Gutenburg BE

BE is the abbreviation for the canton of Bern in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Gutenburg .

Gutenburg

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Bern (BE)

Administrative district :

Aarwangen

Residential municipality :

Madiswil

Postal code :

4932

former BFS no. :

0327

Coordinates :

627 076 / 225 727 coordinates: 47 ° 10 '55 " N , 7 ° 47' 45" O ; CH1903: six hundred and twenty-seven thousand and seventy-six / two hundred and twenty-five thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven

Height :

520 m above sea level M.

Area :

0.6 km²

Residents:

119 (December 31, 2005)

Population density :

198 inhabitants per km²

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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2007

Until December 31, 2006, Gutenburg was a municipality in the Aarwangen district of the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

On June 7, 2006, the voters of Gutenburg decided to unite their community with Madiswil . The merger to form the new municipality of Madiswil was completed on January 1, 2007.

geography

Gutenburg is located in Oberaargau in the Swiss plateau . The former municipal area bordered the municipalities of Lotzwil and Madiswil .

With 60 hectares, Gutenburg was the smallest municipality in the canton. A civic or parish does not exist.

The scattered settlement includes several houses around a former tower on the Turmhubel .

history

First mentioned in 1277 as Guotenberg . In 1303 it was besieged by Solothurn, but not destroyed. After a long back and forth it was sold to Burgdorf in 1431. In 1897 a merger with Lotzwil was rejected.

The communities of Gutenburg and Madiswil merged at the beginning of 2007 to form the new community of Madiswil. The community assemblies of both communities on June 7, 2006 approved the merger. The Government of the Canton of Bern on 15 June 2006 the Grand Council requested the Canton of Bern to approve the merger and the merger agreements.

Attractions

population

Population development
year	1764	1850	1880	1900	1930	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000
Residents	34	67	55	56	64	91	73	75	96	106	115

economy

In 2001/2002 Gutenburg only had 12 jobs. Therefore almost all (78.5%) employed people are commuters.

literature

OK BE 800 (Ed.): The district of Aarwangen and its municipalities , 1991, ISBN 3-907012-10-0