Amsoldingen

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Amsoldingen
Amsoldingen coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton BernCanton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district : Tunaw
BFS no. : 0921i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 3633
Coordinates : 611 108  /  175 218 coordinates: 46 ° 43 '41 "  N , 7 ° 35' 2"  O ; CH1903:  611108  /  175 218
Height : 637  m above sea level M.
Height range : 577–734 m above sea level M.
Area : 4.71  km²
Residents: 812 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 172 inhabitants per km²
Mayor : Stefan Gyger ( SVP )
Website: www.amsoldingen.ch
Amsoldingen with the Stockhorn chain

Amsoldingen with the Stockhorn chain
Location of the municipality
Amsoldingersee Brienzersee Dittligsee Uebeschisee Thunsersee Kanton Luzern Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland Verwaltungskreis Emmental Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen Amsoldingen Blumenstein BE Buchholterberg Burgistein Eriz Fahrni Forst-Längenbühl Gurzelen Heiligenschwendi Heimberg BE Hilterfingen Homberg BE Horrenbach-Buchen Horrenbach-Buchen Oberhofen am Thunersee Oberlangenegg Pohlern Reutigen Seftigen Sigriswil Steffisburg Stocken-Höfen Teuffenthal Thierachern Thun Uebeschi Uetendorf Unterlangenegg Uttigen Wachseldorn Wattenwil Zwieselberg BEMap of Amsoldingen
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Amsoldingen is a municipality in the Thun administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . The village lies on the banks of the Amsoldingersee and is approx. 5 km from Thun .

Amsoldingen is known for the Amsoldingen Church , the largest Ottonian basilica in the area. From 1728 to 1738, pastor Samuel Lutz worked here .

The cheese dairy in the village produces Amsoldinger cheese , a semi-hard raw milk product that is reminiscent of Emmentaler in taste .

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1952

politics

The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the 2015 National Council election were: SVP 47.5%, SP 13.5%, BDP 11.0%, GPS 6.7%, glp 5.8%, FDP 5.3%, EPP 4.4 %, EDU 2.3%, CVP 1.2%, SD 1.1%.

Attractions

Amsoldingen Church

Personalities

Johannes Haller the Younger (1523–1575), Protestant theologian and reformer in Bern

Web links

Commons : Amsoldingen  - 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. ^ Results of the Amsoldingen community. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 18, 2015, accessed on October 30, 2016 .
  3. ^ Samuel Rutishauser: Amsoldingen Church. (Schweizerische Kunstführer) Ed. Society for Swiss Art History, No. 296, Bern 1992. ISBN 3-85782-296-1 .