Hilterfingen

Hilterfingen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Tuna
BFS no. :	0929
Postal code :	3652 Hilterfingen 3626 Hünibach
Coordinates :	616 766  /  176002 coordinates: 46 ° 44 '6 "  N , 7 ° 39' 29"  O ; CH1903:  616 766  /  176002
Height :	562  m above sea level M.
Height range :	557-1028 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.81  km²
Residents:	4047 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	1440 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Gerhard Beindorff ( FDP )
Website:	www.hilterfingen.ch
Hilterfingen with the church, seen from the Blümlisalp steamship
Location of the municipality

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

The villages on the right bank of Lake Thun, to which Hilterfingen and Hünibach belong, are often referred to as the Gold Coast or the Riviera of Lake Thun because of their attractive location. Hünegg Castle and the Eichbühl country house from the second half of the 19th century are among the most impressive buildings on Lake Thun. Another country estate, the Chartreuse , was demolished in 1901.

geography

Aerial photo from 100 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925)

The place consists of the two districts of Hünibach and Hilterfingen-Dorf and lies on the right bank of Lake Thun and has grown together with the neighboring communities of Thun and Oberhofen. The municipal boundary to Thun runs from the Aare north of the Chartreuse past the Hünibach , this and then in a south-easterly direction along the upper end of the Hilterfingen and Tannenbühl forest . From the farmstead Im Saali, head south-west down to Lake Thun. The stream of the same name flows through the district of Hünibach, while the stream that flows through Hilterfingen is simply called Dorfbach . The Louelibach separates the two districts from each other. Almost half of the community area of ​​280 ha, namely 47.0%, is covered by forest and wood. Another 40.5% is settlement area and only 10.4% of the municipal area is used for agriculture. The remaining square meters are unproductive space.

Hilterfingen borders on Thun to the north and northwest , Heiligenschwendi in the northeast and Oberhofen in the southeast .

population

On December 31, 2012 the community had 4063 inhabitants. Of these, 2024 (49.81%) were Swiss women, 1704 (41.93%) Swiss men, immigrant women 158 (3.88%) and immigrant men 177 (4.35%).

politics

The mayor's name is Gerhard Beindorff FDP (as of January 2018).

The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the 2015 National Council election were: SVP 28.0%, SP 16.1%, FDP 14.4%, BDP 11.8%, GPS 9.9%, glp 7.7%, EPP 5.4 %, EDU 3.3%, CVP 1.8%.

traffic

The community is connected to the public transport network by bus line 21 ( Thun-Beatenbucht-Interlaken Ost train station ) operated by the STI public transport company. This in turn replaced the Thun – Beatenbucht trolleybus that ran between 1952 and 1982 . From 1913 to 1952, the Steffisburg – Thun – Interlaken tram ran on the section . Line 22 of the STI (the so-called slope bus ) serves to develop the districts that have emerged on the slope .

The two largest districts are on the Thun-Interlaken road along the right bank of Lake Thun. The next motorway connections are Thun-Süd and Thun-Nord on the A6 .

coat of arms

	Blazon : “ Split in red and silver, covered by a golden-green vine growing from a golden-green three-mountain, with two golden and two red grapes and two golden and two green leaves, which grows on a golden stick. »
	Establishment of the coat of arms: The local coat of arms, which has been used since the 17th century, has been encountered in its current form since 1945.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Hilterfingen

Hünegg Castle was built from 1861 to 1863 by the Berlin architect Heino Schmieden on behalf of the Prussian Baron Parpart in the style of the Loire castles. Today the castle houses the museum for living culture of historicism and art nouveau .

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  Hilterfingen Church

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  Hünegg Castle

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  Influence of the Dorfbach in the Thunersee

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  Eichbühl estate

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  Hotel Bellevue

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  Hünegg Castle and Dorf

Town twinning

The small Franconian town of Hersbruck in Bavaria is twin town of Hilterfingen.

Personalities

• Johann Eduard Ernst Rohr (1859–1944), pastor in Rohrbach and Hilterfingen
• Elisabeth Müller (1885–1977), youth writer, died in Hünibach
• Albert Rupp (1885–1958), Swiss aviation pioneer, born in Hilterfingen, died in Hünibach
• Gertrud Kiener-Hofer (1935–2015), former mayor of Hilterfingen, last lived in Steffisburg
• Ueli Egger (* 1958), Councilor (SP)
• Mathias Roten (1979–2008), paraglider pilot from Hünibach

The German painter August Macke lived in Hilterfingen from autumn 1913 to June 1914 with his family.

literature

• R. Ganz Hilterfingen and Hünibach , 2002
• Hermann von Fischer : Swiss Art Guide GSK, Volume 726/727: Schloss Hünegg, Hilterfingen , Bern 2002, ISBN 3-85782-726-2
• Book of arms of the canton of Bern. The Bernese state coat of arms and the coats of arms of the administrative districts and municipalities , published on behalf of the Bernese government council. by the management of the municipalities, arr. from the Bern State Archives with the assistance of Hans Jenni. Armorial du canton de Berne. Les armoiries de l'Etat de Berne, des districts et des communes , publié par la Direction des affaires communales sur mandat du Conseil-exécutif du canton de Berne, élaboré par les Archives de l'Etat de Berne avec la collaboration de Hans Jenni, Bern 1981.

Web links

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

• Official website of the Hilterfingen community
• Hünegg Castle
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Hilterfingen. 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. ^ Results of the Hilterfingen community. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 18, 2015, accessed on October 30, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Wappenbuch 1981, p. 195.
4. ↑ Wappenbuch 1981, p. 194.