Ligerz

Ligerz

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Biel / Biennew
BFS no. :	0740i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	2514
Coordinates :	577 095 / 214 932 coordinates: 47 ° 5 '6 " N , 7 ° 8' 13" O ; CH1903: 577 095 / 214,93247,085 7,137 433
Height :	433 m above sea level M.
Height range :	429–813 m above sea level M.
Area :	1.79 km²
Residents:	544 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	304 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Markus Widmer
Website:	www.ligerz.ch
Ligerz from the St. Peter's Island seen from
Location of the municipality
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Ligerz ( Bern German [ ˈlɪg̊əɾd̥s / ˈlɪg̊əɾts ], French Gléresse , frankoprovenzal. [ Jərɛs / jœrɛs ]) is a village and political municipality with its own community of residents and civic community in the Biel / Bienne administrative district in the Swiss canton of Bern . The formerly independent Reformed parish of Ligerz has been forming the merged parish of Pilgerweg Bielersee since January 1, 2010 together with the former parish of Twann-Tüscherz. The community also includes the hamlets of Schernelz , Bipschal and the part of Kleintwann west of the Twannbach . The southwestern German-speaking hamlet of Schafis (French: Chavannes) belongs politically to La Neuveville , postally to Ligerz.

geography

Ligerz is located in the Bernese Seeland on the north shore of Lake Biel . The neighboring communities starting from the north in a clockwise direction are Plateau de Diesse , Twann-Tüscherz and La Neuveville.

history

Aerial photo (1954)

The presence of people from the Bronze Age to the Roman Age is proven by stray finds; A Neolithic settlement has been proven in the neighboring Schafis . The earliest mention of the place as Lieresse in a copy from 1441 goes back to the year 1178, 1218 a Volmarus de Liegerche is attested. The place name is probably a derivation of Franco-Provençal as a field name often used gllère < Latin glārea , gravel (-boden), bank scree 'with the suffix -esse < -īcia .

population

Ligerz is 90.2% a German-speaking community. 6.4% are French-speaking.

politics

The mayor is Markus Widmer (as of 2018).

The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the National Council elections in 2015 were: SVP 22.7%, BDP 22.2%, SP 15.7%, FDP 14.4%, GPS 13.7%, glp 6.4%, pirates 1.7 %, EVP 1.2%.

traffic

The village is on a railway line called the Jurafusslinie (between Olten and Geneva) and has a train station. There is a ship landing point for the ships of the BSG . A funicular, the Ligerz-Tessenberg-Bahn , runs from Ligerz to Prêles .

Art and culture

From 2005 to 2010 the 'Ligerzer Opernwerkstatt' took place in Ligerz.

Personalities

Amanda Tröndle-Engel (1861–1956), educator and painter born in Ligerz

Attractions

Church above the village

Impressions

church
Gaberelhaus
Aarbergerhaus
Ligerz station (2003)
Ligerz-Tessenberg funicular

literature

Ligerz . In: Andres Moser: The art monuments of the canton of Bern, Volume III: The district of Nidau 2nd part (= The art monuments of Switzerland, 106). Wiese, Basel, 2005, ISBN 3-906131-80-7 , pp. 341-408 ( PDF ; 6.2 MB)
Heidi Lüdi, Jürg Schweizer, Karin Zaugg, Walter Rey: Ligerz Gléresse (= Swiss Art Guide, No. 871/872, Series 88). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History , Bern, 2010, ISBN 978-3-85782-871-3 .

Web links

Commons : Ligerz - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Permanent resident population from STAT-TAB of the BfS , municipalities see also regional portraits 2020 on bfs.admin.ch, accessed on May 29, 2020
↑ Andres Kristol: Ligerz BE (Nidau) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 535f.
↑ Elections 2015: Results of the Ligerz community. Canton of Bern, accessed on March 22, 2016
↑ Ligerzer Opernwerkstatt 2005-2010

[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

[ks-2] Andres Kristol: Ligerz BE (Nidau) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 535f.

[3] Elections 2015: Results of the Ligerz community. Canton of Bern, accessed on March 22, 2016

[4] Ligerzer Opernwerkstatt 2005-2010