Bäriswil

This article describes the municipality in the canton of Bern; for other places see Bäriswil (disambiguation) .

Bäriswil
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Bern-Mittelland
BFS no. :	0403
Postal code :	3323
Coordinates :	606 757  /  207542 coordinates: 47 ° 1 '8 "  N , 7 ° 31' 39"  O ; CH1903:  606757  /  207542
Height :	546  m above sea level M.
Height range :	502–706 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.73  km²
Residents:	1062 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	389 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Elisabeth Allemann Theilkäs ( BDP )
Website:	www.baeriswil.ch
Bäriswil
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Bäriswil lies at 546  m above sea level. M. , 10 km northeast of the canton capital Bern (linear distance) The farming and trading village extends in a valley, slightly elevated on the south-eastern edge of the wide Urtenen valley at the northern foot of the heights of the Grauholzes, in the Swiss plateau .

The area of ​​the 2.8 km² municipal area covers a section of the Bernese Mittelland. The central part of the community soil is occupied by a formerly swampy hollow between the forest heights of Röduberg , Mattstettenberg and Gibel ( 624  m above sea level ). The Bermoos with its pond is what remained of the former moorland . In the north, the municipal ban extends to the edge of the Urtenen valley. To the south the area extends into the wooded region of the Wannetälchen and the Längenberg , on the western slope of which is 705  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Bäriswil is reached. In 1997, 12% of the municipal area was in settlements, 41% in forests and woodlands, 46% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Bäriswil includes the Rüti district ( 580  m above sea level ) on the northern slope of the Gibel and a few individual farms. The neighboring communities of Bäriswil are Hindelbank , Krauchthal and Mattstetten .

population

With 1,062 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Bäriswil is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Bern. 97.0% of the residents speak German, 1.0% French and 0.7% speak Dutch (as of 2000). The population of Bäriswil was 462 in 1850 and 501 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century, the population has always fluctuated between 460 and 500 people. Since 1970 (505 inhabitants) there has been a marked increase in population combined with a doubling of the population within 30 years.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2019 National Council elections were: SVP 35.6%, BDP 13%, SP 13.4%, glp 11.5%, GPS 9.8%, FDP 5.9%, EDU 2%, CVP 1 , 5%, EVP 2%, another 5.3%.

economy

Bäriswil was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Even today, arable farming , fruit growing , cattle breeding and forestry have a certain role in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. In Bäriswil today there are companies in the construction and transport industry, IT, telecommunications, joineries and a printing company. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many employees are therefore commuters who work mainly in the Burgdorf region and in the agglomeration of Bern.

traffic

The community has good transport links. It is only a few 100 meters away from the old main road from Bern to Burgdorf or to Zurich. The closest connection to the A1 motorway (Bern-Zurich) is around 3 km from the town center. The village is connected to the public transport network by a bus line operated by the Bern-Solothurn regional train , which serves the route from Schönbühl to Bäriswil.

history

Historical aerial photo from 200 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1925

The incoming field artillery lines up in Bäriswil, Artillerie Regiment 6, 1914–1918

The discovery of burial mounds from the Hallstatt period in the war wood indicates an early settlement of the community area. The place was first mentioned in a document as early as 855 or 861 under the name Perolteswilare . The names Bereswilen (1229), Berolswile (1310), Beriswil (1389) and Bäriswyl (1479) appeared later . The place name is derived from the Old High German personal name Perolt and thus means Perolt's court .

Since the Middle Ages , Bäriswil has formed its own small rulership, which was owned by various Bernese families. At the beginning of the 15th century, the village came under the sovereignty of the city of Bern and was assigned to the Zollikofen district court . In 1720 Bäriswil was incorporated into the Hindelbank rule under the von Erlach family. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Bäriswil belonged to the Burgdorf district during the Helvetic period and from 1803 to the Burgdorf Oberamt, which received the status of an official district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831.

The pottery industry developed in Bäriswil from 1758. The Bäriswil pottery experienced its stylistic and artistic peak between around 1780 and 1820. Production was in the hands of three families with the names Kräuchi, Kläyi and Witschi until the 1870s. At that time the village was widely known for its ceramics. The last above-ground evidence of this handicraft production, which is important for the village, is the so-called tube hut. There was also grinding wheel production, sculptors and glaziers.

See also

• List of cultural assets in Bäriswil

literature

• Andreas Heege / Andreas Kistler / Walter Thut, ceramics from Bäriswil. On the history of an important farm in the canton of Bern and its artisanal crockery production (writings of the Bernisches Historisches Museum, Volume 10), Bern 2011 (in press).

Web links

Commons : Bäriswil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Bäriswil community
• Anne-Marie Dubler: Bäriswil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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. ↑ Elections 2019: Results of the Bäriswil community. Canton of Bern, accessed on July 16, 2020
3. ↑ StiASG , Urk. III 239. Online at e-chartae , accessed on June 12, 2020.