Heiligenschwendi

Heiligenschwendi
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Tuna
BFS no. :	0927
Postal code :	3625
Coordinates :	618748  /  177 675 coordinates: 46 ° 45 '0 "  N , 7 ° 41' 2"  O ; CH1903:  618748  /  one hundred and seventy-seven thousand six hundred and seventy-five
Height :	1123  m above sea level M.
Height range :	618–1396 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.55  km²
Residents:	703 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	113 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.heiligenschwendi.ch
Location of the municipality

Heiligenschwendi against the Stockhorn chain

Heiligenschwendi is a municipality in the Thun administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

The place lies above the right bank of Lake Thun on the western slope of the heavily wooded hill Blume . The most important settlements are Schwendi-Dörfli , Heiligenschwendi and Halt . A little less than half (exactly 48.8%) of the entire municipal area of ​​555 ha is used for agriculture. Another 43.4% is covered by forest and wood and only 7.4% is settlement area.

population

At the beginning of 2006 the community had 704 inhabitants. Of these, 600 (= 87.65%) were Swiss citizens and 104 were foreigners.

politics

The community president is Christian Zwahlen (as of 2016).

The voting shares of the parties at the 2015 National Council election were: SVP 47.2%, SP 12.2%, EVP 11.0%, BDP 9.1%, EDU 5.9%, GPS 4.6%, glp 4.2 %, FDP 4.1%, CVP 0.7%.

tourism

Aerial photo of the Bernische Höhenklinik (1952)

The most important employer is the Bern Rehabilitation Center Heiligenschwendi , which opened in 1895 (originally a tuberculosis sanatorium; today a rehabilitation clinic for pulmonary, cardiac and musculoskeletal diseases).

The Heiligenschwendi barrier was opened to the public in 2014 as a military-historical monument of national importance.

Spycherweg

Spycherweg Heiligenschwendi, No. 7

The Spycherweg is a 6.45 to 9.15 km long hiking trail through the municipality of Heiligenschwendi, which can be hiked in 2½ to 3½ hours. Up until the 19th century, the Spycher or granary served as a store for threshed grain in grain boxes and other food supplies such as dried fruit and vegetables. Information boards attached to the granaries provide information about the rustic wooden houses in connection with the guides available free of charge in hotels, in the tourist information office or on the Internet.

traffic

The community is through the bus lines 31 of the (Thun - Goldiwil - Heiligenschwendi) and 32 (Heiligenschwendi Thun - - Schwendihotel Doerfli) STI connected to the network of public transport.

Personalities

• Thomas Zurbuchen (* 1968), NASA Science Director

See also

• List of cultural assets in Heiligenschwendi

Web links

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

• Official website of the Heiligenschwendi community
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Heiligenschwendi. 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. ↑ Parish data . Federal Office for statistics; Retrieved November 5, 2011
3. ↑ Results of the Heiligenschwendi community. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 18, 2015, accessed on October 30, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Brochure of the storage path. (PDF)
5. ↑ Overview map of the Spycherweg. (PDF)
6. ↑ Height profile of the Spycherweg. (PDF)