Lyssach

Aerial view of Lyssach

Lyssach ( [li ː sax ] ) is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Geography

Lyssach is at 516 m above sea level. M., 4 km west of the town of Burgdorf (air line). The village is located on the southern edge of the flood plain of the river Emme, the gateway to the Emmental Valley, at the foot of the tertiary sandstone of the higher Swiss plateau.

The area of ​​6.1 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the central Bernese Mittelland. The northern part of the municipality is located in the lowlands of intensively farmed Emmeebene. In the northeast, the boundary runs along the canalized Emme. To the south extends the communal land in the gently undulating ground moraine, which was formed by glacial Rhone glacier. Here the extensive Birchiwald located (541 m above sea level. M. ), the Nassiwald, the upper timber and a marshy lowlands. On the hill of Räbberges is 574 m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Lyssach. The western boundary of the municipality are the congestion strands of the A1 motorway and the new stretch of the railway line Bern- Olten ( Rail 2000 ). From the municipality surface 1997 15 % came from settlements, 31 % of forest and woody plants, 52 % in agriculture and somewhat less than 2% was unproductive land.

Lyssach to include the settlement Schachen (513 m above sea level. M. ) on Mülibach in Emmeebene on the southern edge of Rüdtligen- Alchenflüh, several industrial zones and some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Lyssach are Kirchberg ( BE), Burgdorf, Ruti bei Lyssach, Mötschwil, Hindelbank, core Ried, Mrs. Fountain and Rüdtligen- Alchenflüh.

Population

With 1428 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Lyssach one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Bern. Of the residents 94.0 % are German, 0.9 % Italian-speaking and 0.7 % speak Turkish ( as of 2000). The population of Lyssach amounted in 1850 to 528 inhabitants, 1900 to 716 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population grew slowly until 1970 on 974 people. Especially during the 1970s and 1980s increased growth rates were recorded.

Economy

Lyssach was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding have a certain role in the occupational structure of the population. Many other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available.

Since the opening of the A1 motorway junction Kirchberg developed at the Bern Street, near the settlement of Schachen and on the main road between Kirchberg and Burgdorf various commercial and industrial zones. This mainly shops ( furniture, sporting goods, shoes, entertainment industry ), gas stations, a hotel and a company for semi- finished and finished products made ​​of marzipan and almond specialties have established. Other smaller companies include companies in the construction sector, horticulture, carpentry and mechanical workshops. With these large companies Lyssach has a significant Zupendlerüberschuss. But Many workers are commuters who work mainly in Burgdorf and in the agglomeration of Bern.

Traffic

The community is conveniently moderately well developed. The village itself is not crossed by passage axes. The main streets of Bern to Kirchberg and from Kirchberg to Burgdorf run west or north of Lyssach. The nearest links to the A1 ( Bern- Zurich ) is located approximately 3 km from the center. On 16 June 1857, the railway line from Herzogenbuchsee to Bern was taken with a station in Lyssach in operation. The northern districts are served by a regional bus line Mittelland AG, which operates on the route from Burgdorf to Mrs. Fountain.

History

Remains of graves from the Hallstatt period and finds of Roman coins point to an early settlement of the municipality. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1255 under the name Lissacho. Later, the names Lissache ( 1275 ), Lissach ( 1315) and Lisach ( 1360 ) published. The place name comes from the Latin Lissiacum, which corresponds to the importance of estate of Lissius.

In the Middle Ages Lyssach was under the suzerainty of the Counts of Kyburg. When the village had come under the dominion of Berne, it was assigned to the Schultheissen Office Burgdorf in the 15th century. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Lyssach 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

In the old town numerous characteristic farmhouses have survived in the Bernese country style in the 18th and 19th centuries. Lyssach does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish Kirchberg.

Pictures

Hotel Lyssach

Overlooking the old village