Bern-Kirchenfeld

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Coat of arms of Bern
Kirchenfeld
Statistical District of Bern
Map of Kirchenfeld
Coordinates 600,999  /  198 656 coordinates: 46 ° 56 '20 "  N , 7 ° 27' 6"  O ; CH1903:  600,999  /  198656
height 498– 554  m
surface 1.3076 km²
Residents 3862 (2019)
Population density 2954 inhabitants / km²
Proportion of foreigners 20% (2019)
Unemployment rate 1.5% (2016)
BFS no. 351018
Post Code 3005
district Kirchenfeld-Schosshalde
View towards Kirchenfeld from the Bundesterrasse with the Kirchenfeld Bridge and the historical museum
Kirchenfeld from the Hotel Bellevue between 1890 and 1900

The Kirchenfeld ( Bern German Chilefäud [ 'xɪləfæʊd ]) is the Bern statistical district 18 in the district IV ( Kirchenfeld-Schosshalde ). The SPMS quarters Lower Kirchenfeld / Dalmazi and Upper Church field form the core, including even the quarters Schwellenmätteli and Dählhölzli . In the north, west and south the Aare forms the border of the statistical district.

The name Dalmazi (sometimes also Talmazi in the 18th and 19th centuries) refers to the right bank of the Aare between Monbijou bridge and threshold Mätteli. It is believed that he was chosen by a returnees from the Venetian service, the name Dalmatia is documented in 1652.

In 2019, 3862 inhabitants lived in the statistical district, 3090 of them Swiss and 772 foreigners.

history

The fallow Kirchenfeld in the south of Bern was transferred to the Bernese civic community in 1856 . The first steps towards overbuilding the terrain as a corrective for the urban relocation to the station were soon taken. The banker Friedrich Schmid, one of the advocates of opening up the Kirchenfeld area, wrote in 1864: «[The Kirchenfeld is] a tree-free area on which an individual cannot achieve anything; it is a surface which, connected to the city by a bridge, brings life and movement into it; the empty area, which transforms properly, forms the most beautiful foreground to our wonderful alpine view. Adjacent to the Kirchenfeld is the Dählhölzlein, a lovely wood that can be created with the approval of the authorities through minor correction of the paths to the most pleasant park for the new quarter. "

It was not until 1879 that an English construction company agreed to take on the construction of a bridge that would connect Kirchenfeld with downtown Bern. The terrain of the Kirchenfeld was ceded to the Berne Land Company for the sum of 425,000 francs , on the condition that they built the bridge in 21 months and built the associated road network of around 5 km in a few years. They also had to commit to ceding the land required for public buildings. The Kirchenfeld Bridge was inaugurated on September 24, 1883 .

As early as 1870, the responsible committee set the goal of creating a quarter for a "good" population. The aforementioned banker Schmid called for quarters for a "able population whose daily sphere of activity is in the city, but who would like to enjoy country life for themselves and their families in summer." This line became official: in 1881 the Kirchenfeld Committee announced that "the high price of the terrain had ensured that no proletarian quarters would arise on the Kirchenfeld."

This restrictive objective and the legal instruction that no factories are allowed to be built in the new quarter ensured that the Kirchenfeld district developed into a district for the more affluent classes. Even today it houses many representative buildings (embassies, villas) and most of the relevant museums in the city of Bern ( Historical Museum , Natural History Museum , Alpine Museum , Art Gallery , Museum for Communication Bern ...).

In addition, the Kirchenfeld district is home to a primary school, the Kirchenfeld grammar school , the Swiss Federal Archives , the Swiss National Library , the Dählhölzli zoo with the adjacent forest area and the Federal Mint .

Kirchenfeld-Schosshalde is the quarter where most of the diplomatic service lives. In 2016, around 1,750 diplomats or other persons with a legitimation card from the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) were registered in Bern. Almost two thirds of them live in the Kirchenfeld-Schosshalde district. Mattenhof-Weissenbühl is home to 15% of this group of people, the other four districts each less than 7%.

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Interactive city map of the city of Bern (selection under "Topics")
  2. Dalmazi in the Historical-Topographical Lexicon of the City of Bern bern 1976 p. 60
  3. Resident population 2019 (PDF, 4.3 MB) City of Bern, March 2020, p. 5 , accessed on March 29, 2020 .
  4. Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Ordipro, presented by Statistics City of Bern in the 2016 reporting year, page 41.