Rüschegg

Overlooking the Rüschegg Hill with the church

Rüschegg ( bern German [ ryʃek ] ) is a mixed municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. From 1 January 2010 Rüschegg part of the new administrative district of Bern -Mittelland in the same administrative region.

• 3.1 languages
• 3.2 religions and denominations

• 5.1 Tourism
• 5.2 traffic

• 7.1 schools
• 7.2 Rüschegg Song
• 7.3 Customs

Coat of arms

Blazon

The lion's paw refers to the crest of the administrative district Schwarzburg, the pine symbolizes the forest wealth of Rüschegg. 1941, the municipal coat of arms was created in 1945 and recognized by the government.

Geography

The northernmost, simultaneously lowermost third of the municipality includes numerous farms in scattered settlement and the four places Gambach, Hirschhorn, Heubach and Rüschegg Trench. They lie to the Rüschegg - hill on which the church is common (937 m above sea level. M. ). The continuously inhabited community part is drained by numerous streams, including the Gambach, the Heubach, the Wyssenbach and the black water. The deepest point is 701 m above sea level. M.

To the south of the hilly terrain of the Egg closes ( Pfyffe 1666 meters above sea level. M. ), Schüpfenfluh (1720 m above sea level. M. ) and the Selibühls at (1750 m above sea level. M. ). This area does not permanently inhabited settlements.

The southern boundaries are the three Bernese pre-Alps mountains gantrisch ( 2175 m above sea level. M. ), Bourguillon ( 2165 m above sea level. M. ) and steers ( 2188 meters above sea level. M. ). Here arises one of the headwaters of the scythe, the Cold Sense. The only permanently inhabited settlement in this part of the municipality is the Kurhaus sulfur mountain bath.

The neighboring communities of west clockwise beginning are Guggisberg, Schwarzburg, Rüeggisberg, Riggisberg, Därstetten and Oberwil.

Geology

The area around the Rüschegg Hill consists of sandstone -rich molasses of the Tertiary. The molasses is partly in conglomerate rock. Higher elevations consist of moraine. Tectonically the area counts for lying flat, subalpine Molasse of the Molasse Basin.

The subsequent chain of hills south of Egg, Schüpfenfluh and Selibühl consists of sandstone -rich flysch. These are sediments of the Cretaceous period. Tectonically, this part is counted for so-called Gurnigel ceiling.

The Gantrisch consists of limestone, which is interspersed with marls and marly shales. This part of Rüschegg is the geologically oldest and belongs to the Jurassic and Cretaceous to. Tectonically the Gantrisch belongs to the middle Pennine ceilings.

Soils

Seen Geomorphologically are large parts of the community fluvial slope surfaces. These are characterized by the last glaciation of the Würm. The Gantrisch is karstified. It come before larger landslides and subsidence.

The floors are made of brown earth, gley and modrighumosem regosol. These soils are of moderate to very poor agricultural suitability. The Gantrisch is rocky, unproductive soil.

Consequently, this area of the western Alps offers little arable land, spending a lot of grassland, forests (40 % of the municipality ), shrub and herbaceous vegetation, and alpine meadows. The proportion of coniferous forests is between 60 % and 80 %, mainly is the spruce.

Reserves

A boulder on Wyssenbach and the Gantrisch lake are protected.

The black water of Heubach to Sackau was included in the Federal Inventory of alluvial zones of national importance. The total area of ​​this floodplain is 107 hectares (share community Rüschegg about 25%). Not quite congruent is a cantonal forest reserve Teuffengraben / Sackau total of 75 hectares. The forest area Süftene was left destroyed by the hurricane Lothar (1999) and placed under protection.

Fourteen fens in Rüschegg were recorded with a total area of ​​around 460 hectares in the Federal Inventory of fens of national importance. In addition, approximately 30 acres of high moorland are inventoried by the Federal Inventory of high and transitional mires of national importance. The entire National Wildlife Refuge moorland Gurnigel / gantrisch covers approximately 4500 hectares.

The Gurnigel and Gantrisch is excreted by international and national importance as a bird sanctuary of international importance in the Federal Inventory of water and migratory bird sanctuaries.

Population

From the home legitimate in Rüschegg people lived in 1888 still 37% (ie, 1664), whereas in 1950 only 10% ( ie 1022) in the municipality itself caused the strong population decline of nearly 50 % between 1910 and the mid- 1970s, the community to invest more in building renovations. Federal and cantonal contributions as part of a housing renovation program for mountain areas brought support. Since then, the population of the community grew again by about 30 %. The subsequent influx of commuters especially Heubach has grown rapidly and is now to Schwarzburg BE the biggest town within the jurisdiction.

Languages

The inhabitants are German 97% ( 2000). The old-timers used in daily use a variant of Bern German, which is very closely related to the neighboring dialect Guggisberg.

Religions and denominations

84% ( 2000) of the population are Protestant reformed. Rüschegg probably belonged since the Reformation the parish Guggisberg. Already in 1744 a Branch Cemetery in Hirschhorn was granted. 1809 Pfarrhelferei was built and 1812/13 was built by the architect Johann Daniel Osterrieth the church in a prominent place on the Rüschegg Hill. With the political separation of Guggisberg 1860 was accompanied by the ecclesiastical separation. The church was in 1869 an organ, in 1898 a church tower to replace the roof turret and was renovated in 1957-1960.

More of 6 % ​​( 2000) are Roman Catholic or without denomination.

Policy

Rüschegg is a mixed community, which means the civic community is united with the municipality. The Municipal Assembly is the highest governing body and is convened twice a year. It elects the seven-member council. Council president is Peter Krahenbuhl (2009).

Dominant in the community policy is the SVP, which always has a majority in the council. A regularly represented by one or two members in the municipal section of the SP has dissolved in the 1990s. As a result, representatives of a section of the FDP were the first to take a seat on the council.

The voting behavior at cantonal and federal templates is currently a few percentage points more liberal than in the neighboring village of Guggisberg, but is seen overall typical of the Bernese community. The Stimmmbeteiligung at the general election of 2007 was 39%, at the general election in 2011 44%.

The administrative center is Hirschhorn.

Economy

The community is on average dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, even if the structural change is obvious since the 1980s. Rüschegg has no industry. Some businesses in the construction industry ( wood processing) are located. A 19th century still widespread basket weaving and Hausiererwesen ( in 1900 had almost 300 Rüscheggerland appropriate cantonal grants ), disappeared completely in the second half of the 20th century.

In Heubach is a branch of the Amtsersparniskasse Schwarzburg. During some years there was also a branch of Raiffeisenbank. In the same place there is also a branch of Coop ( Switzerland ) and in Gambach a cooperative -run village shop. Heubach also has a medical practice and a retirement home.

Rüschegg receives annually since 1953 grants from the cantonal financial compensation. 1964 was the control force per capita is only 28% of the cantonal average, 1978 she was, after all risen to almost 50%. The share of legal persons on the earnings of the Federal Direct Tax is only 4% (1997 /98). For comparison, in the Canton of Bern, the value is 23%.

Tourism

To the south of Heubach are tourist resorts Eywald ( with a public swimming pool and tennis court ) and Gustern. In Gantrisch is the Kurhaus Schwefelbergbad. The Grand Hotel Gurnigelbad in the neighboring municipality Riggisberg was important until the Second World War as an employer.

Summer tourism is usually limited to day-trippers arriving from the agglomeration of Bern for hiking. In Heubach since 1963 was the first dry ski jump of Switzerland (demolished in the early 1980s ) and in Rüschegg ditch a mini golf course. In winter, in Eywald, operated in Selital and the Kurhaus Schwefelbergbad ski lifts and marked cross-country trails. In the hamlet Längeneybad the Gantrisch Rope Park is from April to October. He offers seven courses of varying difficulty with platforms up to 36 meters.

Rüschegg is a member of the planning region Blackwater, which has since been merged into the planning region gantrisch since 1974. This consciously promotes sustainable tourism in this recreation area Berns. Conflicts existed with the Swiss Army, which operates a tank firing range in Selibühlgebiet.

Traffic

A post bus line from Schwarzburg BE station to Riggisberg opens up since 1928, the four places around the Rüschegg Hill. The only post office is Heubach; previously passed post offices in Gambach and Rüschegg Trench.

1913 Rüschegg made ​​even hope for its own train station within the project of a railway line from Thun to Freiburg. The community participated in the planning costs, but the project was never realized.

History

Rüschegg means " lined with rushes Egg ' (from Middle High German rusch ( e) " bulrush, marsh plant » and corner, harrow " sharp edge, mountain ridge "). One of the earliest mentions is found in a cartulary of the monastery Rüeggisberg 1420: apud Ruesseg. Rüschegg appeared on a map for the first time 1577/78 at Thomas Schoepf on, as a Rüscheck pagus.

With Guggisberg Rüschegg formed the upper part of the Commons rule Grasburg. Within Guggisberg who inhabited the area around the Rüschegg Hill as part gorge was known. This relatively remote area was Allmendfeld country of Commons rule and were inhabited by beggars and vagrants. The beggar could graze their cattle on the Allmendfeld let ( mendicant order in 1676 ). 1803, the congregation rule Grasburg to Bern and was ( in 1831 the district of ) Schwarzburg called Oberamt.

With the famine years 1816/17 and 1846/47 as well as unfavorable climatic conditions, the end of the 1830s, the community Guggisberg depleted completely. She was the poorest in the entire canton of Bern. The Bernese government sent commissioners regularly arms. To reduce the workload of overburdened local government, 1860, the municipality of Guggisberg was divided and formed from the canyon part of the community Rüschegg.

Rüschegg was still not spared from disaster in 1892 burned the place Hirschhorn from 1931 slipped a 65 -hectare area after heavy rains from 1936 joined the Heubach three times in rapid succession over the banks, and the black water swept a bridge with it.

Culture

Train

In the community division in 1860 ever existed a school in Hirschhorn, Bundsacker (part of Heubach ) and at the church Rüschegg. More school houses were built in 1881 in Rüschegg Trench and Äugsten and 1893 in Heubach.

Today the primary schools Hirschhorn exist ( with gym) and Bundsacker ( since 1976 with kindergarten). Since 1997 there has been for the whole community a central junior high school in Bundsacker. The secondary school is visited in Schwarzburg.

Rüschegg Song

The longtime teacher Fritz Stoll wrote the Rüschegg song that can be sung with or without yodel. Here is the first verse:

Customs

Every year in September in reefs Matt (municipality Guggisberg ) instead of the custom of sheep Scheids in which the common gesömmerten on the pastures animals are returned to their owners. The 1662 first mentioned custom is more and more replaced by a fair. The day of the sheep Scheids is no school in Rüschegg.

Personalities

• Ulrich Dürrenmatt (1849-1908), of Guggisberg, Editor, 1868/69 teachers in Hirschhorn
• Robert Kohli (1896-1977), diplomat
• Franz Gertsch (* 1930), painter, honorary citizen of Rüschegg since 2006
• Egon Ammann (* 1941), publisher
• Dodo Hug ( born 1950 ), singer and musician
• Erwin Beyeler ( born 1952 ), former federal prosecutor
• Stefan Riesen (born 1973 ), Triathlete