Herbigen

This article describes the municipality of Herbligen in the canton of Bern. See also the former municipality of Herblingen in the canton of Schaffhausen.

Herbigen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Bern-Mittelland
BFS no. :	0610
Postal code :	3671
Coordinates :	612 757  /  186306 coordinates: 46 ° 49 '40 "  N , 7 ° 36' 21"  O ; CH1903:  612 757  /  186306
Height :	578  m above sea level M.
Height range :	557-1003 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.76  km²
Residents:	603 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	197 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.herbligen.ch
Herbigen
Location of the municipality

Herbligen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

Herbligen lies at 578  m above sea level. M. , 8 km north of the city of Thun (straight line). The farming village extends over the Chise alluvial plain on the eastern edge of the wide Aare valley and at the foot of the Falkenflue .

The area of ​​the 2.75 km² municipal area covers a section of the pre-alpine hill country east of the Aare valley . The Chise flows through the area from northeast to southwest in an approximately 600 m wide valley floor. To the west, the municipal ban extends into the undulating landscape of Lischiwald ( 627  m above sea level ) and Aspi on the eastern edge of the Aare valley. In the east, the municipality extends in a narrow strip over the slopes of Helisbühl and Bürglen ( 860  m above sea level ) to the striking Falkenflue. Above the rock edge is 1000  m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Herbligen. In 1997, 11% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 41% for forests and woodlands and 48% for agriculture.

Herbligen includes the Hubel housing estate ( 612  m above sea level ) on the terrace on the edge of the Lischiwald, Helisbühl ( 604  m above sea level ) and Widibühl ( 656  m above sea level ) on the lower western slope of the Falkenflue, as well as various individual farms. Neighboring communities of Herbligen are Oberdiessbach , Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach , Brenzikofen , Oppligen and Wichtrach .

history

Remains of a prehistoric defense system on the Eggrain indicate an early settlement of the Herbligen municipality. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1302 under the name Herblingen ; from 1312 the name Herbelingen has been handed down. The place name goes back to the Old High German personal name Harbilo or Herwilo and therefore means for the people of Harbilo / Herwilo .

Since the Middle Ages , Herbligen was part of the Diessbach rule, which was under the sovereignty of the Counts of Kyburg . At the end of the 14th century, the sovereignty came to Bern. From 1471 Herbligen belonged to the free court of Steffisburg. The high level of jurisdiction under Bernese rule always lay with the Konolfingen district court. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Herbligen belonged to the Steffisburg district during the Helvetic Republic and from 1803 to the Konolfingen Oberamt, which received the status of an official district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. Herbligen does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Oberdiessbach.

population

With 603 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Herbligen is one of the small communities in the canton of Bern. 98.4% of the residents are German-speaking, 0.6% French-speaking and 0.6% speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Herbligen was 355 in 1850 and 302 in 1900. The population gradually increased over the course of the 20th century. Since 1980 (420 inhabitants) an increased population increase has been recorded.

politics

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The voting shares of the parties in the 2015 National Council elections were: SVP 41.3%, EDU 13.9%, BDP 9.4%, SP 8.9%, EPP 8.4%, glp 5.9%, FDP 5.2 %, GPS 3.9%, ALP 1.7%.

economy

Herbligen was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Even today, dairy farming , cattle breeding , arable farming and fruit growing have an important place in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in pipeline construction companies, in a sawmill and a pottery. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many employees are therefore commuters who work mainly in the larger towns in the Aare Valley and in the Thun area.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the main road from Thun to Konolfingen . The closest connection to the A6 motorway (Bern-Thun) is around 4 km from the town center. Herbligen has a connection to the public transport network with the bus line from Oberdiessbach to Münsingen . The next train station on the railway line from Thun via Konolfingen to Burgdorf is in Brenzikofen.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Herbligen

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Herbligen
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Herbligen. 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 Herbligen community. Canton of Bern, accessed on March 19, 2016.