Affoltern in the Emmental

Affoltern in the Emmental

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Emmentalw
BFS no. :	0951i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	3416
Coordinates :	622 506 / 212 770 coordinates: 47 ° 3 '56 " N , 7 ° 44' 6" O ; CH1903: 622,506 / two hundred and twelve thousand seven hundred and seventy47.06557 7.73491 796
Height :	796 m above sea level M.
Height range :	666–887 m above sea level M.
Area :	11.51 km²
Residents:	1101 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	96 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Marius Zollet
Website:	www.affolternimemmental.ch
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Affoltern im Emmental (in local dialect : [ ˈafːˌɔɯ̯təɾə (im ˈæmːɪˌtɑʊ̯) ]) is a municipality in the Emmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

Surname

The place name is attested in 1244 as an indication of the origin of a nobleman: Wernherus nobilis de Affoltrei ; the older documents (1146 Hesso de Affoltron ; 1216 Petrus villicus de Affoltron ) could also refer to Grossaffoltern . The name goes back to the locativly used dative pluralis ahd. * Afoltrun '(at the) apple trees'.

geography

Historic aerial photo by Walter Mittelholzer from 1923

As the name affix indicates, Affoltern is located in the Emmental . Affoltern also includes the hamlets of Weier , Eggerdingen , Heiligenland and parts of the Rinderbach .

The neighboring communities starting from the north in a clockwise direction are Walterswil , Dürrenroth , Sumiswald , Rüegsau , Heimiswil and Wynigen . The well-known Lueg lookout point is located in the municipality of Affoltern .

population

Population development
year	1764	1850	1880	1900	1930	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000
Residents	758	1140	1055	1142	1130	1237	1206	1223	1150	1141	1212

politics

In addition to the resident community, there is also an Evangelical Reformed church community under this name . A civic community does not exist.

Mayor is Marius Zollet (as of January 1, 2017) with a term of office until the end of 2020.

The voting shares of the parties in the 2019 National Council election were: SVP 55.0%, BDP 8.5%, SP 7.4%, EPP 5.8%, EDU 5.3%, FDP 4.5%, GPS 4.2 %, glp 3.1%, other small parties 6.2%.

Attractions

Traditional cheese production in the Küherstock (1741) of the show dairy

In the village you can see how Emmental cheese is made in the Emmental cheese dairy .

To the northwest of the town center is the Lueg , a hill with a well-known vantage point and cavalry monument.

traffic

In Weier there is a train station on the discontinued Huttwil – Ramsei line . The community can be reached by bus from the train stations in Huttwil , Hasle-Rüegsau and Sumiswald . From Burgdorf you can reach the Lueg by bus. These courses are operated by Busland AG , a subsidiary of BLS AG .

Web links

Commons : Affoltern im Emmental - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Permanent resident population from STAT-TAB of the BfS , municipalities see also regional portraits 2020 on bfs.admin.ch, accessed on May 29, 2020

↑ Gabrielle Schmid / Andres Kristol: Affoltern im Emmental BE (Trachselwald) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 76. Quoted phonetic transcription : [ ˈafːˌɔɯtəɾə, ˈafːˌɔɯtəɾə im ˈæmːɪˌtɑʊ ].

^ Results of the municipality of Affoltern in the Emmental. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, accessed on July 21, 2020 .

[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