Heimiswil

Reformed Church Heimiswil

Heimiswil is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Geography

Heimiswil is located on 615 m above sea level. M., 3 km east of the town of Burgdorf (air line). The farming village extends Heimiswilgraben, an eastern tributary of the Emmental in Molassehügelland the higher Swiss plateau.

The area of ​​23.4 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of eastern hills of the Emmental. The central part of the municipality is the dewatered by Fischbach Heimiswilgraben, a characteristic valley in Molassehügelland east of the Emmental. The main valley is 6 km long and flows above Burgdorf Emmental. It has numerous short side valleys and trenches of narrow hilltops (known as harrows ) are separated. The scenery often shows very strong slope angles, which makes the agricultural work in this field. At higher altitudes, therefore, prevail forest and pasture. The harrow on the north- western and northern side of the valley are an average of 700 to 800 m high, those on the southeast side of 800 to 850 m ( the Rachisberg reaches a height of 852 m above sea level. M. ). In the extreme south of the municipality spell descends in a narrow strip up to the Emme.

To the northwest extends the communal land on the crest of the Egg and the headwaters of the Ösch up in the Wynigental, while the northern boundary runs along the Chänerechbachs. In the east, the municipal area extends over the watershed of the Heimiswilgrabens down in places up to the Rüegsbach. At the core of the hill region, the forest height of the Lueg is little outside the territory of Heimiswil. An approximately 1.2 km ² large enclave with the courts Hirsegg and calibration comprises the area northeast of the Lueg. On the northeast slope is 865 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Heimiswil. From the municipality surface 1997 4 % came from settlements, 34 % of forest and woody plants and 62% to agriculture.

Community structure

Heimiswil is divided into four parts of municipalities, known as district and school districts:

• Village in Heimiswilgraben consisting of the low- village ( 589 m above sea level. M. ) and the upper village (614 m above sea level. M. ) of Heimiswil and Hoferen (600 m above sea level. M. ) and Rumistal ( 653 m above sea level. M. ).
• Busswil ( 643 m above sea level. M. ) in Lochbachtal between the Riedegg and Höchi.
• Mountain with the hamlets Hueb (675 m above sea level. M. ), Wil ( 669 m above sea level. M. ), Guetisberg ( 697 m above sea level. M. ), all at relatively gently sloping north- western slope of the Egg in the headwaters of the Ösch, cold- acre (706 m above sea level. M. ) and Färberg (711 m above sea level. M. ).
• Red Tree ( 790 m above sea level. M. ) in the catchment of Rüegsbachs with front Rinderbach (656 m above sea level. M. ), Lueg ( 838 m above sea level. M. ) and the exclave Hirsegg ( 777 m above sea level. M. ).

In addition, include numerous groups of farms and individual farms, which are scattered in the valleys and on the hills, to the community. Neighboring communities of Heimiswil are Wynigen, Affoltern im Emmental, Rüegsauschachen, Hasle bei Burgdorf and Burgdorf.

Population

With 1591 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Heimiswil belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Bern. Of the residents 98.8 % are German, 0.3% French-speaking and 0.2 % speak Dutch ( as of 2000). During the 20th century, the population particularly since 1950 fell by high migration by almost 35 % to 1543 people (2000 ) from. Since then a slight population growth was recorded again.

Economy

Heimiswil was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the dairy and cattle breeding and farming, fruit growing and forestry have an important place in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In today Heimiswil enterprises of the timber processing, mechanical engineering (agricultural equipment), the construction industry and mechanical workshops are represented. Many workers are also commuters who work mainly in the region of Burgdorf.

Traffic

The community is located off of the larger passage axes on a link road from Burgdorf to Affoltern in the Emmental. By Postbus course which operates direct flight from Burgdorf to the Lueg, Heimiswil is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1250 under the name Heimoltswiler. Later, the names Heimolswile ( 1276), Heymolzwile ( 1327 ), Hemisswill (1368 ) and Heimiswil ( 1456 ) published. The name goes back to the Old High German personal name Heimolt and thus means the homestead Heimolt.

Since the 13th century Heimiswil belonged to the actual territory of the Counts of Kyburg. By buying reached the village in 1402 to the town of Burgdorf, and later at the Bailiwick Grasswil. The high court passed from the Kyburgs to the Bernese district court Ranflüh before Bern, the village in the early 16th century allotted the Schultheissen Office Burgdorf. Ecclesiastical Heimiswil was supervised by upper castle since the Reformation. Because in the 18th century had been spreading in Heimiswil the movement of the Baptist, decided the Bernese gentlemen, the separation of the parish of Upper Castle and the formation of an independent parish, which was adopted by the Grand Council of Bern on 12 February 1703.

After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Heimiswil belonged 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.

Attractions

The Reformed Church of Saint Margaret was built in 1703-04 as a Baroque hall church perched on a ledge in the upper village. Built then roof riders was replaced in 1813 by a powerful 48 -meter high tower front. In the village is the inn lion, a post and beam construction in the early 19th century. In the two town centers and the numerous hamlets many characteristic farmhouses ( Emmentaler style ) from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved. On the cold field, there is a 1000 year old yew which also adorns the coat of arms of the municipality. It is named after the eponymous homestead Gärstler yew.