Belp

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Belp
Belp Coat of Arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton BernCanton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district : Bern-Mittellandw
BFS no. : 0861i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 3123 Belp
3124 Belpberg
UN / LOCODE : CH BLP (without airport)
Coordinates : 604800  /  193 308 coordinates: 46 ° 53 '27 "  N , 7 ° 30' 6"  O ; CH1903:  604800  /  193,308
Height : 521  m above sea level M.
Height range : 506–892 m above sea level M.
Area : 23.26  km²
Residents: i11,510 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 495 inhabitants per km²
Mayor : Benjamin Marti ( SVP )
Website: www.belp.ch
Belp (2008)

Belp (2008)
Location of the municipality
Bielersee Gerzensee (Gewässer) Moossee Moossee Murtensee Neuenburgersee Thunersee Wohlensee Clavaleyres Münchenwiler Kanton Freiburg Kanton Neuenburg Kanton Solothurn Kanton Freiburg Kanton Waadt Verwaltungskreis Berner Jura Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne Verwaltungskreis Emmental Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen Verwaltungskreis Seeland Verwaltungskreis Thun Allmendingen bei Bern Arni BE Bäriswil Belp Bern Biglen Bolligen Bowil Bremgarten bei Bern Brenzikofen Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee Diemerswil Ferenbalm Ferenbalm Fraubrunnen Frauenkappelen Freimettigen Gerzensee BE Grosshöchstetten Guggisberg Gurbrü Häutligen Herbligen Iffwil Ittigen Jaberg Jegenstorf Jegenstorf Kaufdorf Kehrsatz Kiesen Kirchdorf BE Kirchlindach Köniz Konolfingen Kriechenwil Landiswil Laupen Linden BE Mattstetten Meikirch Mirchel Moosseedorf Mühleberg Münchenbuchsee Münsingen Muri bei Bern Neuenegg Niederhünigen Niedermuhlern Oberbalm Oberdiessbach Oberhünigen Oberthal BE Oppligen Ostermundigen Riggisberg Rubigen Rüeggisberg Rüeggisberg Rümligen Rüschegg Schwarzenburg BE Stettlen Thurnen Toffen Urtenen-Schönbühl Vechigen Wald BE Walkringen Wichtrach Wiggiswil Wileroltigen Wohlen bei Bern Worb Zäziwil Zollikofen Zuzwil BEMap of Belp
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Belp is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

Surname

The name Belp cannot be traced back to a clear origin. Pelpa was documented in 1239 , this name is of Celtic origin and means bend, turn and describes the place that is located on a bend of the river Gürbe . The place name may come from the Gallo- Romanic Balbia , which means steep slope.

geography

Belp is located at the entrance to the Gürbe Valley, 10 km from Bern towards Lake Thun . With the Aare meadow landscape, it has a nature reserve that is unique in Switzerland. Bern-Belp Airport is located near Belp . Despite its proximity to Bern, Belp is still a rather rural municipality.

history

Grave finds suggest that the Belp area dates back to 1200 BC. Was settled. Belp was first mentioned in a document in 1107. The Belp church was first listed in 1228 in the directory of the diocese of Lausanne . The barons of Belp-Montenach resided at Hohburg Castle, built in 1125 . In 1298 the barons fought alongside Freiburg against the city of Bern and were defeated in the battles of Dornbühl and Niederwangen . The barons then had to cede Belp to the city of Bern. With the fall of old Bern in 1798, the Baron Belp also fell. In 1803 Belp became the official seat of the former Seftigen district , whose administration was housed in Belp Castle from 1810 .

Attractions

politics

In the 2016 municipal elections, the local parties performed as follows, with a turnout of 41.3%: SVP 32.5%, SP 25.1%, EDU 12.4%, EVP-GFL-GLP 11.1%, BDP 10, 0%, FDP 9.0%.

The voting shares of the parties in the 2019 National Council elections were: SVP 32.7%, SP 16.4%, glp 9.6%, BDP 9.5%, GPS 9.0%, FDP 8.3%, EPP 5.1 %, EDU (incl. DM) 3.7%, CVP 2.0%.

Sports

The Belper club SHC Belpa 1107 plays in the Swiss national league for street hockey .

Personalities

Cultural assets

literature

  • Manuel Kehrli: From the village to the civic community of Belp . Ed .: Burgergemeinde Belp. 2007, p. 9-15 . on-line
  • Rolf Ellwanger: Bern Airport yesterday and today: the history of Bern-Belp Airport . Gümligen 1999, ISBN 3-905531-04-6 .
  • Fritz Burkhalter: The place and field names of the municipality of Belp . Belp 1968.
  • Hans Egger: The Gürbe and its valley . Bern 1958.
  • Friedrich Emil Welti: The barons of Belp-Montenach . In: Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde, Vol. 7 (1945), pp. 61ff. doi: 10.5169 / seals-240900

Web links

Commons : Belp  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Permanent resident population from STAT-TAB of the BfS , municipalities see also regional portraits 2020 on bfs.admin.ch, accessed on May 29, 2020
  2. ^ History - Belp parish. (No longer available online.) In: belp.ch. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012 ; Retrieved November 12, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Elections 2016: Results of the Belp municipal elections. ( Memento of September 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved September 26, 2016
  4. ↑ Elections and Votes. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .