Worb

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

  • 4.1 traffic
  • 4.2 Established businesses

Geography

Worb is a suburban community of the city of Bern. The municipality Worb include Enggistein, Richigen, Ried, Rüfenacht Vielbringen, Wattenwil ( Worb ) and Bangerten.

The neighboring communities of Worb from north clockwise starting are: Vechigen, Walk rings, Biglen, Schlosswil, Münsingen, Rubigen, Allmendingen in Bern and Muri near Berne.

Population

Worb is reformed majority, there is an Evangelical Protestant and a Roman Catholic parish.

Policy

Legislature

  • SP: 9
  • EPP: 7
  • Glp: 4
  • BDP: 4
  • FDP: 8
  • SVP: 8

The legislative branch is formed by the Grand council. It comprises 40 members. Of these, 9 SP, 8 FDP, SVP 8, 7 ​​EPP, 4 and glp 4 BDP ( election results of 25 November 2012).

Executive

The full-time mayor from 2009 Niklaus Gfeller (EPP ). He chairs the seven-member council. This consists of the following other representatives together: Thomas Leiser ( EPP), Jonathan Gimmel (SP ), Guy Lanfranconi (FDP ), Hans Peter Stoll (FDP, vice- mayor ), Peter Hubacher (SVP ) and Ernst Hauser ( BDP) (as of election results November 2012).

The voting shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 25.0 %, SP 19.5 %, 16.5 % BDP, FDP 11.4 %, 8.9 % GPS, EPP 5.6 %, 4.7 % glp, CVP 2.5 %, EDU 2.4 %.

Economy

Traffic

Worb has a head station of the narrow-gauge railway RBS. This operates two lines to Bern: On the one hand the line S7 S-Bahn Bern via Bolligen, which ends in the Bern railway, on the other hand served by trams line 6 which leads over to Bern Gümligen Fischermätteli. There are also buses which are operated by RBS with yellow post buses. Bernmobil continues with three night buses ( Moon Liner) Worb. Something outside Worb is also a mainline railway station ( Worb SBB), which lies on the line S2 ( Bern- Langnau ) of the S - Bahn Bern. Since December 2004, this line is operated by the BLS.

Established businesses

In the brewery founded by Gottfried Egger Egger, the beer is brewed.

Attractions

The landmark is the castle of Worb Worb, which is privately owned. In the vaulted cellar of the Gasthof Löwen is a Corkscrew Museum.

The 1983/84 was the restoration of the Church of Worb caused an archaeological excavation in the church. The stock of older church buildings could be traced back to the early Middle Ages. The first early medieval church was a Holzpfostenbau with a rectangular floor plan and post on the longitudinal center. Refer only small traces on a subsequent brick plant. The third church was built in the 11th century in pre-Romanesque style with an apse. From it larger parts of the ship have received. In the first half of the 13th century, this church was burned down and restored. As a result, a transverse rectangular chancel, which replaced the apse was built. Later, the apparently more damaged west wall of the nave had to be replaced. This renewal was made either in conjunction with the construction of the present tower to 1434, or in the second half of the 15th century. From this period dates the visible on the west wall late Gothic image sequence of the creation story. 1520 Late Romanesque rectangular choir was replaced by the current, closed on three sides chancel with vestry. The covered with a net vault space extended the choir zone significantly. Builders were the Patrons of the Church, the family of this stream and the former owner of the reign Worb. The of this Bach donated the stained glass windows of the choir.

Personalities

  • Arthur Bitter (1821-1872), writer and journalist, born in Ried bei Worb
  • Gottfried Egger (1830-1913), founder of the Egger brewery in Worb
  • Christoph von Graffenried (1661-1743), founder of the colony of New Bern, North Carolina
  • Francine Jordi ( born 1977 in Richigen, community Worb ), singer
  • Jakob Kölliker ( born 1953 ), ice hockey coach
  • Gottlieb Ott (1832-1882), builder of Kirchenfeldbrücke
  • Julian Walker ( 1985), ice hockey player HC Ambri -Piotta (NLA )
  • Alain tube, Athlete (400m and 400m H )

Others

Worbs sister city in Hungary since 1997 Edelény.

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