Grossaffoltern
CH SBE ( Suberg )
Grossaffoltern is a municipality in the Seeland administrative in Canton Bern, Switzerland. The community was officially named until 1860 Affoltern.
Geography
Grossaffoltern located near Lyss in the Bernese Seeland and has about 3,000 inhabitants (as of 2010 ).
To Grossaffoltern consists of the villages and hamlets:
- Suberg
- Ammerzwil
- Vorimholz
- Chaltebrünne
- Vineyard
- Kosthofen
- Ottiswil
As well as several individual farms and farm groups.
The neighboring municipalities are Seedorf BE, Lyss, this bei Buren, Wengi, Rapperswil BE and Schüpfen.
Population
History
Finds of stone or bronze hatchets come from the end of the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age. Several grave hill outside the modern towns evidence of a settlement by the Celts in the 7th century BC Similarly, the presence of the Romans between the 1st and 4th century AD is evidenced by archaeological finds. A series of burial ground in Kosthofen dates from the time of the great migrations ( 5th and 6th centuries AD).
The documentary mention of a Peter Meier to Affoltern, in 1216 is the oldest surviving document Grossaffoltern. At the time, the place belonged to the Counts of Kyburg, in whose land register of the middle of the thirteenth century (1261-1263) the income of Affolterra or Affoltron are listed. 1402 sold Countess Anna of Nidau , the widow of Count Hartmann of Kyburg, castle and lordship Oltingen, which also Affolterra belonged to the citizens of Bern Hugo Burkart of Mömpelgart. From his widow, the county was sold to Count Conrad von Freiburg and was afterwards in the possession of the city of Bern.
1383 vergabte the Countess Anna of Nidau the church set at the convent Klingenthal in Klein Basel, which ceded it in 1416 to the Abbey Frienisberg. With the Reformation came Frienisberg including the church and tithe rate of Affoltern of Bern, whose advice now occupied the parish, which belonged to the chapter Buren. In 1413 the Bernese government Affoltern freed for 330 guilders from serfdom.
Since 1413 Grossaffoltern part of the bailiwick Aarberg.
Place names
The name ( grand) Affoltern is derived from Old High apholtra / apfultra affalterun or what is called at the apple orchard and from afal or AFUL (apple) and tra (Tree - gothic triu, English tree ) composed. 1216 the village was first mentioned in documents as Affoltron.
Policy
The voter shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 32.7 %, 21.2 % BDP, SP 17.9 %, FDP 8.0 %, 7.3 % GPS, glp 4.2 %, 2.8 % EPP, CVP 2.1 %, EDU 0.7 %.
Economy
The largest employer is the fertilizer factory Hauert.
Attractions
The community is known for its colony of storks. The nature reserve Längmoos boasts a great diversity of species ( dragonflies, insects, amphibians, birds, plants).
Personalities
Stephanie and Ruedi Baumann were the first couple National Council of Switzerland.