Guggisberg

This article deals with the place Guggisberg in the canton of Bern. For further meanings see Guggisberg (disambiguation) .

Guggisberg
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Bern-Mittelland
BFS no. :	0852
Postal code :	3158 Guggisberg 3156 Riffenmatt 3159 Riedstätt 1738 Ottenleue Bad 1738 Sangernboden
Coordinates :	591 956  /  179504 coordinates: 46 ° 46 '0 "  N , 7 ° 20' 0"  O ; CH1903:  591 956  /  179504
Height :	1115  m above sea level M.
Height range :	702–2150 m above sea level M.
Area :	54.91  km²
Residents:	1508 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	27 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Hanspeter Schneiter ( SVP )
Website:	www.guggisberg-be.ch
Guggisberg
Location of the municipality

Guggisberg ( [ˈɡʊkisˌbɛrɡ] , Bern German Guggischbärg [ ˈgʊkiʃbærg ]) is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . The place is known throughout Switzerland mainly for the Guggisber link .

The towns of Riffenmatt, Schwendi, Kriesbaumen, Riedstätt, Kalchstätten , Hirschmatt-Laubbach, Riedacker, Sangernboden and Ottenleuebad also belong to Guggisberg. With the name Guggisberg there is a community of residents , a civic community and an evangelical-reformed parish .

geography

Guggisberg is located in the foothills of the Alps, between Schwarzwasser and Sense . The main town is located at 1115 m on the southwest slope of the Guggershorn (1283 m), making Guggisberg one of the highest municipalities in the Swiss foothills of the Alps. The highest point of the community is the 2151 m high Schibe , the lowest point is 708 m at the confluence of Niederriedgraben and Sense. The very large municipal area is 40% forested.

The neighboring communities starting from the north and clockwise are Schwarzenburg , Rüschegg , Oberwil im Simmental , Plaffeien and Alterswil .

population

Population development
year	Residents
1860	2823
1900	2809
1950	2339
1980	1560
2000	1660
2013	1551

politics

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The voting shares of the parties at the 2015 National Council elections were: SVP 59.2%, SP 9.3%, BDP 7.7%, GPS 6.3%, EDU 5.3%, EVP 4.1%, glp 2.1 %, FDP 2.1%, ALP 1.2%, pirates 1.0%.

The mayor and council president is Hanspeter Schneiter (as of 2017).

economy

Agriculture and forestry are the main sources of income in Guggisberg with 55%. 15% work in the handicrafts and trades sector and 30% in the trade and services sector.

history

The oldest surviving attribution dates back to 1148, when Guggisberg was in a document from Pope Eugene III. mentioned as Cucansperc . From 1423 onwards, Guggisberg was acquired in equal parts by Bern and Freiburg , this remained so until the mediation in 1803.

The earliest mention of the Schafscheid (folk festival / village festival), a custom that still exists today, dates back to 1662.

Tourism and sightseeing

See also : List of cultural assets in Guggisberg

• The church and the rectory
• The first tourist action in Guggisberg is the building of a staircase to the Guggershorn by the star landlord Blaser in 1828 .
• The Guggisber link , a melancholy Swiss folk song, was first mentioned in 1741 and, as interpreted by Stephan Eicher , became internationally known (1989). The song is based on the following story, which is told in Guggisberg:

In the village of Guggisberg, at the foot of the Guggershorn, is the stately Linde farm, where the Vreneli lived. Unfortunately, it lost its father early on. The Ammann on the "Zelg" assisted the widow and her minor daughter with help and advice. He would have liked to have united the two beautiful farms by marrying his son with the Linden daughter. But too late: Vreneli had made another choice early on: she loved Simes Hans-Joggeli, son of Simon, who lived “änet dem Bärg”, that is, behind the Guggershorn to Wahlenhaus, on the shady side.

The small farmer's son was a thorn in the side of the wealthy Ammanns son. He wanted to make his uninvited rival clear about his demands on the pretty young Linden daughter, and one evening he ambushed him. But the downside builder was stronger and the Ammanns son remained unconscious after an unfortunate fall. Hans-Joggeli believed he was dead. In desperation, he fled and was recruited into foreign military service. That was the only solution for him to avoid conviction. Vreneli was left with his love, his longing, his loyalty and we were left with the song that touches our hearts.

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  Village center

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  church

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  Vreneli fountain figure

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  Vreneli fountain figure (detail)

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  Guggishörnli lookout point

literature

• Community of Guggisberg (ed.): Anniversary publication 850 years of Guggisberg . 1998

Web links

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

• Official website of the community of Guggisberg
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Guggisberg. 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 2015: Results of the Guggisberg community. Canton of Bern, accessed on March 19, 2016.
3. ↑ marzbi: council. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 8, 2017 ; accessed on October 8, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Website of the community ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 15, 2015 
5. ^ Hermann Schöpfer: Guggisberg BE. Church and rectory. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 358). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1984, ISBN 978-3-85782-358-9 .
6. ↑ Municipality of Guggisberg ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.