Kirchenthurnen

Rümligen

Geography

Rümligen is on 612 m above sea level. M., 15 km south of the capital of the canton of Bern ( straight line ). The village stretches a scenic location on a terrace on the eastern slopes of the mountain length, approximately 70 m above the valley floor Gürbe.

The area of ​​1.3 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the middle Gürbetal. The eastern part of the municipality is located in the intensively farmed level of Gürbetal (540 m above sea level. M. ) which is here about 1.5 km wide. The eastern boundary runs pretty much along a dirt road in the middle of the valley, east of the channelized Gürbe. To the west of the municipality extends over the ground relatively gently rising slope and the terrace of Rümligen up in the Buechwald. Here, on the eastern slope of the mountain with length 740 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Rümligen. From the municipality surface 1997 12 % came from settlements, 9% of forest and woody plants and 78% to agriculture; slightly less than 1 % was unproductive land.

To Rümligen include some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Rümligen are Rümligen, Gelterfingen, mill village (BE), Mühlethurnen and Riggisberg.

Population

With 272 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Rümligen one of the small communities of the Canton of Bern. Of the residents 97.3 % are German, 1.0 % French-speaking and 0.3 % speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Rümligen amounted in 1850 to 284 residents in 1900 to 277 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population first took until 1950 to 199 persons, and then again quickly to grow to 375 inhabitants. Since then, a significant decrease in population was recorded again.

Policy

The voting shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 35.6 %, BDP 20.0%, EDU 10.7 %, SP 8.3 %, FDP 6.7 %, EPP 5.7 %, GPS 4.5 %, SLB 1.8 %, Jimy Hofer plus 1.1 %, PNOS 1.1 %, glp 1.1 %, 1.0 % pirates, SD 1.0 %, CVP 0.7 %.

Economy

Rümligen was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by agriculture village. Even today, agriculture and market gardening in Guerbetal as well as the dairy and livestock on the hillsides an important place in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In Rümligen is the road Inspectorate of the Office Seftigen. The parish house built in 1978 serves as a multifunctional center in the region. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the larger towns in the area, in the agglomeration of Bern or Thun.

Traffic

The community is conveniently technically quite well developed. It lies on the main road from Bern to Thun by the Guerbetal, branches off from the road via a Riggisberg here to Schwarzenburgerland. By Postbus courses that serve the routes of the Toffen stations respectively Thurnen to Riggisberg, Rümligen is connected to the public transport network.

History

In the Ried- gravel pit graves have been found from the Hallstatt period. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1201 under the name Thornon. Later, the names Tornes ( 1228 ), Turindon ( 1262 ), Turnden ( 1318 ), Turndon ( 1323), Kirchturnden ( 1349 ), Thurondeon ( 1361 ) and Kirchturndon ( 1373 ) published. The etymology of the place name Thurnen is not clear, possibly derived from the Celtic word. To distinguish Mühlethurnen the addition was Kirch used in the 14th century.

In the Middle Ages Rümligen belonged to the lords of Blankenburg, but was sold in 1343 to the monastery of Interlaken. The sovereignty over Rümligen arrived in 1388 at Berne. Since then, the village was placed under the district court Seftigen. After the Reformation in 1528 was also the direct rule of the monastery to the city of Bern, which Rümligen the court Thurnen (from the 18th century Venner court Mühlethurnen ) allotted.

After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Rümligen belonged during the Helvetic Republic to the District Seftigen and from 1803 to Oberamt Seftigen, which was given the status of an office district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. Although the name Rümligen has long been used to distinguish Mühlethurnen, the official renaming of the Municipality of Thurnen in Kirchenthurnen took place only in 1860. Since the mid-19th century, the Gürbe has been corrected in several stages and the once every year by floods ravaged valley largely dehydrated. This was obtained in the course of time, valuable agricultural land.

Attractions

At the edge of the terrace of Rümligen is widely visible Church, which dates back to the 13th century in the core. Its present form the church received the extensive new construction from 1671 to 1673. The church has a richly appointed interior, including the choir stalls from the 15th century, the Renaissance pulpit of 1673, a baptismal font of Abraham Dünz, various coats of arms from the 17th century and a remarkable organ of 1771st The rectory was rebuilt after a fire in 1739 to 1743.