Grosshöchstetten

Grosshöchstetten
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Bern-Mittelland
BFS no. :	0608
Postal code :	3082 Schlosswil 3506 Grosshöchstetten
Coordinates :	614836  /  194 339 coordinates: 46 ° 54 '0 "  N , 7 ° 38' 0"  O ; CH1903:  614836  /  one hundred ninety-four thousand three hundred and thirty-nine
Height :	745  m above sea level M.
Height range :	660–915 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.93  km²
Residents:	4166 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	601 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Christine Hofer ( EPP )
Website:	www.grosshoechstetten.ch
Grosshöchstetten
Location of the municipality

Grosshöchstetten (officially called Höchstetten (Konolfingen) until 1896 ) is a political municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district of the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

history

Aerial photo (1952)

Grosshöchstetten Church

As early as the Hallstatt period (1200–100 BC), the area around what would later become Grosshöchstetten was sparsely populated. This is indicated by two Celtic graves that were found on the edge of the Hürnberg Forest. The documents are missing until the 12th century. Only a few field names remind of the conquest of land by the Alemanni (from the 6th century). For more than 600 years, the fortunes of the village remained linked to those of the Wil rule. During the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803) Höchstetten was one of the 15 district capitals in the canton of Bern. Maybe because the Höchstetter Niklaus Augsburger made sure of that. He was a friend and protégé of the French, who headed the municipality, corresponded independently with General Brune and had made it to the presidential chair of the Helvetic Grand Council.

In 1146, "Honstetten" was first mentioned in a document. In 1250 the place came as a fief to Rutschmann Senn, lord of (Schloss-) Wil. In 1406 the city of Bern acquired the Landgraviate of Burgundy , and Höchstetten became part of the newly created Konolfingen Regional Court . The rulers, who had long since become citizens of the city of Bern, remained on their rulers until 1798.

In the last 100 years Höchstetten (since 1884 Grosshöchstetten) has developed faster than its neighboring communities. In 1888, the community with 655 inhabitants was far behindzaezwil (1054), Oberthal (924), Biglen (915) and Bowil (1670).

It has long since overtaken these villages in terms of population and has taken over center functions in some respects (market, former hospital, secondary school, old people's home, banks, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, sports facilities). This is due to the favorable traffic situation (intersection of the streets Bern-Luzern and Burgdorf-Thun, since 1899 also the railway line of the Emmental-Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn , today BLS ).

On January 1, 2018, the municipal merger of Schlosswil and Grosshöchstetten came into force.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2019 National Council elections were: SVP 29.1%, SP 13.2%, BDP 10.1%, GPS 10.0%, glp 9.6%, FDP 8.7%, EPP 8.7 %, EDU 3.6%, CVP 1.2%.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Grosshöchstetten

Personalities

• Gottlieb Rudolf Bühlmann (1818–1886), politician, member of the National Council
• Ernst Schürch (1875–1960), journalist
• Hans Eichenberger (* 1926), interior architect and designer
• Peter Schindler (1930–2005), journalist and politician
• Hans Saner (1934–2017), publicist and philosopher
• Frantiček Klossner (* 1960), artist
• Reeto von Gunten (* 1963), writer and radio host
• Jörg Reber (* 1974), ice hockey player
• Steve Hirschi (* 1981), ice hockey player
• Luca Aerni (* 1993), ski racer

Web links

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

• Official website of the community of Grosshöchstetten
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Grosshöchstetten. 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. ↑ Elections 2019: Results of the community of Grosshöchstetten. Canton of Bern, accessed on July 17, 2020.