Buchholterberg
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Administrative district : | Tuna |
BFS no. : | 0923 |
Postal code : | 3615 |
Coordinates : | 619 583 / 186405 |
Height : | 1006 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 631–1198 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 15.33 km² |
Residents: | 1527 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 100 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.heimenschwand.ch |
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Buchholterberg is a municipality in the Thun administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .
geography
The community is located in a hilly zone on the right slope of the valley and extends from the Rothachenschlucht up to the Schindelberg . The main settlement is the village Heimenschwand . In addition to this village, there are also the hamlets of Zihl and Bätterich up on the slope . Below are the hamlets of Marbach , Schaubhaus , Badhaus , Ibach , Wangelen , Teufenbach , Wyler and Rothachen . The Heimenegg , Höh and Längmatt districts have been built in recent years . 59.3% of the entire municipal area of 1534 ha is used for agriculture. Over a third (34.2%) are covered by forest and wood and only 5.4% are settlement areas.
In the eastern municipal area is located near the village of Wachseldorn the Wachseldornmoos .
population
At the beginning of 2005 the community had 1,480 inhabitants. Of these, 1,463 (98.85%) were Swiss citizens and 17 were foreign immigrants.
politics
The mayor is Sandra Nussbaum ( SVP ).
The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the National Council election in 2015 were: SVP 59.7%, BDP 9.1%, EDU 7.4%, SP 6.5%, EVP 5.0%, FDP 4.2%, glp 3.2 %, GPS 2.0%, Alpine Parliament 1.2%.
Facilities
In the Heimenschwand district there is a listening station of the Onyx network of the Swiss intelligence service, which includes three large parabolic antennas and one logarithmic-periodic antenna supported by three free-standing 53 meter high steel lattice towers with a triangular cross-section.
history
The first documentary mention of Buchholterberg dates from 1238 as Bucholtron . The community has only been part of the Thun district since 1863 .
Personalities
- Annette Beutler (* 1976), racing cyclist, born in Heimenschwand
See also
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Buchholterberg
- Anne-Marie Dubler : Buchholterberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Permanent resident population from STAT-TAB of the BfS , municipalities see also regional portraits 2020 on bfs.admin.ch, accessed on May 29, 2020
- ^ Municipality of Buchholtberg, CH-3615 Heimenschwand | | Municipal council. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Results of the Buchholterberg community. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 18, 2015, accessed on October 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Fonto: article about die4 story of Buchholterberg on the website of the municipality