Münsingen

Münsingen from Belpberg ( Chutzen )

Münsingen (French Munisenges, bern German Münsige ) is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The community is located between the cities of Berne and Thun in the Aare valley. The original village possessed two nuclei: the front village ( rural - industrial settlement exit of the Mühletals ) and the back village with a church, rectory, and the two old pubs bears and lions.

Policy

  • GPS: 6
  • SP: 4
  • EPP: 3
  • Glp: 3
  • FWM submission: election diagram / ​​Maintenance / Name: 2
  • FDP: 3
  • BDP: 2
  • SVP: 6
  • EDU: 1

Münsingen is governed by a seven-member council and a parliament with 30 seats. The left graph shows the distribution of seats in Parliament after the election of 27 October 2013.

The voting shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 21.4%, SP 19.1%, 16.7 % BDP, GPS 12.8%, FDP 8.9%, 6.0%, glp, EPP 5.5 %, EDU 4.3%, CVP 1.9%.

Economy

Münsingen most important company is the manufacturer of office furniture USM. In addition, the water pump company Biral pumps Bieri Münsingen AG has its headquarters. In 1995, the municipality launched the project "Velo Ville ", which includes an awareness campaign and traffic measures in favor of cycling.

Population

Münsingen had on December 31, 2012 11'057 inhabitants. Of the inhabitants of 92.93 percent 1.46 percent in 2000 were German-speaking, Italian- and 1.07 percent of French-speaking. 56.6 percent of the working population commute to another municipality (as of 2000).

Train

In Münsingen there are primary schools, secondary schools and secondary schools to vorgymnasialen lessons.

Health service

Münsingen has a public hospital with 24 -hour emergency care. It belongs to the composite Spital Netz Bern Klink.

History

Münsingen originated from a Celtic village, which was 400 BC located at this point. 1904 was discovered the burial ground of Münsingen -Rain from the La Tène period during gravel mining. From the Roman period are various ruins. 1941 bath house with murals and mosaic floor ( fish and Oceanus head) was south of the church dug around 200 AD. The bath house probably belonged to a Roman estate.

The origin of the modern place- name is not clear, but awarded the Alemanni. Until 1033 Münsingen belonged to hochburgundischen court. In the 13th and 14th centuries Münsingen was under the rule of the Knights Senn, of which the present-day municipality coat of arms dates. The best known representative was the Bishop of Basel Johann Senn of Münsingen ( † 1365 ), in whose term inter alia, the Basel earthquake ( 1356 ) City and surrounding areas heavily damaged.

1406 bought the city of Bern from the Count Berchtold and Egon von Neu- Kyburg the rights of rural County of Burgundy. This Münsingen came under the suzerainty of the city. Bern said the area left and right of the Aare in four district courts, which district courts Sternberg, Zollikofen, Konolfingen and Seftigen. Münsingen belonged to the district court Konolfingen. Some landowners who Ausburger of Bern, were still possessed the high justice, the blood spell, so also in Münsingen. Bern was looking for and after the high court to acquire in such dominions. For this endeavor of the city to acquire the blood spell, and from the refusal of the government men to make this right and other rights to wrest, grew the Twingherrenstreit. Back then ( 1470 ) went to the high court of Münsingen over to the city of Bern.

As important gathering Münsingen made ​​in the 19th century during the democratization process in the canton of Bern history, with the National Assembly on 10 January 1831 in the Church Münsingen, in which the Assembly requested the convening of a Constitutional Council to create a new liberal cantonal constitution. This Resolution had the abdication of the patrician Restoration government and the formation of a Liberal government result.

1895 was in Münsingen a cantonal " asylum " was founded, which today is called psychiatry center Münsingen. The most famous inmate was the Swiss writer Friedrich Glauser, among other things, Matto ruled in his detective novels, processed the psychiatric conditions of the 1920s literary.

2012 Connecting the community Trimstein was decided on January 1, 2013 the municipality Münsingen.

Sports

The community is home to a football club, FC Münsingen, currently playing in Group 2 of the 1st league in Switzerland. The local Volleyball Club - VBC Münsingen - plays with the women's team in the first league. In Münsingen there are two Hornussergesellschaften. The Hornusser Münsingen (2nd league) and the Hornusser Trimstein (1st League )

Partner communities

  • Humpolec (Czech Republic)

Muensingen maintains political and club level friendly relations with the same Münsingen (Württemberg ) in Germany. In addition, since 1991 she participates in the financing of aid projects in the community Ambohimahavelona in Madagascar.

Personalities

  • Heinz Karrer ( born 1959 ), manager and former handball player, lives in Münsingen
  • Christian Müller (1921-2013), psychiatrist, born in Münsingen
  • Patric Niederhauser (* 1991), race car driver, born in Münsingen
  • Simone Niggli -Luder (born 1978 ), orienteer, lives in Münsingen
  • Lorenz Spring (born 1964 ), sculptor and painter, lives in Münsingen
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