Bern-Weisses Quartier
Weisses Quartier Statistical district of Bern |
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Coordinates | 601 173 / 199 720 |
height | 496- 534 m |
surface | 0.1001 km² |
Residents | 1001 (2019) |
Population density | 10,000 inhabitants / km² |
Proportion of foreigners | 15.9% (2019) |
Unemployment rate | 1.7% (2016) |
BFS no. | 351002 |
Post Code | 3011 |
district | Inner City (Bern) |
The Weisse Quartier is a statistical district in the old town of Bern . This is geographically identical to District I, Inner City . Together with the Green Quarter , it forms the common Lower Old Town quarter . The white quarter extends from Kreuzgasse to Läuferplatz.
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, 842 of them Swiss and 159 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 : Weisses Quartier (Bern) - Collection of images, videos and audio files