Kallnach

Kallnach
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Zealand
BFS no. :	0304
Postal code :	3207 Golaten 3283 Kallnach
Coordinates :	584 604  /  207 929 coordinates: 47 ° 1 '20 "  N , 7 ° 14' 10"  O ; CH1903:  584,604  /  two hundred and seven thousand nine hundred twenty-nine
Height :	445  m above sea level M.
Height range :	432-561 m above sea level M.
Area :	17.98  km²
Residents:	1920 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	107 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Dominik Matter ( SVP )
Website:	www.kallnach.ch
Kallnach village center
Location of the municipality

Kallnach ( French Chouchignies ) is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . It merged with Golaten on January 1, 2019 to form the new municipality of Kallnach.

geography

Kallnach is considered the longest street village in Switzerland. It extends at the foot of a moraine of the Rhone Glacier on the edge of the Grosse Moos and lies on the road from Lyss via Aarberg to Kerzers . The place has a train station on the Broyelinie (Lyss-Aarberg-Kerzers route).

The neighboring communities are in alphabetical order: Bargen , Finsterhennen , Fräschels FR , Golaten, Kerzers FR , Radelfingen , Siselen and Treiten .

history

Remains of a Roman road connecting the settlements of Aventicum and Petinesca have been found in the Aspi . Excavations in 1989 brought to light structures that can be interpreted as a Roman rest stop, customs post or horse changing station. Even in the early Middle Ages, during the 7th century, Romanen lived in the area of ​​today's Kallnach, which could be determined on the basis of found objects and grave attachments. During the First World War , the village was accidentally hit by French bombs, but there was no personal injury and very little material damage.

Local nobility

Kallnach had, at least temporarily, its own local nobility. For example, a knight Berthold von Kallnach appears in a document between 1255 and 1265. This noble family reappeared in 1363 when Christina von Kallnach and her husband Heinrich von Schünen donated an annual interest of 3 shillings to the Dominican monastery in Bern from half a farm in Bern in Herrengasse. Income from the second half of this farmstead was donated a year earlier by Albrecht Schäfers and his wife for the salvation of souls, which could indicate a possible relationship between the two families.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2019 National Council election were: SVP 41.2%, BDP 13.2%, SP 10.7%, FDP 6.0%, EDU 3.8%, glp 7.3%, GPS 9.1 %, EVP 2.5%.

photos

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  Entrance to Kallnach

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  school

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  Half-timbered house in the center of the village

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  church

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  Interior of the church

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  Aerial photo (1954)

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Kallnach

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Kallnach
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Kallnach. 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. ↑ http://doc.rero.ch/record/166736/files/1918-01-10.pdf
3. ^ Source archive of the historical association of the Canton of Bern, Vol. 9-10
4. ↑ Source: The Dominican Monastery in Bern
5. ^ The Dominican Monastery in Bern from 1269 to 1400, 1857, p. 34
6. ↑ Results of the municipality of Kallnach. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 20, 2019, accessed on August 17, 2020 .