Lengnau BE

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

Lengnau

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Biel / Biennew
BFS no. :	0387i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	2543
UN / LOCODE :	CH LNG
Coordinates :	594 546 / 225 668 coordinates: 47 ° 10 '55 " N , 7 ° 22' 0" O ; CH1903: five hundred and ninety-four thousand five hundred and forty-six / two hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred sixty-eight47.181942 7.366671 445
Height :	445 m above sea level M.
Height range :	422–1197 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.41 km²
Residents:	5254 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	608 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Sandra Huber-Müller
Website:	www.lengnau.ch
Lengnau BE
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Lengnau , also Lengnau bei Biel , French Longeau , is a political municipality in the administrative district of Biel / Bienne in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

In addition to the resident community, there is an Evangelical Reformed church community and a civil parish .

geography

The neighboring communities starting from the north in a clockwise direction are Grenchen , Büren an der Aare , Meinisberg , Pieterlen and Romont BE . Lengnau is located at the southern foot of the Jura in the Bernese Seeland .

politics

The mayor is Sandra Huber-Müller from the SP (as of 2020).

The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the National Council elections in 2015 were: SVP 38.1%, SP 21.5%, BDP 12.3%, FDP 11.5%, GPS 4.9%, glp 4.5%, EPP 2.9 %, CVP 1.3%, pirates 1.0%, EDU 0.5%.

history

Aerial photo from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925)

Traces of settlement by Stone Age people can be found in Lengnau . A short piece of Roman wall, which was found during excavations for the water reservoir of the Lochbach spring, points to the Roman era . There are also written sources that Lengnau must have existed before the year 1000. In 1997 the millennium of Lengnau was celebrated. Documents from the Einsiedeln monastery show that a Lampertus donated a piece of land to the monastery in Lengnau in 997. These are the only reliable indications that a Lengenach settlement was founded .

In the 11th century Lengnau belonged to the rule of the Counts of Strassberg . Ecclesiastically Lengnau belonged to the diocese of Lausanne . In 1228 Lengnau is mentioned under the name Lengieuwa in connection with a church or chapel that was consecrated to Saint Germanus. In the war of Duke Leopold of Austria against Solothurn in 1318 - only three years after the Battle of Morgarten - the Freiburgers ravaged Lengnau. The church was also destroyed in the chaos of war.

Count Imer von Strassberg, the last of his line, had to pledge his rule to Solothurn. Politically, the village shared the fate of the Strassberg. Lengnau came to the Counts of Neu-Kyburg . The agreement between the Kyburgers and the cities of Bern and Solothurn had been tense for a long time. After the battle of Sempach , the Bernese conquered Büren in 1388 and Lengnau fell to Bern.

The Schlup company , now Rado , has been based in Lengnau since 1917 . Among other things, she manufactured pin escapements and armature shafts.

Sports

The football club FC Lengnau , which was represented in the National League B from 1956 to 1960, is based in Lengnau .

Partnerships

The municipality maintains partnerships with Monteroni di Lecce (Italy) and Strakonice (Czech Republic), as well as with Lengnau AG in the canton of Aargau.