Toffen

Village south entrance

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

Geography

Located in the lower Guerbetal ( neighboring town of Belp in the north), the village nestles at the mountain length, but extends to the hamlet at the foot of Heitern Belpberg. The highest point is the triangulation above the Pfaffenloch to 881 m, the deepest point of the canal bridge at Toffenholz to 523 meters. Of the 488 hectares of the municipal area are 78 acres of forest. Neighboring municipalities are Belp, Gelterfingen, Kaufdorf, Niedermuhlern, Rüeggisberg and forest.

History

From the Roman period dates the mosaic found in 1894 in the area of ​​land Ackers, which today is located in Bern Historical Museum. The name comes from the Roman Toffen " tofu " for tuff. By the year 1072 apparently lived monks in the cave " Pfaffenloch » Good Brünnen above, exist over which two legends. The origin of the castle Toffen are unclear. The later castle held the Low jurisdiction from the 15th century until 1798. The current castle is one of the cultural property of national significance and is privately owned.

The valley floor of the Gürbetal was formerly a flood plain, a poor area, which was repeatedly flooded by the wild Gürbe. Between 1860 and 1864 this was straightened, but again there were floods. The last major flood disaster in Toffen was 1990. Founding of Flurgenossenschaft Belp - Toffen 1918 was the beginning of a comprehensive freight consolidation and drainage, which formed the basis for today's flourishing agriculture in the valley.

Policy

The voters of the municipality Toffen determine at the municipal meeting or at the ballot box, the fate of the community. Other institutions of the community are the local council, the audit institution, the commissions and the municipal staff.

At the municipal ballot box election was for the term 2013 to 2016 in the quiet choice determines: Pipe Achermann Ruth ( FBT ) as a congregation President, Tanner Hans -Ulrich (SVP Toffen ) as community vice president and as members of the council: Tschanz Stephen Christian ( SP Toffen ) Bütler Carl (SVP Toffen ), Tanner Hans -Ulrich (Vice President, SVP Toffen ), Mathys Andrew ( SVP Toffen ), pipe - Achermann Ruth ( President, FBT ), Krattiger Theres ( FBT ) and Zbinden Rolf ( FBT ).

The voting shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 30.9 %, BDP 22.0 %, SP 16.0 %, GPS 6.9 %, FDP 6.1 %, EPP 4.9 %, glp 3.7 %, EDU 3.1 %, CVP 1.6 %, Alps Parliament 1.4 %.

Traffic

Toffen is well served by public transport: The existing since 1913 Gürbetalbahn is now part of the S -Bahn lines 4/44/3 and operated by the BLS group. Every half hour there are connections to Bern with a journey time of 17 minutes and to Thun with a journey time of 23 minutes. Further, there is a bus service from Toffen to Riggisberg (journey time 13 minutes).

Economy

Toffen part of the outer belt agglomeration of Bern. According to the commuter share of the village population is high. In industrial, commercial, and retail operations but there are also about 300 jobs in the village. One of these companies is the most widely known beyond the borders of classic car gallery.

Agriculture is as usual highly aligned Guerbetal on the white cabbage cultivation, in the " cabbage country " much sauerkraut is produced. Witness this ancient tradition is held annually in Toffen public " Chabis Hoblete » ( 1st Saturday in October).

The tuff - exploitation in Toffen was set in 1983.

Pictures

Castle Toffen

Schlossgut Toffen

Barn castle estate Toffen

Gürbe above Toffen

Tower ecclesiastical center Toffen