Walkringen

Rüttihubelbad, Walk rings

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

Geography

Walk rings located on 708 m above sea level. M., 13 km east of the capital of the canton of Bern ( straight line ). The village is located on the northeastern edge of the massage ring moss, at the upper entrance to the Bigental, between the ridges of Mänziwilegg in the west and in the east Adlisberg.

The area of ​​17.2 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the hill country between the Aare Valley and the Emmental. The southern part of the municipality is occupied by Walk moss ring, a flat area of ​​about 1 sq. km stretch. At this level was still in the Middle Ages, a lake gradually silted up, however, was drained later and is cultivated today. The Walk ring Moss is drained by the Biglenbach, a left tributary of the river Emme.

The main part of the municipality is located in north subsequent, strong in relief hills. The central axis is the running from south to north Bigental with a mostly around 300 m wide valley floor. The hills on both sides of this valley have a characteristic relief: they are subdivided by numerous short valleys and projecting ridge (called harrows ). The often very steep slopes are mostly covered with forest or passed with pasture. West of Bigentals the border runs through the forest heights of Lüseberg (925 m above sea level. M. ), Mänziwilegg ( 934 m above sea level. M. ) and Dachsflue (911 m above sea level. M. ). Also a large part of the Widimattgrabens between Dachsflue and Wägesse (900 m above sea level. M. ) belongs to Walk rings. East of the valley of Biglenbachs extends the municipality floor to the heights of Adlisberg (909 m above sea level. M. ), Nünhaupt ( 970 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Walk rings ), in the vast Brandis forest (951 m above sea level. M. ) and in the upper catchment area of ​​the Talgrabens. From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 37 % of forest and woody plants and 56% to agriculture; slightly less than 1 % was unproductive land.

To Walk rings are in addition to numerous groups of farms and hamlets that are scattered on the hills and in the valleys, the villages and hamlets:

• Bigenthal ( 669 m above sea level. M. ) in the homonymous valley on Biglenbach
• Wikartswil (772 m above sea level. M. ): a scenic location on the southern slope of the Lüsebergs on the Walk moss ring
• Rüttihubelbad ( 735 m above sea level. M. ): a scenic location on the southern slope of the Lüsebergs on the Walk moss ring
• Niderwil (727 m above sea level. M. ) on the southern slope of the Mänziwilegg on the Walk moss ring
• Metzgerhüsi ( 699 m above sea level. M. ) on the southeastern edge of the ring Moss Walk
• Schwändi ( 848 m above sea level. M. ) at the level between the Bigental and the Talgraben

Neighboring communities of Walk rings are Hasle bei Burgdorf, Lutzelfluh, Landiswil, Arni (BE), Biglen, Worb and Vechigen.

Population

With 1832 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Walk rings is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Bern. Of the residents 97.1 % are German, 0.5 % speak Serbo-Croatian and Albanian 0.5 % (as of 2000). The population of Walkringen amounted in 1850 to 2055 inhabitants, 1900 to 1932 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population fluctuated initially in the range 1900-2050 persons, but increased to 1990 from 1735 inhabitants. Since then, a population increase was recorded again.

Policy

The voting shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 45.5 %, 16.8 % BDP, SP 13.3 %, GPS, 8.4%, 3.7 % glp, FDP 3.6 %, 2.6 % EPP, EDU 1.8 %, CVP 0.9 %.

Economy

Walk wrestling was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the agriculture, dairy farming and livestock have an important place in the economic structure of the population. Many other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. Walk In wrestling today among builders, the agricultural machinery manufacturing, metal construction, mechanical workshops, carpentry, saw mills and car garages are represented. The Rüttihubelbad is now a run on the basis of anthroposophy social, cultural and conference center or nursing home. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the larger towns in the area and in the agglomeration of Bern.

Traffic

The community is conveniently technically quite well developed. It is located on a main road that leads from Burgdorf via Grosshöchstetten to Thun. On July 21, 1899, the railway line from Hasle- Rüegsau to Thun opened with stations in Walk rings and in Bigenthal. For the dispersion in public transport Postbus course, which serves the route of Worb via Rüttihubelbad after Walkringen provides.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1220 under the name Walchenringin. Later, the names Walker Ingen ( 1234 ) published, Walchenrengen ( 1239 ), Walgeringen, Walt lowly ( 1314), Walcringen ( 1384 ) and Walk rings ( 1389 ). The name goes back to the Old High German personal name Walheri or Waldger and accordingly is with the people of Walheri / Waldger.

Since the 13th century Walk rings belonged to the rule Worb, which was under the suzerainty of the Counts of Kyburg. 1397 reached the village as a gift to the Charterhouse Thornberg. It was in 1406 under the suzerainty of the city of Bern. After the secularization of the monastery ( 1528), the area was administered by a resident on Thornberg bailiff. The high jurisdiction lay with the district court Konolfingen.

The northern part of the municipality with Bigenthal experienced a different story: He belonged to the Emmental District Court Ranflüh and from the early 16th century to Schultheissen Office Burgdorf.

After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ), both parts were combined and included during the Helvetic Republic to the district Höchstetten and from 1803 to Oberamt Konolfingen, which was given the status of an office district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. Due to the melioration of the Walk moss ring and the system of sluices and drainage ditches in 1860 fertile arable land was recovered.

Attractions

The Protestant parish church Walkringen was built in the late Gothic style forms. In the old town and in the hamlets Wikartswil and Schwändi numerous characteristic farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.