Rapperswil, Bern

Aerial View

Rapperswil is a municipality in the administrative district in the canton of Bern Seeland in Switzerland.

Geography

Rapperswil is located at 521 m above sea level. Level, 13 km north of the capital of the canton of Bern ( straight line ). The village on the Swiss plateau extends to a slightly towards the north incident plateau of Rapperswil plateau between the valleys of the north and Limpachtal Lyssbach in the south.

The area of ​​18.2 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the central Bernese Mittelland. The main part of the church grounds located on the plateau of Rapperswil, a Molassehügelland, which was formed by the glacial Rhone Glacier and covered with moraine deposits. On the plateau, which is slightly inclined towards the north- north- west, farmland and meadows alternate with larger forest areas (hard woods, Buechwald ) from. The plateau is drained by several source streams of Limpachs. The Hohschwerzibach, the Wilbach and the stream from the Buechwald unite at the Brickyard Rapperswil to then northward to flow through the Islentäli into Limpachtal.

To the west of the municipality floor extends into the Hauenbühl (536 m above sea level. M. ), north to the heights of the upper timber ( 533 m above sea level. M. ), Gsteig (540 m above sea level. M. ), Chrützholz (535 m above sea. M. ) and free wood ( 556 m above sea level. M. ), to the east on the plateau of the wood Acher (573 m above sea level. M. ). The southern end of the plateau form the forest heights of Äckenberg (614 m above sea level. M. ) and Upper Wood ( above 623 m. M. the highest elevation of Rapperswil ). South of the plateau decreases with a relatively steep slope to the valley of the Moossee - Lyssbachtals respectively, whose northern half is also part of the range between Schüpfen and Münchenbuchsee yet to Rapperswil. From the municipality surface 1997 8 % were settlements, 29 % of forest and woody plants and 63% to agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality of Rapperswil consists of eleven localities:

  • Rapperswil (521 m above sea level. M. ) in the catchment of Wilbachs, the central location of the community, with the hamlet Habanger (515 m above sea level. M. ) west of Wilbachs, 634 inhabitants.
  • Wierezwil (521 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau west of the hard woods, with the hamlet Rüberi ( 523 m above sea level. M. ), 155 inhabitants.
  • Frauchwil (503 m above sea level. M. ) in the Talniederung of Hohschwerzibachs, 85 inhabitants.
  • Zimlisberg ( 527 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau east of the Islentälis, with the hamlet of wooden houses ( 522 m above sea level. M. ), 121 inhabitants.
  • Bittwil (552 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau south of the Limpachtals, 70 inhabitants.
  • Vogelsang ( 539 m above sea level. M. ) in a clearing of the island Buechwaldes, 52 inhabitants.
  • Seewil (554 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau between hard woods and Äckenberg, 205 inhabitants.
  • Dieterswil ( 562 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau north of the Äckenberges, 254 inhabitants.
  • Moosaffoltern ( 584 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau south of the upper timber, above the Moss Valley, 88 inhabitants.
  • Lätti (540 m above sea level. M. ) on the northern side of the valley of the Moss Lake Valley, 480 inhabitants.
  • Ruppoldsried (490 m above sea level. M. ) in Limpachtal, incorporated on January 1, 2013, 259 inhabitants ( 2011).

Neighboring municipalities of Rapperswil are barns, Bangerten, Zuzwil (BE) and Deisswil at Münchenbuchsee the east, Münchenbuchsee and Schüpfen in the south, Grossaffoltern in the west and Wengi in the north, all in the canton of Bern, and the Canton Solothurn fairs in the Northeast.

Population

With 2106 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Rapperswil belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Bern. Of the residents, 95.4 % speak German, 1.4% French-speaking and 0.7 % speak Albanian (as of 2000). The proportion of foreigners is 4.7 % (101 inhabitants), which is significantly below the average of the canton. 50.6 % of residents are male.

The population of Rapperswil in 1850 amounted to 1 987 inhabitants in 1900 to 1681 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population fluctuated always in the range 1610-1780 inhabitants. Since 1980 (1718 inhabitants) a significant increase in population was recorded again.

Policy

Currently (2011 ) there's a council of representatives from the SVP ( 4), the SP ( 1) and the Association of Local Policy ( VGP ) (2).

The voter shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 41.4 %, 18.6 % BDP, SP 14.3 %, 8.0 % GPS, FDP 5.9 %, 4.8 % glp, EPP 1.6 %, CVP 1.0 %, EDU 1.0 %.

Economy

Rapperswil was until the mid-20th century, a predominantly shaped by the agriculture community. Even today, the farming, fruit growing, animal husbandry and forestry have an important place in the economic structure of the population. In the area there are about 100 farms.

Many other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. The most important employer of Rapperswil is the Brickyard Louis Gasser AG, which was founded in 1858 and a large clay and stone pit north of the village maintains. An industrial zone has developed in Lätti close to the A6 motorway. In the church today among builders, the electrical industry, communication technology, mechanical engineering, wood processing and transportation are represented. Since 1903, Rapperswil is the site of a secondary school. In recent decades, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the agglomeration of Bern.

Traffic

The community is conveniently comparatively quite well developed. It is located on the main road of Münchenbuchsee by Bueren an der Aare. The nearest links to the motorway A6 ( Bern -Biel ) is located approximately 3 km from the center. By Postbus course, which serves the route of Zollikofen via Bueren an der Aare to Solothurn, Rapperswil is connected to the public transport network. A station can be reached by car in just 5 minutes, it is in Schüpfen on the route Bern -Biel.

History

The municipality of Rapperswil was settled very early. Evidence of the presence of the people are from the Iron Age ( burial mounds ) and from the Roman period ( votive stone, brick fragments and foundation walls of a fortified building ) was obtained. Not yet precisely dated are two earthworks, one in the valley of the Hohschwerzibachs and one in Zambergwald at Moosaffoltern.

The settlement names of Rapperswil and various surrounding villages ending in- wil suggest Alemannic foundations dating from the 8th through to the 10th century. The first written mention of Rapperswil took place in 1241 under the name Raverswil. Later, the names Raphirswilere ( 1246 ) published, Rapherswilen ( 1257 ), Rapfirswile ( 1260 ), Raferswiler ( 1262 ), Rapherzwile ( 1342 ), Rappferswyll ( 1555), Rapperswyll ( 1560), Rapperswyl (1653) and Rapperswil (1861 ). The name goes back to the Old High German personal name Ratfrid or Ratbrecht and accordingly is the homestead of the Ratfrid / Ratbrecht.

In the Middle Ages Rapperswil was under the Counts of Kyburg, who sold their rights over the territory in 1263 to the monastery Frienisberg. Real estate in today's communal land also had the Knights Coming Münchenbuchsee and the Cistercian monastery Frauenbrunnen held. Under Bernese rule ( since the second half of the 14th century ) Rapperswil was associated with the bailiwick Frienisberg in the district court Zollikofen. In 1505 Rapperswil was raised to the status of a free court, which formed the basis for the emergence of today's community with Rapperswil as the center and the associated nine villages and hamlets.

After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Rapperswil belonged during the Helvetic Republic to the district Zollikofen and from 1803 to Oberamt Aarberg, which was given the status of an office district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. Since January 1, 2010 Rapperswil belongs to the administrative district Zealand.

Attractions

In the village of Rapperswil, the neo-Gothic church and the vicarage stand ( late 16th century ), which was later modified several times. In the garden is a Roman votive stone, which is dedicated to the god Mercury. In Rapperswil and in the surrounding villages and hamlets numerous characteristic farmhouses have survived in the Bernese style from the 17th to the 19th century.

Pictures

Farmhouse in Vogelsang

Entrance to the village of Moosaffoltern

Farmhouse in Moosaffoltern

Farmhouse in Moosaffoltern with Hofhunden

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