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BE is the abbreviation for the canton of Bern in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Ins .

Ins
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Zealand
BFS no. :	0496
Postal code :	3232
UN / LOCODE :	CH INS
Coordinates :	574676  /  206 156 coordinates: 47 ° 0 '21 "  N , 7 ° 6' 20"  O ; CH1903:  574676  /  two hundred and six thousand one hundred fifty-six
Height :	437  m above sea level M.
Height range :	427-593 m above sea level M.
Area :	23.87  km²
Residents:	3564 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	128 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Kurt Stucki ( SVP )
Website:	www.ins.ch
Location of the municipality

Ins , in the Bern German local dialect Eiss [eisː] , French Anet, is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district of the Swiss canton of Bern . In addition to the resident community, there is also an Evangelical Reformed parish under the name .

Municipal House Ins BE

geography

Reformed Church Ins

Ins is located in the Grosse Moos , a fertile area with almost black soils in the Bernese Seeland . The neighboring communities starting from the north in clockwise direction are Vinelz , Lüscherz , Brüttelen , Müntschemier , Mont-Vully , Cudrefin , Gampelen , Tschugg and Erlach .

politics

The mayor is Kurt Stucki ( SVP , as of January 2017).

The voting shares of the parties in the 2019 National Council election were: SVP 32.8%, SP 16.3%, BDP 8.8%, FDP 8.6%, GPS 15.7%, glp 9.2%, EVP 2.0 %, CVP 1.1%.

economy

Although Ins is a small community, it has a certain central function for the surrounding communities, which are even smaller in terms of area and population.

traffic

The terminus of the Biel-Täuffelen-Ins-Bahn (BTI), which has been part of the Aare Seeland mobil (ASm) transport company since 1999, is located in Ins . The place is also served by the trains of the standard gauge BLS line Bern - Neuchâtel and the standard gauge TPF line Freiburg im Üechtland – Murten – Ins . There are also buses to Erlach and Tschugg.

history

Aerial photo (1954)

The area has been populated since the Mesolithic. A dagger blade from the Bronze Age was found. On the Schaltrain are the grave mounds of Ins , Celtic princely graves, who lived on the area of ​​the later Fenis Castle . They are assigned to the older Iron Age ( Hallstatt Period ). A Roman military road led from the Broye to Ins, connecting Aventicum (Avenches) with Petinesca , Augusta Raurica and Vindonissa . The bridge of the road over the Broye was 84 meters long and 7.6 meters wide. In addition, remains of settlements from the Gallo-Roman period were found in the Murstuden, the summer shrubs and on the Brüehlzelgli. When the Romans withdrew around the year 400, the Romanized Burgundians poured into the Swiss Central Plateau from the west and the Alemanni from the east . This made the Mittelland bilingual.

According to legend, Bishop David of Lausanne is said to have been murdered in Ins near the Blutstein on Müntschemiergasse in 851 . This striking red boulder was certainly red beforehand. Because it was brought here from the Rhone Glacier during the last Ice Age and probably comes from the Aiguilles Rouges .

The municipality of Ins first belonged to the Kingdom of Burgundy and later came with this into the German Empire. It was first mentioned in writing in 1009. The Hasenburg, which became the ancestral seat of the Counts of Fenis, was built on the Schaltrains at the west end. The Counts of Neuchâtel and their branches Neuchâtel-Nidau, Neuchâtel-Strassberg and Aarberg-Valangin also emerged from this family . In 1375 the region became Savoy and in 1407 it went to the Counts of Chalon . Also in 1375 the Guglers were defeated near Ins .

In connection with the Burgundian Wars, the Bernese conquered Erlach in 1474 and appointed a governor . This made Ins part of the Canton of Bern. The advertisers bought themselves out of serfdom in 1491 . At that time, Ins became a high place of jurisdiction and thus had an important role in the Landvogtei Erlach.

Ins received its current importance as an agricultural village in connection with the correction of the Jura waters , which lowered the groundwater level in the Grosse Moos and contained flooding.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Ins

In the southwest of the municipality, where the Broye Canal flows into Lake Neuchâtel , there is a bird sanctuary.

Albert Anker House

Sculpture at the Albert Anker House

Ins is the place of birth and work of the painter Albert Anker . His house is preserved to this day and now serves as a museum and event location. Albert Ankers' house was built in 1803 by his grandfather Rudolf Anker (1750–1817), who worked as a veterinarian and farmer. It is considered to be the first wooden house in Ins to have been tiled from the start. The wood came from Cressier and the bricks from Erlach / Gals. In 1859 part of the stables on the east side of the corridor was replaced by two rooms. This renovation was carried out on behalf of Samuel Anker (1790-1860), father of the painter and also a veterinarian. In the following year Albert Anker inherited the house. He immediately set up a studio in the straw stage area. This studio was expanded and made heatable in 1890. The house consists of a residential part, adjoining it is the tennis court with stables and wagon shed, and at the other end there is an oven and wash house part. This washhouse part was converted into an apartment in 1975.

Others

The Witzwil prison with around 190 places has been located southwest of Ins since 1891 .

By 2014, that was anthroposophic oriented youth center Schlössli in Ins operated. It was founded in 1953 by Müeti Ruth Seiler-Schwab (1918–2015) and Aetti Robert Seiler (1917–2001).

The idea for the drama The old lady's visit came to the writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt during a stay in Ins. In 1986 the play was performed here on an open-air stage in the series “Theater am Tatort”.

Library: In November 2007 the library was relocated as a combined school and community library from the school building of the primary school to the "Alte Feuerwehrmagazin" on Dorfstrasse and reopened with a larger range. The building dates from 1906 and was completely renovated with funds from Brockenstube Ins. With a stock of 8,500 media and 34,000 loans in 2009, the library is an important institution in the community.

There are numerous sports clubs in Ins, such as the FC Ins or the TC Ins.

Movie

• Müeti's capital . Documentary by Karoline Arn and Martina Rieder, Switzerland, 2006. 61 min. Dialect. Première on May 10, 2006 in Bern.

Personalities

• Albert Anker (1831–1910), painter
• Guido Frei (1921–2010), journalist
• Pascale Küffer (* 1992), soccer player

literature

• Felix Müller and Anne-Marie Dubler : Ins. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Andres Moser: The art monuments of the canton of Bern. Landband 2: The Erlach district, the Nidau ​​district. Part 1. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Wiese, Basel 1998 (Art Monuments of Switzerland, Volume 90). ISBN 3-909164-63-3 . Pp. 257-302.

Web links

Commons : Ins BE  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Ins

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. ↑ Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 463. The interpretation of the name is uncertain, but it is probably based on a water body name * Eniciu-, * Enitiu .
3. ^ Results of the municipality of Ins. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 20, 2019, accessed on August 14, 2020 . 
4. ^ Schlössli Ins: Foundation and history. Retrieved July 8, 2015 .