Eriswil

Eriswil

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Oberaargauw
BFS no. :	0953i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	4952
Coordinates :	631 239 / 214 784 coordinates: 47 ° 5 '0' N , 7 ° 51 '0 " O ; CH1903: six hundred and thirty-one thousand two hundred and thirty-nine / 214,78447.083328 7.850009 740
Height :	740 m above sea level M.
Height range :	705–1139 m above sea level M.
Area :	11.34 km²
Residents:	1396 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	123 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.eriswil.ch
Village fountain in the center of Eriswil
Location of the municipality
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Eriswil is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

Aerial photo from 3000 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)

The municipal area primarily comprises the uppermost part of the Langetetal . Its eastern municipality border is also the canton border with the canton of Lucerne . To the east of the municipality are the municipalities of Luthern and Ufhusen , Huttwil in the north , Wyssachen in the west and Wasen, Sumiswald municipality in the south .

The Langete, which gives its name to the long valley with the main town of Langenthal , also rises from the Eriswil municipality, which, in addition to the town center, is largely made up of agricultural land, pasture land and forest .

traffic

The municipality is only accessible by connecting roads.

On September 1, 1915, the Huttwil – Eriswil line was opened. Passenger traffic on this route was stopped on May 31, 1975 and canceled on May 27, 1978, then canceled. Instead of the railway line, there is now a bus line from Huttwil to Eriswil (timetable 30.491).

coat of arms

Blazon

In red a green floating six mountain (1: 2: 3 mountains)

The coat of arms corresponds to that of the Barons von Grünenberg , whose coat of arms is in silver. Eriswil belonged to them in the 14th century as part of the Rohrbach BE rule .