Wiggiswil

Wiggiswil [ ˌ ʋɪkisʋi ː l] is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Geography

Wiggiswil is located on 554 m above sea level. M., 9 km north of the capital of the canton of Bern ( straight line ). The small village extends a scenic location on the southern edge of the plateau Rapperswil, approximately 30 m above the valley of the Moss Lake Valley, on the Swiss Plateau.

The area of ​​1.4 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the central Bernese Mittelland. In the south, the municipality spell share in the lowlands of Moss Lake Valley with the Moospinte and the Urtenenkanal. The nature reserve of Small Moss Lake is entirely within the municipality. North of this valley, the church floor extends over an approximately 40 m high steep slope on the open plateau of Wiggiswil that belongs to the southeastern part of the plateau of Rapperswil. The highest elevations of Wiggiswil be ( 581 m asl. ) And on the height of the forest Rädisriedes ( 584 m asl. ) Achieved on the Aspli; the eastern boundary runs along the wide wood. From the municipality surface 1997 11 % came from settlements, 12% of forest and shrubs, 75 % to agriculture and slightly more than 2% was unproductive land.

Neighboring communities of Wiggiswil are Jegenstorf, Schönbühl, Moosseedorf, Münchenbuchsee and Deisswil in Münchenbuchsee.

Population

With 98 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Wiggiswil one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Bern. Of the residents 91.8 % are German, 3.1 % and 2.1 % speak Polish portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Wiggiswil amounted in 1850 to 117 residents in 1900 to 139 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population fluctuated always in the range between 100 and 130 people, with a slightly decreasing tendency was observed especially in the last decades.

Economy

Wiggiswil was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and dairying have an important place in the economic structure of the population. Some other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. Some of the working population commuters who work mainly in Münchenbuchsee and in the agglomeration of Bern.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible from the main road which connects Schoenbuehl with Schüpfen. The nearest links to the motorway A6 ( Bern- Biel), which runs through the municipality, is located around 4 km from the town center. Wiggiswil has no connection to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1219 under the name Wigerswile. Later, the names Wikeswile ( 1264 ) published, Wigeswile ( 1268 ), Wicheswile ( 1278 ) and Wiggiswile ( 1318 ). The place name probably comes from the Old High German personal name Widger and accordingly is the homestead of the Widger.

Since the Middle Ages Wiggiswil was under the suzerainty of the Counts of Kyburg. In the 13th century the manorial got to the Knights of St. John in Münchenbuchsee. Since 1406 was responsible for the sovereignty over the territory in Bern. After the Commandery was secularized in 1528, Wiggiswil the bailiwick Münchenbuchsee was allocated in the district court Zollikofen.

After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ), the village belonged to the district during the Helvetic Zollikofen and from 1803 to Oberamt Mrs. Fountain, received the status of an office district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. The forming since 1802 a common school community villages Wiggiswil and Deisswil at Münchenbuchsee were united in 1832 and the political level. However, In 1847, again a separation. The cantonal authorities saw again in 1915 for a merger before, but failed because of the resistance of the two communities. Due to the drainage and melioration of Moss Lake Valley from 1917 to 1920 and from 1971 to 1984 valuable cultural land has been won. Today Wiggiswil and Deisswil have at Münchenbuchsee a joint local government and work closely with the large neighboring Münchenbuchsee together.

Attractions

With its numerous characteristic farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries of the Bernese country style Wiggiswil has a worthy of protection of national importance. The village does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish Münchenbuchsee.