Beavers SO

SO is the abbreviation for the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name beavers .

Beavers

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Solothurn (SO)

District :

Bucheggberg

Residential municipality :

Buchegg

Postal code :

4578

former BFS no. :

2444

Coordinates :

601 496 / 221806 coordinates: 47 ° 8 '50 " N , 7 ° 27' 30" O ; CH1903: 601 496 / 221806

Height :

512 m above sea level M.

Area :

2.99 km²

Residents:

247 (December 31, 2013)

Population density :

83 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.bibern-so.ch

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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2014

Until December 31, 2013, Bibern was a political municipality in the Bucheggberg district of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland . On January 1, 2014, Bibern merged with the former municipalities of Aetigkofen , Aetingen , Brügglen , Gossliwil , Hessigkofen , Küttigkofen , Kyburg-Buchegg , Mühledorf and Tscheppach to form the new municipality of Buchegg .

geography

Bibern is at 512 m above sea level. M. , 9 km southwest of the canton capital Solothurn (air line). The clustered village extends in the wide basin of the Biberenbach in the center of the heights of the Bucheggberg , in the Solothurn Mittelland .

The area of the 3.0 km² municipal area covers a section of the Molasse heights of the Bucheggberg. The central part of the area is taken up by the 400 m wide valley level of the Biberenbach, which flows northeast to the Emme . South of the Biberental is on the slope of the high plateau of Hessigkofen with 590 m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of beavers. To the north, the municipality extends over the hill of the Usserwald ( 572 m above sea level ) into the depression of the moss , which is drained through the ditch to the Biberenbach. In the northeast, the municipal ban extends to the edge of the Leuzigen Forest . In 1997, 7% of the municipal area was in settlements, 29% in forests and woodlands, 63% in agriculture and around 1% was unproductive land.

Some individual farms belong to beavers. Until December 31, 2013 , neighboring communities of Beavers were Tscheppach , Hessigkofen and Gossliwil in the canton of Solothurn and Rüti near Büren , Arch and Leuzigen in the canton of Bern .

population

With 247 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2013), Bibern was one of the small communities in the canton of Solothurn. 98.2% of the residents speak German, 1.4% speak Spanish and 0.5% speak Polish (as of 2000). The population of beavers was 222 in 1850 and 235 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century the population fluctuated between 180 and 230 inhabitants.

economy

In the center of beavers

Until the second half of the 20th century, Bibern was a village dominated by agriculture . By the amelioration of Biberntals and moss before 1,836 valuable cultural land was gained. There used to be several tanneries and an oil mill in Bibern. Even today, arable farming and fruit growing as well as cattle breeding have an important place in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. Buildings, IT and a carpentry shop are represented in Bibern. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many employed people are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Solothurn and Grenchen regions.

traffic

The community is located off the main thoroughfares on a connecting road from Lohn-Ammannsegg through the Bibern Valley to Oberwil bei Büren . The closest connection to the A5 motorway is around 6 km from the town center. Bibern is connected to the public transport network through a PostBus course , which serves the route from Lohn-Lüterkofen station to Schnottwil , and the Bucheggberg on- call bus .

history

The municipal area of Beavers was settled early on, which has been proven by individual finds from the Neolithic and Roman times . The place was first mentioned in a document in 1366 under the name Bibron ; from 1368 the name Bibren has been handed down. Name researchers actually derive the name from the animal beaver.

Since it was first mentioned, Bibern was under the rule of Buchegg, which was part of the Landgraviate of Burgundy , acquired by Solothurn in 1391 and converted into the Bucheggberg Bailiwick. Until 1798 the high jurisdiction lay with the Bernese district court Zollikofen , while Solothurn exercised the lower jurisdiction with the place of jurisdiction Aetingen. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Bibern belonged to the Biberist district during the Helvetic Republic and from 1803 to the Bucheggberg district. Bibern does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Oberwil near Büren.

Attractions

coat of arms

Blazon

A red, oblique, yellow wavy bar, accompanied by a green oak branch with two yellow fruits at the top, a five-petalled yellow rose with green sepals at the bottom

The rose alludes to the coat of arms of the Counts of Buchegg.

Web links

Commons : Beavers - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the municipality of Bibern (SO)
Peter Lätt: Beavers (SO). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .