Bremgarten bei Bern

View from the southeast to a part of the community Bremgarten

Bremgarten bei Bern is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern.

Geography

Bremgarten is located approximately 4 km north of the Swiss capital Bern, with which they share a common border. It lies on the sloping against the Aare last foothills of the Frienisbergplateaus. Opposite the city of Bern in the south the Aare forms a natural border. In the west and north borders the community to Kirchlindachstrasse, to the east by Zollikofen.

The settlement area is - due to the South and Osthanglage - on three floors terraced. In Birchi open views of the Bernese Alps. On the middle level of the actual village center is situated with schools, sports court, post office and shops. In the course of the Aare are the quarters Ländli, Seftau and Aarehalde.

The main road Kalchackerstrasse connects as large 40 m above Aareniveau near major axis in west - east direction to the outskirts at Stuckishaus with the castle Bremgarten and serves as a distributor in all directions, the uses and the public transport in a direct 13 -minute connection to the Bern railway station.

History

The older history of Bremgarten begins around the year 1000: at that time was on the peninsula, a wooden castle, probably a little later, a small Romanesque church. Castle, castle town and church were in the two following centuries the center of the medieval, in 1185 first mentioned rule of the Lords of Bremgarten, which ranged from Wohlen to Worblaufen. The emerging city of Berne took after the legendary battles on Donnerbühl and in a vale of tears Bremgarten 1298 and sold it in 1306 to the since 1180 residing in Münchenbuchsee St. John. In the train of the Reformation of 1528, the spiritual possession came again to the city, the now secular power sold to Franz Hans Naegeli 1545 in the approximate extent of the church today. This probably the most important lord of the manor of Bremgarten built the castle to a palace complex in the style of the time, while the church retained its Gothic appearance from the early 14th century.

With a first structural expansion in the 18th century began Bremgartens recent history: The Bremgarten castle was built, resulted in several country seats, larger farms as well as numerous small farmers and commercial houses. End of the 19th century began with the development of major industrial facilities in the neighboring Felsenaustrasse a one next growth area, however, which led to an aggravation of the old social and economic problems.

1946 Bremgarten wanted to give up its independence, but the city of Bern rejected an annexation. A strong financial injection dissolved in the 1950s of the last structural expansion in 1.9km ² large municipality. In the next decades was built here more than in all previous centuries. The rural - rural Bremgarten transformed to one characterized by family houses and dense residential areas suburban community. With the expansion of the road network and public transport, with the construction of large schools and other community facilities and the infrastructure has been adapted to the new conditions. Two local planning guided the development and contribute to that retained the Hoger and the Birchiplateau extensive, outdoor recreation rooms with the Aare.

By 1880, upheld the municipality still Bremgarten rule ( for differentiation of the same year merged with Kirchlindachstrasse community Bremgarten City Court ).

Neubrückenstraße

The oldest Aarebrücke in the Bern area is the Neubrückenstraße at Bremgarten. It was built in 1534/35. The covered with bricks wooden bridge extends 93 meters over the river Aare. It combines Bremgarten with the main road 236, which runs through the Bremgartenwald to Bern. The bridge is located in Bern and church community Lindacher ground.

Attractions

See also: List of cultural property in Bremgarten bei Bern

Policy

The voter shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SP 22.3%, SVP 17.9%, 15.2% BDP, GPS 14.5%, FDP 13.9%, 8.2%, glp, CVP 2.5 %, EPP 1.7%, EDU 0.6%.

Others

Known as Bremgarten circuit, where from 1934 to 1954 the Grand Prix of Switzerland for automobiles and 1949-1954 of the Grand Prix of Switzerland was held for motorcycles, was not in the community Bremgarten, but in Bremgartenwald belonging to the city of Bern.