Därstetten

Därstetten
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Frutigen-Niedersimmental
BFS no. :	0761
Postal code :	3763
Coordinates :	604 406  /  167453 coordinates: 46 ° 39 '30 "  N , 7 ° 29' 46"  O ; CH1903:  604,406  /  167453
Height :	762  m above sea level M.
Height range :	702–2190 m above sea level M.
Area :	32.84  km²
Residents:	849 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	26 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.daerstetten.ch
The hamlet of Moos in Därstetten.
Location of the municipality

Därstetten is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

In addition to the resident community, there is also a civil parish and an evangelical-reformed parish under this name .

geography

Därstetten is located in the Bernese Oberland in the Alps south of the Gantrisch (2176 m above sea level). The Stockhorn (2190 m above sea level) is also on the eastern border of the municipality. The Simme flows through the village. The neighboring communities, starting from the north and clockwise, are Pohlern , Oberstocken , Erlenbach im Simmental , Diemtigen , Oberwil im Simmental , Rüschegg , Rüeggisberg and Blumenstein .

politics

The community president of the community is Hans Ueltschi (as of 2015).

The voting shares of the parties at the 2015 National Council election were: SVP 72.5%, BDP 7.2%, EDU 5.0%, SP 3.8%, FDP 2.5%, GPS 2.4%, glp 1.9 %, EVP 1.3%, CVP 0.4%.

history

Därstetten is first mentioned historically in 1228 as Tarenchat . Via Terstetten (1437) - tärnstetten (1470), the name changes to today's Därstetten.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Därstetten

The Knutti house in Därstetten

• The Romanesque Protestant church was the monastery church of an Augustinian choir in the 13th century . Few wall paintings from the construction period have survived. Later renovations attempted to adapt the church to the appearance of average Bernese country churches. The tower, for example, dates from 1926.

See also: Därstetten Abbey

Web links

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

• Official website of the community of Därstetten
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Därstetten. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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 community of Därstetten. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 18, 2015, accessed on October 30, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Hans-Peter Ryser: Därstetten Church. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 620). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1997, ISBN 3-85782-620-7 .