Horrenbach beeches

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Horrenbach beeches
Coat of arms of Horrenbach-Buchen
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton BernCanton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district : Tunaw
BFS no. : 0932i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 3623
Coordinates : 624 542  /  181031 coordinates: 46 ° 46 '48 "  N , 7 ° 45' 36"  O ; CH1903:  624542  /  181031
Height : 1000  m above sea level M.
Height range : 650–1954 m above sea level M.
Area : 20.40  km²
Residents: 235 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 12 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.horrenbach-buchen.ch
Location of the municipality
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Horrenbach-Buchen is a municipality in the Thun administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

Aerial view of beeches with Sigriswilergrat (1957)

The community is divided in two by Teuffenthal. The western district of Buchen forms the western half and essentially consists of the hamlet of Buchen ( 1008  m above sea level ) and a few individual farms. The eastern half of Horrenbach does not have a settlement center, but consists of a number of groups of houses and individual farmsteads. The Chäsereigraben brook , which flows into the Zulg from the left , is the only body of water in the Buchen district, while there are some streams in the Horrenbach district. This is also much larger. Its borders lead from the Sichle ( 1952  m above sea level ) in a north-easterly direction along the Sigriswil ridge to the Fallbach . This forms the border to the neighboring municipality of Eriz and unites with the Dräckergrabenbach and the Kaltbach (along with numerous other streams) to form the Zulg. This forms the entire northern municipal boundary up to the confluence of the Prässerenbach . From the lower reaches of the Prässerenbach, the municipal boundary runs in a south-easterly direction back to the Sichle. In the Horrenbach part of the municipality there are numerous large forest areas along the streams. The largest forest areas, however, are the Hornegg and Eriz forests . The municipality is (just behind Thun and Eriz, but clearly behind Sigriswil) the fourth largest village in the district of Thun. The large proportion of mountain area also contributes to this. A total of 10.0% of the total community area of ​​2037 ha is therefore unproductive area (mountains, rocks). Together with the 38.2% of the municipality, which is covered by forest and wood, that makes up almost half of the territory. The other half (exactly 50.4%), namely in beeches, is used for agriculture and only 1.5% is settlement area.

The district of Buchen borders Unterlangenegg in the north, Oberlangenegg in the northeast , Homberg in the southwest and Teuffenthal in the southeast . The district of Horrenbach borders Eriz in the north and east , Beatenberg in the south-east and Sigriswil in the south and south-west .

population

At the beginning of 2005, 285 people lived in Horrenbach-Buchen.

languages

The population speaks a high Alemannic dialect in everyday life , which is one of the dialects of Bern German .

Religions - denominations

In earlier times, the entire population committed to the Evangelical Reformed Church , to which the majority of the residents of the village still belong.

Origin - nationality

At the beginning of 2005, 280 (= 98.25%) Swiss citizens and five people who had immigrated from other countries lived in the municipality.

politics

The municipal authority consists of a five-member council. The mayor is Wilhelm Balmer (as of 2016).

The voting shares of the parties at the 2015 National Council election were: SVP 84.5%, BDP 5.3%, EDU 3.6%, FDP 1.9%, GPS 1.4%, glp 1.1%, SP 0.8 %, EVP 0.7%, CVP 0.2%.

Economy and Transport

The majority of those in employment make their living from agriculture (livestock farming with milk production) and forestry (including wood processing).

The district of Buchen is connected to public transport by the STI bus route 33 Thun-Steffisburg-Teuffenthal. The Horrenbach district has no train or bus connections. Buchen is on the street (Thun-) Steffisburg-Teuffenthal. Horrenbach can be reached via Teuffenthal and a small road that leads over from Linden (municipality of Eriz). The closest motorway connection is Thun-Nord on the A6 .

Personalities

See also

Web links

Commons : Horrenbach-Buchen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Permanent resident population from STAT-TAB of the BfS , municipalities see also regional portraits 2020 on bfs.admin.ch, accessed on May 29, 2020
  2. ↑ Results of the Horrenbach-Buchen community. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 18, 2015, accessed on October 30, 2016 .