Bätterkinden

Bätterkinden
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Emmental
BFS no. :	0533
Postal code :	3315
UN / LOCODE :	CH BKD
Coordinates :	607 658  /  219949 coordinates: 47 ° 7 '50 "  N , 7 ° 32' 22"  O ; CH1903:  607658  /  219949
Height :	473  m above sea level M.
Height range :	451-516 m above sea level M.
Area :	10.19  km²
Residents:	3250 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	319 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Beat Linder ( SVP )
Website:	www.baetterkinden.ch
Aerial photo of Bätterkinden, taken in April 2011 from a balloon
Location of the municipality

Bätterkinden is a municipality in the Emmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

Bätterkinden is around 20 km north of Bern . It is located west of the Emme on Urtenenbach and Limpach . The community consists of the settlement areas of Bätterkinden and Kräiligen , the hamlets of Alp and Holzhäusern as well as the outer courtyards Berchtoldshof , Buuchi , Studenacher , upper and lower Löffelhof , Neumatt , Niedermatt and Rütti .

The north-south extension is 7.4 km. Bätterkinden is surrounded by seven Bernese ( Aefligen , Fraubrunnen , Utzenstorf , Wiler bei Utzenstorf , Zielebach ) and five Solothurn municipalities ( Buchegg , Biberist , Gerlafingen , Lohn-Ammannsegg , Lüterkofen ).

politics

legislative branch

Municipal meeting , all residents who have lived in the municipality for at least three months and who are 18 years of age and older and who are Swiss citizens are entitled to vote .

executive

Municipal council, consisting of 7 members, who are elected by proportional representation. Current composition (legislative period 2016–2020): 3 SVP , 3 SP , 1 BDP . The mayor is Beat Linder (SVP, as of 2016).

National elections

The voting shares of the parties at the 2019 National Council election were: SVP 28.1%, SP 21.6%, BDP 12.9%, GPS 11.0%, glp 10.5%, FDP 6.1%, EVP 3.0 %, CVP 1.2%, pirates 1.1%.

economy

Public transport

• Train connections to Bern and Solothurn with a regular timetable (usually every half hour). The travel time to Solothurn is 12 minutes and to Bern 26 minutes
• Limpachtal / Buchegg / Utzenstorf / Koppigen : Fri / Sat night bus from Bern

Road connections

Two cantonal roads cross in the Bätterkinden part of the village: The T12 Solothurn-Bern transport route in a north-south direction. The road Lyss -Utzenstorf-Koppigen / Burgdorf in a west-east direction. There is also the cantonal road, which connects Bätterkinden with the Bucheggberg via Kyburg . The motorway connections Kirchberg (direction Bern ) and Kriegstetten (direction Basel / Zurich ) of the A1 can be reached in approx. 10 minutes driving time.

history

The oldest surviving documentary mention of Bätterkinden dates back to 1243.

In March 2015, the residents of Bätterkinden, Utzenstorf, Wiler and Zielebach voted on a merger to form the municipality of Landshut. With the exception of Bätterkinden, all municipalities rejected the merger.

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1953

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Bätterkinden

• The Reformed Church of Bätterkinden .

Personalities

• Benedictus Aretius (around 1522–1574), reformed theologian and university professor
• Jeremias Lorza (1757–1837), Reformed theologian
• Niklaus Käsermann (1755–1826), composer and cathedral cantor
• Samuel Gottlieb Hünerwadel (1771–1848), vicar in Bätterkinden, prevented in 1798 that the place was burned down by the French
• Alfred Mürset (1860–1910), senior medical officer in the army
• Gottfried Widmer (1890–1963), pastor in Bätterkinden and orientalist in Bern
• Leonardo Bezzola (1929-2018), photographer
• Ernst Leuenberger (1945–2009), trade unionist and politician
• Florian Ast (* 1975), pop musician

literature

• Jürg Schweizer: Bätterkinden. In art guide through Switzerland. Volume 3. Ed. By the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1982, pp. 331-332.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Bätterkinden
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Bätterkinden. 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. ↑ Results of the municipality of Bätterkinden. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 20, 2019, accessed on July 24, 2020 . 
3. ^ Website of the community
4. ^ Georg Sütterlin: Leonardo Bezzola. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 18, 2002 , accessed December 7, 2019 .