here, the communal land extends northward over the slope of Bleiken up on Bürglenberg (860 m above sea level. M. ), on the crest of the Falkenflue ( 1,021 m above sea level. M. ) and the east adjacent hills. Above the Aeschlenalp on the Schafegg is with 1'130 meters above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Bleiken. The slope of Bleiken is divided by two short tributaries of Rotache, the Ibach trench forms on long stretches of the eastern boundary of the municipality. From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 5% on settlements, 36 % of forest and shrubs, 58 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

Bleiken consists of five districts and some farm groups and individual farms, namely:

  • Niederbleiken ( 800 m above sea level. M. ) in a small valley on the southern slope of the Falkenflue
  • Leen (860 m above sea level. M. ) on the southern slope of the Falkenflue
  • Kirch ( 874 m above sea level. M. ) high above the Rotache on the southern slope of the Falkenflue
  • Oberbleiken ( 926 m above sea level. M. ) on the southeast slope of Falkenflue
  • Egglen ( 986 m above sea level. M. ) in the valley of the Ibachs between Falkenflue and Schafegg

Neighboring communities of Bleiken were up on December 31, 2013 Buchholterberg, Fahrni, Brenzikofen, Herbligen and Oberdiessbach.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1316 under the name Bleikon. 1336 published the names and Obrenbleikon Nidern Bleikon; 1349 bleaching is preserved. The name came originally from a field name; the Swiss German word Bleike ( n ) means as much as scree or talus slope.

Since the Middle Ages belonged to the rule Bleiken This stream. In 1406 the village came under the rule of Bern, the high jurisdiction was exercised by Konolfingen. Only since 1768 Bleiken is an independent municipality, previously it was part of Buchholterberg. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) belonged Bleiken during the Helvetic Republic to the district Steffi castle and from 1803 to Oberamt Konolfingen, which was given the status of an office district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. Built in 1881 at the Falkenflue spa hotel now serves as a multi -family house. Bleiken does not have its own church; it belongs to the parish Oberdiessbach.

Since January 2011 Bleiken and Oberdiessbach consider a merger of the two communities. This could be implemented in 2014.

Population

With 391 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Bleiken one of the small communities of the Canton of Bern. Of the residents 97.1 % are German, 2.4 % and 0.3 % albanischsprachig speak French ( as of 2000). The population of Bleiken amounted in 1850 to 320 residents in 1900 to 338 inhabitants. After peaking in 1910 with 374 residents, the population numbers increased during the 20th century to 1960 clearly indicated on 275 people. Since 1990 (272 inhabitants), a rapid increase in population was recorded again.

Policy

The voting shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 53.6 %, EDU 11.9 %, SP 8.6 %, BDP 7.1 %, glp 4.5 %, FDP 4.3 %, GPS 3.0 %, Jimy Hofer plus 1.8 %, Alps Parliament 1.6 %, CVP 1.0 %, EPP 0.8 %.

Economy

Bleiken was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the dairy and livestock 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 thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters, mainly in the larger towns in the area ( Oberdiessbach ) and around Thun work.

Traffic

The community is located off of the larger passage axes; the main access is from Oberdiessbach. The nearest links to the motorway A6 ( Bern- Thun) is located about 8 km from the village. In December 2013, the bus service to Heimenschwand was discontinued due to insufficient frequencies, since then no longer runs public transport over Bleiken.

Pictures of Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach

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