Lützelflüh

Gotthelf center Emmental Lutzelfluh

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

Geography

Lutzelfluh located in the lower Emmental, at the Emme between Langnau and Burgdorf. The Emme divides the village in Oberndorf on the right bank and the lower village on the left bank, where the lower village is the younger part of the village. In addition, belong to the municipality Grünenmatt and Ramsei a part of the places Ranflüh, Trachsel forest and Rüegsauschachen and two enclaves: Lauterbach and upper Ried. The neighboring municipalities are Rüegsauschachen, Sumiswald, Trachsel forest, Rüderswil, Hasle b. Burgdorf. The community has about 4150 inhabitants.

History

From the time in 1130, the first document in which the Barons are mentioned by Lutzelfluh find. From the ancestral home of the Barons, the village developed. Almost all of today's Emmental belonged to the barony. 1225 is the talk of Lucelfluo.

1230 were the Barons of Brandis in the place of those of Lutzelfluh and built between the villages Lutzelfluh and Rüegsauschachen a castle.

1455 was the Brandis castle to the Bernese nobleman who sold the Lords of Scharnachtal. The castle was sold or inherited, until it came into the possession of the city of Bern in 1607 several times to other families. Brandis was a Bernese bailiff. The last Vogt was called Franz Ludwig May

On April 14, 1798 the Castle Brandis a burnt down. This was also the end of the bailiwick of Brandis. Lutzelfluh came to office Trachsel forest. The municipality was created Lutzelfluh.

Population

Tourism

Tourism plays only a small but not insignificant role, several typical Emmental inns offer bed and in another holiday on a farm possible.

Attractions

In Lutzelfluh is a late Gothic hall church built in 1505 with polygonal apse and a Gothic front tower. It was renovated in 1962. On its south side are the graves of Jeremias Gotthelf, Simon Gfeller and Emanuel Friedli.

On August 11, 2012, the new center Gotthelf Emmental Lutzelfluh was opened in the former parsonage and related buildings. The permanent exhibition is presented in the rooms in which Albert Bitzius with his family lived, wrote his works and guests received.

As a cultural and community center 's "culture mill ," which is referred to in the art guide Emmental as " one of the finest mills in the Emmental " is. Until 1970, a mill operation was performed. In 1976, the culture mill was provided with all its outbuildings listed building.

Pictures

Kulturmühle

Grave of Albert Bitzius ( Jeremias Gotthelf )

Grave of Simon Gfeller

Fountain: Ueli der Knecht

Monument Jeremias Gotthelf

Partner community

Since 2004, the Slovenian municipality Veliki Lašče is the twin town of Lutzelfluh. The first contacts were the two communities in 1996 with the founding of the club culture bridge Velike Lašče -. Lutzelfluh 2002, the foundation stone was laid for a deeper cooperation.