Herzogenbuchsee

Herzogenbuchsee
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Oberaargau
BFS no. :	0979
Postal code :	3360 Herzogenbuchsee 3363 Oberönz
UN / LOCODE :	CH HRZ
Coordinates :	619812  /  225853 coordinates: 47 ° 11 '0 "  N , 7 ° 42' 0"  O ; CH1903:  619812  /  225853
Height :	465  m above sea level M.
Height range :	450-537 m above sea level M.
Area :	9.82  km²
Residents:	7200 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	733 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.herhabenbuchsee.ch
in spring 2003
Location of the municipality

Herzogenbuchsee ( Bern German Herzogebuchsi by locals Buchsi called) is a municipality in the Oberaargau the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

On January 1st, 2008 the merger with the municipality of Oberönz (941 inhabitants) was completed. The new community still bears the name Herzogenbuchsee .

economy

The community with a population of 7,150 (as of 2013) is home to numerous businesses.

history

Aerial photograph by Walter Mittelholzer (1934)

The place, built on a moraine of the Rhone Glacier from the last Ice Age , looks back on a long history. Ten thousand years ago, the area around the Inkwilersee and Burgäschisee were settled. Foundations of Roman buildings from around AD 200 have been found in various places around today's Reformed Church. The first written mention under the name puhsa ( spoken Buchsa , from Latin buxum , which means book ), dates from the year 886 in the writings of the St. Gallen monastery . At that time the village belonged to the East Franconian Empire after various partitions of the European empire of the Carolingians . Around 920 the region was occupied by the Burgundian king Rudolf and from 1033 it belonged to the German Empire as a part of the Burgundian empire. In the following centuries, Herzogenbuchsee was under the rule of the Zähringer , who represented the Burgundians regionally , the Kyburger and then under Altbernian sovereignty within the Confederation . The name "Herzogenbuchze" appears for the first time in 1301 in a document. It seems that it was introduced to distinguish it from Münchenbuchsee and that it was based on the Kyburg aristocratic family who ruled the village at that time.

The last battle in the Swiss Peasants' War took place on June 7, 1653 in Herzogenbuchsee. The village went up in flames during the fighting.

On Christmas Eve 2019, the Reformed Church of the community burned twice, with the burning spire falling on the roof of the church when it flared up again in the evening, causing serious damage to the building.

population

Population development
year	1764	1850	1880	1900	1930	1950	1980	1990	2000	2010	2011	2012	2013
Residents	481	1525	2334	2533	3235	3790	5107	5195	5338	6949	7055	7060	7150

traffic

Herzogenbuchsee is on the railway line between Olten and Bern. Since the construction of the new Zurich-Bern line, long-distance traffic has been routed past the village. Herzogenbuchsee was the end point of the former Solothurn – Herzogenbuchsee railway line .

The Hauptstrasse 1 between Zurich and Bern runs through the village, also here flows of Morat forth coming Hauptstrasse 22 into the main road. 1

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Herzogenbuchsee

Personalities

• Klaus Baumgartner (1937–2015), politician (SP), Mayor of Bern
• Paul Born-Moser (1859–1928), manufacturer and entomologist
• Mani Matter (1936–1972), songwriter and lawyer
• Marie Sollberger (1846–1917), pioneer of the Blue Cross
• Maria Waser (1878–1939), writer

photos

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  Reformed Church Herzogenbuchsee (before the fire in 2019)

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  Organ of the reformed church

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  Catholic Church Herzogenbuchsee

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  Gasthaus zum Kreuz

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  Hotel du Soleil

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  Parish hall

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  Kornhaus

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  Aerial photograph May 2017

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  Panorama Herzogenbuchsee

literature

• Walter Gfeller: Herzogenbuchsee. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 841/842, Series 85). Ed.  Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2009, ISBN 978-3-85782-841-6 .
• Maria Waser: Land under the stars. The novel of a village. German publishing house , Stuttgart 1930

Web links

Commons : Herzogenbuchsee  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Herzogenbuchsee community
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Herzogenbuchsee. 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. ^ Herhabenbuchsee.ch: [1] , accessed on January 15, 2014
3. ^ Tower of the church of Herzogenbuchsee BE partially collapsed after fire - investigations started | NZZ. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .