Sumiswald

Sumiswald
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Emmental
BFS no. :	0957
Postal code :	3454
UN / LOCODE :	CH SMW
Coordinates :	621 133  /  209181 coordinates: 47 ° 2 '0 "  N , 7 ° 43' 0"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and twenty-one thousand one hundred and thirty-three  /  209181
Height :	702  m above sea level M.
Height range :	635-1383 m above sea level M.
Area :	59.34  km²
Residents:	5045 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	85 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Fritz Kohler ( EDU / independent )
Website:	www.sumiswald.ch
Sumiswald: Castle and cultural and sports center
Location of the municipality

Sumiswald is a municipality in the Emmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

Sumiswald comprises two parishes and three localities (Sumiswald, Grünen and Wasen) in the lower Emmental and, with an area of ​​5933 hectares, is one of the largest parishes in the canton. The population is around 5000 (as of 2013).

The community of Sumiswald is located in the upper catchment area of ​​the Greens with its source streams Hornbach and Churzeneibach and its tributary Griesbach.

history

Aerial photo from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1922)

The origin of the name Sumiswald, which was first mentioned in a document around 1130, is controversial. Whether the name was derived from the Latin "summa vallis" or from a Germanic settler "Suomoldt" could not be found out. In any case, Sumiswald was once a rule with its own nobility.

The historic village center of Sumiswald is classified as of national importance. The village has a special quality due to its terrace location between Griesbach and the river Grüene. The village center is organized by a system of streets at right angles and has a high density of high-quality buildings. The Marktgasse is characterized by late baroque shopkeepers, imposing inns, residential buildings and merchants' offices, all of which are surrounded by spacious gardens.

At the foot of the terrace of Sumiswald lies the green part of the village , which is characterized by many commercial buildings.

At the confluence of the Hornbach and the Kurzeneibach, the village of Wasen forms the center of the eastern municipality with its extensive hinterland.

Since it developed mainly along the streams, a three-armed village appears today. The extensive scattered settlement area mainly includes rural buildings. In addition to groups of farms and hamlets, sedate Emmental farmhouses as individual farms are the rule in the heavily structured and hilly terrain.

The parish of Wasen, which previously belonged to the Sumiswald, became independent in 1878. The church with a striking front tower was built in 1881. Both churches are integrated in the village and have been professionally restored and renewed in recent years.

The school system has an old tradition and began in 1559 with a foundation, followed by the construction of a school house in Sumiswald (1683) and in Wasen (1705). The Sumiswald secondary school, founded in 1834, is one of the oldest in the canton of Bern. Today, both parishes each have an upper school center and a total of five primary school districts with school buildings in Sumiswald, Schonegg, Wasen, Fritzenhaus and Ried.

population

Population development
year	1850	1880	1900	1930	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2013
Residents	5564	5870	5353	5460	5700	5525	5334	5070	5353	5307	5027	5031

politics

The voting shares of the parties at the 2019 National Council election were: SVP 42.6%, BDP 12.7%, SP 9.4%, FDP 6.2%, EDU 4.4%, glp 6.2%, EVP 4.6 %, GPS 7.7%, CVP 0.6%, 5G goodbye! 1.3%, DM 1.1%.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Sumiswald

The church, built by the Teutonic Knights from 1510 to 1512, has a striking Käsbissen tower. The glass windows of the Marienkirche 623294  /  208561 provide donor figures in religious armor with their patron saint is.

The former castle is located a little away from the village. It was donated by Lüthold von Sumiswald in 1225 with the stipulation that a hospital was to be set up in it, and is therefore called Spittel .

The Haslenbacher Hof is also a bit away from Sumiswald . The Baptist martyr Hans Haslibacher (1500–1571) lived here. A museum that was set up in the attic of the farm commemorates him today.

From ancient round wooden table at the inn "Bear" 623,346  /  208,545 , the story goes that after the plague court had found from 1434 all the surviving men in it.

The Gotthelf-Saal of the Gasthof Kreuz was the filming location in the Gotthelf film adaptation of Uli the tenant .

• 

  reformed Church

• 

  Glass pane with the donor's coat of arms

• 

  Rectory

• 

  Sumiswald Castle

• 

  Gasthof Bären

• 

  Gasthof Kreuz

• 

  Community administration

• 

  Moser-Baer AG (mobatime)

• 

  Lower school house

• 

  High school house

• 

  Gym Wyler

• 

  Sumiswald-Grünen station

• 

  Wasen i. E.

• 

  Dorfstrasse in Wasen

Economy and Infrastructure

The watch manufacturer Mobatime (Moser-Baer) is located in Sumiswald . Various branches of industry are located in Wasen im Emmental: plastics processing, toolmaking and metalworking.

In 2007, the Sumiswald community received the Binding Forest Prize for its exemplary sustainable forest management .

The Swiss Army has been operating a recruitment center in the old hospital in Sumiswald since 2003, in which around 5,500 people from the cantons of western Switzerland and the canton of Bern are checked for their fitness for service every year.

tourism

Several typical Emmental inns offer rooms and farm holidays are also possible. The Gotthelf-Märit always takes place on June 2nd-Saturday.

Culture

There are 87 clubs in Sumiswald, many of them in the fields of music and sports.

Others

Sumiswald achieved literary fame through the novella The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf , the plot of which is set in and around Sumiswald.

Personalities

• Hans Haslibacher (1500–1571), Baptist and poet of the famous Haslibacherlied, born in Sumiswald
• Carl Ahasver von Sinner (1754–1821), architect, born in Sumiswald
• Elisabeth Kohler (before 1800 – after 1850), Pietist, born in Wasen
• Gottlieb Ringier (1837–1929), Councilor of States and Federal Chancellor, born in Wasen
• Hans Leibundgut (1909–1993), forest scientist, honorary citizen of the civic community
• Hans Ulrich Schwaar (1920–2014), writer, born in Sumiswald
• Didier Burkhalter (* 1960), Federal Councilor, hometown in Sumiswald
• Christian Waber (* 1948), master builder, EDU politician and mayor, lives in Wasen
• Johann Schneider-Ammann (* 1952), former Federal Councilor, born in Sumiswald
• Michael Kurt (* 1980), canoeist, born in Sumiswald

Web links

Commons : Sumiswald  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Sumiswald community
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Sumiswald (community). 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 Sumiswald community. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 20, 2019, accessed on August 3, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Schweizerbauer.ch: Where a martyr once lived (June 25, 2016) ; accessed on December 5, 2019
4. ↑ Berner Zeitung , July 1, 2016
5. ↑ Homepage of the Gotthelf-Märit