Bönigen

Bönigen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Interlaken-Oberhasli
BFS no. :	0572
Postal code :	3806
Coordinates :	634788  /  170619 coordinates: 46 ° 41 '9 "  N , 7 ° 53' 36"  O ; CH1903:  634788  /  170619
Height :	568  m above sea level M.
Height range :	564–2292 m above sea level M.
Area :	15.08  km²
Residents:	2536 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	151 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.boenigen.ch
Bönigen (in the foreground)
Location of the municipality

Bönigen is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

Surname

The name Bönigen "among the people, the Bono clan" is made up of the Old High German personal name Bono (from the Latin bonus "good") and the place-name broadcast -ingun .

geography

Bönigen is located in the Bernese Oberland on the south bank of Lake Brienz . The neighboring communities starting from the north and clockwise are: Iseltwald , Gündlischwand , Gsteigwiler , Matten bei Interlaken , Wilderswil and Interlaken .

The flat alluvial plain between Lake Brienz and Lake Thun, on which the village lies, is called Bödeli .

The actual village center is located on the north-western border of the municipality along the Lütschine to the lake and is almost fused with Interlaken. The largest part of the municipality in terms of area consists of a steep mountain slope with the Loucherhorn (2230 m. Above sea ​​level), the Roteflue (2296 m. Above sea ​​level) and the Schynige Platte at its peaks .

Historical aerial photo from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1925

population

Population development
year	1764	1850	1880	1900	1930	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000
Residents	346	1,263	1'519	1'515	1'547	1,734	1,833	1,738	1,835	2,041	2,182

politics

The mayor is Herbert Seiler (as of 2010). In addition to the residents' community, there is also a civic community under the name Bönigen .

traffic

The A8 motorway runs along the shores of Lake Brienz . From 1874 to 1969 Bönigen was developed with a 2.2 km long standard-gauge railway line from Interlaken Ost (part of the Bödelibahn ), which has only been used as a siding to the BLS AG workshop in Bönigen since then.

church

Bönigen belongs to the Gsteig parish near Interlaken .

coat of arms

	Blazon : “ Divided by gold and silver with a gold-crowned eagle , and of silver with half a black ibex. »
	Reasons for the coat of arms: The imperial eagle recalls the time before 1275 when Bönigen was an imperial village . The ibex refers to the coat of arms of the Interlaken landscape, to which Bönigen belonged until 1798. The municipal coat of arms has been in use in this form since 1922.

See also

• List of cultural assets in Bönigen

literature

• Paul Michel: Bönigen . Bönigen 1989, ISBN 3-905454-01-7
• Book of arms of the canton of Bern. The Bernese state coat of arms and the coats of arms of the administrative districts and municipalities , published on behalf of the Bernese government council. by the management of the municipalities, arr. from the Bern State Archives with the assistance of Hans Jenni. Armorial du canton de Berne. Les armoiries de l'Etat de Berne, des districts et des communes , publié par la Direction des affaires communales sur mandat du Conseil-exécutif du canton de Berne, élaboré par les Archives de l'Etat de Berne avec la collaboration de Hans Jenni, Bern 1981.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Bönigen
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Bönigen. 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. ↑ Alfred Helfenstein: The Namengut Pilate territory. Keller, Luzern 1982, ISBN 3-85766-004-X , p. 43.
3. ↑ Interlaken Ost - Bönigen , discontinued railways of Switzerland
4. ↑ Wappenbuch 1981, p. 112.
5. ↑ Wappenbuch 1981, p. 112.