Rümligen

Rümligen

Rümligen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Geography

Rümligen is located on 606 m above sea level. Level, 14 km south of the capital of the canton of Bern ( straight line ). The village stretches a scenic location on the eastern slopes of the length on both sides of the mountain village of Bach, some 70 m above the valley floor Gürbe.

The area of ​​4.7 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 (535 m above sea level. M. ), which is here about 1.5 km wide. The eastern boundary is the channelized Gürbe. To the west of the municipality of soil on the slope of Rümligen extends to the height of the length of the mountain. Various moraine of glacial Aaregletschers have the area where the present landscape shape. Boggy hollows ( Weiermatt, Moosmatt ) alternate with Moränenwällen. The western border runs along the crest of the Taanwaldes, on 956 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Rümligen is achieved. To the southwest of the municipality spell reaches up to the plateau at Hasli above Riggisberg. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 16 % of forest and woody plants and 77% to agriculture.

To Rümligen include the newer upper district on the road from Toffen to Riggisberg, the hamlet Hermiswil (843 m. M. ) on the length mountain on the hillside above the Moosmatt and Hasli ( 867 m above sea level. M. ) on a plateau on the southeastern edge of the Taanwaldes and various individual courtyards. Neighboring communities of Rümligen are Kaufdorf, Gelterfingen, Rümligen, Riggisberg and Rüeggisberg.

Population

With 438 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Rümligen one of the small communities of the Canton of Bern. Of the residents 96.7 % are German, 0.9 % French-speaking and 0.5 % speak Italian ( as of 2000). The population of Rümligen amounted in 1850 to 480 residents in 1900 to 386 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased to 1980 it further decreased to 332 people. Since then, however, a significant population growth was recorded again.

Policy

The voting shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 37.4 %, BDP 20.0%, SP 13.3 %, GPS 8.2 %, EPP 5.4 %, EDU 5.1 %, glp 4.2 %, FDP 2.7 %, Alps Parliament 1.1 %, CVP 0.7 %.

Economy

Rümligen was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. The water power of the Rümligenbachs was used early for the operation of mills, saw mills and an oil mill. Even today, the farming and market gardening (particularly carbon plantations ) in Guerbetal and dairy farming 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 today among builders, the measurement technology and a wooden sled factory are represented. 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 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 course, which serves the route from the station to Riggisberg Toffen, Rümligen is connected to the public transport network.

History

The territory of Rümligen was settled very early, was located here in Roman times a watchtower. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1076 under the name Rumelinga. Later appeared the names Rumelingen ( 1109 ), Rumilenges ( 1180), Rümlingen ( 1240), Rumilingen ( 1254 ) and Rummel Ingen ( 1327 ). The name goes back to the Old High German personal name Rumilo and accordingly is with the people of Rumilo.

In the High Middle Ages was Rümligen center of the once important rule of the barons of Rümligen, who donated the monastery Rüeggisberg. In the 13th century the barons allied with Bern. Due to high levels of debt castle and lordship were sold in 1515 and then changed hands several times ( families contactor, von Erlach, of Wattenwyl and Frisching ). Under Bernese rule Rümligen was assigned to the district court Seftigen. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ), the village belonged to the district during the Helvetic Seftigen and from 1803 to Oberamt Seftigen, which was given the status of an office district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831.

Attractions

On a terrace above the village is the baroque castle Rümligen (early 18th century ) at the site of the medieval castle of the Barons of Rümligen. Rümligen does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish church Thurnen.

Personalities

The following people are associated with Rümligen:

• Samuel Frisching (1638-1721), Schultheiss the city and Republic of Berne, acquired 1709 Castle Rümligen
• Elisabeth de Meuron (1882-1980), Bernese patrician, known as Madame de Meuron, who lived at Castle Rümligen