Bern-Yellow Quarter

Yellow Quarters ; Statistical District of Bern
Coordinates	600544 / 199 701 coordinates: 46 ° 56 '54 " N , 7 ° 26' 45" O ; CH1903: 600544 / 199,701
height	496- 541 m
surface	0.1340 km²
Residents	878 (2019)
Population density	6552 inhabitants / km²
Proportion of foreigners	24.1% (2019)
Unemployment rate	0.5% (2016)
BFS no.	351004
Post Code	3011, 3013
district	Inner City (Bern)

The Yellow Quarter is a statistical district in the old town of Bern . This is geographically identical to District I, Inner City . Together with the Red Quarter , it forms the common Upper Old Town quarter . The Yellow Quarter extends from the Käfigturm to the Zytglogge .

The division and color names go back to the year 1798, when Napoleon's troops divided the city into differently colored quarters for better orientation because there were no street names or the majority of the soldiers were illiterate. That is why bilingual signs were made in the appropriate colors and these names and colors for signs are still used today.

In 2019 there are 1001 inhabitants, 666 of them Swiss and 212 foreigners.

Individual evidence

↑ Interactive city map of the city of Bern (selection under "Topics")
↑ Bern's colored street signs. The clever solution on altstadt.be
↑ Resident population 2019 (PDF, 4.3 MB) City of Bern, March 2020, p. 14 , accessed on March 29, 2020 .

Web links

Commons : Gelbes Quartier (Bern) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] Interactive city map of the city of Bern (selection under "Topics")

[2] Bern's colored street signs. The clever solution on altstadt.be

[3] Resident population 2019 (PDF, 4.3 MB) City of Bern, March 2020, p. 14 , accessed on March 29, 2020 .


I: Inner City	Yellow quarters (4) • Green quarters (3) • Red quarters (5) • Black quarters (Matte) (1) • White quarters (2)
II: Länggasse-Felsenau:	Engeried (6 ) • Felsenau (7 ) • Länggasse (9 ) • Muesmatt (11 ) • Neufeld (8 *) • Stadtbach (10)
III: Mattenhof-Weissenbühl :	Holligen (12 *) • Mattenhof (14) • Monbijou (15) • Sandrain (17) • Weissenbühl (16) • Weissenstein (13)
IV: Kirchenfeld-Schosshalde :	Beundenfeld (23) • Brunnadern (20) • Gryphenhübeli (19) • Kirchenfeld (18) • Murifeld (21 *) • Schosshalde (22)
V: Breitenrain-Lorraine :	Altenberg (24 ) • Breitenrain (27 ) • Breitfeld (26 ) • Lorraine (28 ) • Spitalacker (25 *)
VI: Bümpliz-Oberbottigen :	Bethlehem (32) • Bümpliz (29) • Oberbottigen (30) • Stöckacker (31 *)


Black Quarters (mat) (1)	Matte (quartier) (101) (identical)
White Quarter (2) Green Quarter (3)	Lower Old Town (102)
Yellow Quarters (4) Red Quarters (5)	Upper Old Town (103)