Bern-Rotes Quartier

Rotes Quartier ; Statistical district of Bern
Coordinates	600203 / 199 744 coordinates: 46 ° 56 '56 " N , 7 ° 26' 29" O ; CH1903: 600203 / 199744
height	496- 560 m
surface	0.3224 km²
Residents	345 (2019)
Population density	1070 inhabitants / km²
Proportion of foreigners	33.3% (2019)
Unemployment rate	2.9% (2016)
BFS no.	351005
Post Code	3005,3008,3011,3012
district	Inner City (Bern)

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

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 345 inhabitants, 230 of them Swiss and 115 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 : Rotes 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)