Bleiken near Oberdiessbach

Bleiken near Oberdiessbach
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Bern-Mittelland
Residential municipality :	Oberdiessbach
Postal code :	3674
former BFS no. :	0604
Coordinates :	615 414  /  184 746 coordinates: 46 ° 48 '49 "  N , 7 ° 38' 26"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and fifteen thousand four hundred fourteen  /  one hundred eighty-four thousand seven hundred and forty-six
Height :	874  m above sea level M.
Area :	3.6  km²
Residents:	376 (December 31, 2007)
Population density :	104 inhabitants per km²
Bleiken near Oberdiessbach
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2014

Until December 31, 2013, Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach was a political municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district of the canton of Bern in Switzerland . On January 1, 2014, Bleiken near Oberdiessbach merged with Oberdiessbach .

geography

Bleiken is at 874  m above sea level. M. , seven kilometers north of the city of Thun (as the crow flies). The farming village extends from a panoramic location on the southern slope of the Falkenflue , above the Rotache valley , in the pre-alpine molasse heights east of the Aare valley .

The area of ​​the 3.6 km² large municipal area comprises a section of the relatively strong relief hill country east of the Aare valley. The southern border runs along the Rotache , a right tributary of the Aare that is deeply cut into the landscape. From here, the municipality extends northwards over the slope of Bleiken to the Bürglen ( 860  m above sea level ), to the ridge of the Falkenflue ( 1021  m above sea level ) and the adjacent chain of hills to the east. Above the Aeschlenalp on the Schafegg is 1130  m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Bleiken. The slope of Bleiken is subdivided by two short side streams of the Rotache, the Ibachgraben forms the eastern municipal boundary for long stretches. In 1997, 5% of the municipal area was in settlements, 36% in forests and woodlands, 58% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Bleiken consists of five districts as well as some courtyard groups and individual courtyards, namely:

• Niederbleiken ( 800  m above sea level ) in a valley on the southern slope of the Falkenflue
• Lehn ( 860  m above sea level ) on the southern slope of the Falkenflue
• Kirch ( 874  m above sea level ) high above the Rotache on the southern slope of the Falkenflue
• Oberbleiken ( 926  m above sea level ) on the southeast slope of the Falkenflue
• Egglen ( 986  m above sea level ) in the valley of the Ibach between Falkenflue and Schafegg

Until December 31, 2013 , neighboring communities of Bleiken were Buchholterberg , Fahrni , Brenzikofen , Herbligen and Oberdiessbach .

Stadthalterhof Oberbleiken

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1316 under the name Bleikon . In 1336 the names Obrenbleikon and Nidern Bleikon appeared ; from 1349 Bleichen has been handed down. The place name originally goes back to a field name; the Swiss German word Bleike (s) means something like scree or talus .

Bleiken has belonged to the Diessbach rule since the Middle Ages . In 1406 the village came under the rule of Bern, the high level of jurisdiction was exercised by Konolfingen. Bleiken has only been an independent municipality since 1768, before that it was part of Buchholterberg. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798) Bleiken belonged to the Steffisburg district during the Helvetic Republic and from 1803 to the Konolfingen district authority, which was given the status of an official district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. The spa hotel, built near Falkenflue in 1881, now serves as an apartment building. Bleiken does not have its own church; it belongs to the parish of Oberdiessbach.

Since January 2011 Bleiken and Oberdiessbach have examined a merger of the two communities. This was implemented in 2014.

Historical aerial photo from 200 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1929

population

With 376 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2007) Bleiken was one of the small communities in the canton of Bern. 97.1% of the residents speak German, 2.4% speak Albanian and 0.3% speak French (as of 2000). Bleiken had a population of 320 in 1850 and 338 in 1900. After a peak in 1910 with 374 inhabitants, the population decreased significantly to 275 in the course of the 20th century by 1960. Since 1990 (272 inhabitants) the population has increased rapidly again.

politics

The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the 2011 National Council elections were: SVP 53.6%, EDU 11.9%, SP 8.6%, BDP 7.1%, glp 4.5%, FDP 4.3%, GPS 3.0 %, Jimy Hofer plus 1.8%, Alpine Parliament 1.6%, CVP 1.0%, EPP 0.8%.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Bleiken was a village dominated by agriculture . Even today, the dairy industry and 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. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many employed people are therefore commuters who mainly work in the larger localities in the area (Oberdiessbach) and in the Thun area.

traffic

The village is off the major thoroughfare; the main access is from Oberdiessbach. The closest connection to the A6 motorway (Bern-Thun) is around 8 km from the village. In December 2013 the bus connection to Heimenschwand was discontinued due to insufficient frequencies, since then public transport no longer runs via Bleiken.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Oberdiessbach

Web links

Commons : Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Anne-Marie Dubler : Bleiken near Oberdiessbach. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• www.bleiken.ch ( Memento from November 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fusion Bleiken bO and Oberdiessbach. Retrieved August 31, 2011 . 
2. ↑ http://www.wahlarchiv.sites.be.ch/wahlen2011/target/NAWAInternetAction.do@method=read&sprache=d&typ=21&gem=604.html accessed on January 18, 2013