Diesse
Diesse
Diesse was until December 31, 2013 municipality in the administrative district in the canton of Bern Bernese Jura in Switzerland. The former German name Dess, Tess or Tesse are no longer used today. On 1 January 2014 merged Diesse with the other two former municipalities Lamlingen and Prêles merged to Plateau de Diesse.
Geography
Diesse is located at 838 m above sea level. M., 10 km west of Biel (air line). The village is located on the northern edge of the plateau Montagne de Diesse ( German Tessenberg ) above Lake Biel, in the southern Jura at the foot of Mont Sujet.
The area of 9.4 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the plateau of the Montagne de Diesse that of the Douanne ( German Twannbach ) is dehydrated to Biel. In the south, the area extends to the ridge of Prêles. To the north, the municipality extends to the anticline of the Mont Sujet, a Jura ridge, which is upstream of the Chasseral south. With 1,382 m above sea level. M. is achieved on the Mont Sujet the highest point of Diesse. Here there is an extensive Jura mountain meadows with the typical tall spruce trees that are either individually or in groups. From the municipality surface 1997 3 % was attributable to settlements, 49 % of forest and woody plants and 48% to agriculture.
To Diesse include the hamlet of La Pierre east of the village as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Diesse were up on December 31, 2013 Prêles, Lamlingen and Nods.
Population
With 439 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Diesse one of the smaller communities of the Bernese Jura. Of the 88.3 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 9.6 % and 1.2 % Spanish speaking (as of 2000). The population of Diesse amounted in 1850 to 408 residents in 1900 to 387 inhabitants. During the 20th century until 1970, a significant decrease to 277 persons has been registered. Since then, larger growth rates were recorded again.
Policy
The voter shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: GPS 24.9 %, SVP 21.7 %, SP 17.6 %, FDP 11.4 %, Les Rauraques 5.7 %, glp 5.2 %, BDP 5.0 %, pirates 1.6 %, CVP 1.4 %, AL 1.2 %, SLB 1.0 %, 0.5 % EDU, EPP 0.3 %.
Economy
Diesse was marked up in the second half of the 20th century mainly by agriculture. Since about 1980, the village gradually developed into the residential community. In Quartier Vert mamelon number of beautiful single family homes were built. We still do not know how to come to the name " mamelon Vert " (green nipple) ist.Viele working population commuters and work in Biel or in the region of La Neuveville.
Traffic
The community is located off the major thoroughfares on the main road from Frinvillier to Nods. Diesse is connected with La Neuveville by a postal car course that also serves the other municipalities of the Montagne de Diesse.
History
The first written mention of Diesse took place in 1178 already under the present name. In 1188, the mention followed as Mont de Tesson, 1196 Thesson, 1228 to finally Diesse or German Tessenberg. The populated in Roman times small landscape initially went to Burgundy, then to the Count of Neuchâtel on which she gave in 1112 to the Prince-Bishopric of Basel. From this the management of Diesse 1185, the abbey of St. John was transferred. Some of the sovereign rights of the Counts of Neuchâtel on Diesse 1216 were transferred to the Count of Nidau to swinging shut in 1375 the city of Bern as their successors. At the time of the Reformation Bern also received the Kollaturrecht to the parish Diesse they exercised together with their other legal claims, together with the bishops of Basel until 1797. In the parish church are the tombs of a number of priests from the lineage Lecomte, from the reformer Jean Lecomte (1500-1572) descended and has made twenty pastor of the Church of Berne until 1800. Of which had several in Diesse. In 1577, fell in Diesse the course of 3 months, 360 people of the plague victim. In the 17th century witch trials were remarkably frequent in Diesse, and from 1611 to 1617 no less than 60 witches were burned.
Under the Bernese rule was to end in 1797 Diesse capital of Meiertums ( mairie ) Montagne de Diesse. From 1798 to 1815 belonged Diesse to France and was initially part of the Département du Mont Terrible, which was connected to the 1800 Haut -Rhin. By the decision of the Congress of Vienna, the place came in 1815 to the canton of Bern to the District Erlach and 1846 the new district of La Neuveville.
Attractions
The Protestant parish church Saint -Michel, which appears in the records already in 1185, was extensively restored in 1955-56. The nave dates from the Roman period, the choir is Gothic. For parish Diesse includes the neighboring communities Lamlingen and Prêles. In the center some characteristic old farm houses have been preserved.