Bern-Breitenrain
 Statistical District of Bern |
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| Coordinates | 600925 / 201080 |
| height | 539– 559 m |
| surface | 0.4413 km² |
| Residents | 6371 (2019) |
| Population density | 14'437 inhabitants / km² |
| Proportion of foreigners | 21% (2019) |
| Unemployment rate | 3.0% (2016) |
| BFS no. | 351027 |
| Post Code | 3013, 3014 |
| district | Breitenrain-Lorraine |
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Common district in Bern |
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| Coordinates | 600938 / 200960 |
| height | 539– 559 m |
| surface | 0.28368 km² |
| Residents | 4196 (2019) |
| Population density | 14,791 inhabitants / km² |
| Proportion of foreigners | 18.5% (2019) |
| Quarter number | 509 |
| Post Code | 3013, 3014 |
| Statistical district | Breitenrain |
| district | Breitenrain-Lorraine |
The Breitenrain ( Bern German Breiterain [ preitə'rein ]) is a statistical district (27) and at the same time a smaller common area of the city of Bern . It belongs to the urban district of V Breitenrain-Lorraine . In addition to the Breitenrain district, most of Wyler also belongs to the statistical district .
In 2019, 6,371 inhabitants lived in the statistical district, 5031 of them Swiss and 1340 foreigners. In the usual quarter there are 4196 inhabitants, of which 3421 are Swiss and 775 foreigners.
The residents of the city of Bern usually simply call the quarter "Breitsch". Together with the Spitalacker it forms a center of the districts north of the old town. The Breitenrain quarter was originally larger, as Beundenfeld to the east and Breitfeld to the north-east were added. At that time, the two now independent quarters were only sparsely developed. The same applies to the Spitalacker, which was not built on until after 1892; This quarter was also counted as part of the Breitenrain quarter when it was undeveloped. As a residential area, i.e. with the development, the Spitalacker was always considered a separate quarter.
The Breitenrain district was created at the same time as that in Lorraine , namely towards the end of the 1850s. The first railway line, coming from Olten , reached Wylerfeld in 1857 , where a temporary station was built because the Red Bridge over the Aare was not yet completed. The former course of the railway line along the Dammweg and Nordring still forms the district boundary to Lorraine today. One of the largest contiguous developments in the city of Bern was built in what was then the Breitenrain district. Between 1873 and 1878 the cantonal military facilities ( barracks , stables, armories) were relocated from the city to Beundenfeld . These were followed by the federal arsenals and horse stables between 1890 and 1893 . At the beginning of the 1890s, the Breitenrain district, together with Länggasse, was the city's fastest growing district. It was the neighborhood of the social middle class. Row apartment buildings were built along the main traffic axes, the ground floors of which were often used commercially. To the north of Breitenrainstrasse and Militärstrasse, a dense overbuilding of multi-family houses with narrow front gardens emerged towards the end of the 19th century. In addition, the quarter had a strong greenery due to the avenue planting of the wide streets.
The Breitenrainplatz forms the center of the quarter.
The first schoolhouse in the district was the Breitenrain schoolhouse built in 1865 (Breitenrainstrasse 42 / Schulweg). Until 1880, this served as a school building for Lorraine in addition to Breitenrain. Today it is mostly used by the Bern Commercial Industrial Vocational School (GIBB).
There are two churches in the quarter: The Evangelical-Reformed Johanneskirche , which was built in 1872 (Breitenrainstrasse 26), and the Roman Catholic Marienkirche, which was built in 1931/32 (Wylerstrasse 26).
The quarter belongs to what is known as the northern quarter, which is represented by the Leist Bern Nord quarter association.
literature
- INSA inventory of modern Swiss architecture 1850–1921, Volume 2 , Basel, Bellinzona, Bern, Orell Füssli 1986, ISBN 3-280-01716-5 , pages 423–426.
Web links
- Common district of Breitenrain on map.bern.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interactive city map of the city of Bern (selection under "Topics")
- ↑ Resident population 2019 (PDF, 4.3 MB) City of Bern, March 2020, pp. 5 and 14 , accessed on March 29, 2020 .
- ^ History on Leist Bern North
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