Lyssach

Lyssach
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Emmental
BFS no. :	0415
Postal code :	3421
UN / LOCODE :	CH LSA
Coordinates :	610697  /  212643 coordinates: 47 ° 3 '53 "  N , 7 ° 34' 46"  O ; CH1903:  610697  /  212643
Height :	516  m above sea level M.
Height range :	506-575 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.05  km²
Residents:	1446 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	233 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.lyssach.ch
Aerial view of Lyssach
Location of the municipality

Lyssach ( [ˈliːsax] ) is a municipality in the Emmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

Lyssach lies at 516  m above sea level. M. , 4 km west of the city of Burgdorf (linear distance). The village is located on the southern edge of the flood plain of the Emme , at the entrance to the Emmental and at the foot of tertiary sandstone of higher Swiss Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 6.1 km² municipality covers a section of the central Bernese plateau. The northern part of the municipality is located in the flat land of the intensely agriculturally used Emme plain. In the northeast the border runs along the canalised Emme. To the south, the municipality extends into the slightly undulating ground moraine landscape that was formed by the Ice Age Rhone glacier . Here you will find the extensive Birchi Forest ( 541  m above sea level ), the Nassi Forest , the Oberholz and a boggy valley. On the heights of the Räbberg is 574  m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Lyssach. The western boundary of the municipality is formed by the traffic routes of the A1 motorway and the new line of the Bern-Olten railway line ( Bahn 2000 ). In 1997, 15% of the municipal area was in settlements, 31% in forests and woodland, 52% in agriculture and a little less than 2% was unproductive land.

Lyssach includes the Schachen settlement ( 513  m above sea level ) on Mülibach in the Emme plain on the southern edge of Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh, several commercial zones and a few individual farms. Neighboring communities of Lyssach are Kirchberg (BE) , Burgdorf , Rüti bei Lyssach , Mötschwil , Hindelbank , Kernenried , Fraubrunnen and Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh .

population

With 1,446 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Lyssach is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Bern. 94.0% of the residents speak German, 0.9% Italian and 0.7% speak Turkish (as of 2000). The population of Lyssach was 528 in 1850 and 716 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century, the population slowly increased to 974 people by 1970. Increased growth rates were recorded particularly during the 1970s and 1980s.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2019 National Council election were: SVP 46.5%, BDP 10.9%, SP 12.6%, glp 6.3%, FDP 7.0%, GPS 8.1%, EPP 3.2 %, EDU 0.7%, CVP 1.4%.

The municipal presidium is held by Andreas Eggimann (SVP) (as of 2017).

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Lyssach was predominantly an agricultural village. Even today arable farming , fruit growing and cattle breeding have a certain place in the income structure of the population. Numerous other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector.

Since the opening of the A1 autobahn with the Kirchberg junction, various commercial and industrial zones have developed on Bernstrasse, the Schachen settlement and the main road from Kirchberg to Burgdorf. Mainly shops (furniture, sporting goods, shoes, entertainment), gas stations, a hotel and a company for semi-finished and finished products made of marzipan and almond specialties have settled here. Other smaller businesses include construction, horticulture, carpentry and mechanical workshops. With these large businesses, Lyssach has a clear commuter surplus. However, many workers are also commuters who mainly work in Burgdorf and the Bern agglomeration.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of transport. The village itself is not crossed by through axes. The main roads from Bern to Kirchberg and from Kirchberg to Burgdorf run west and north of Lyssach, respectively. The closest connection to the A1 motorway (Bern-Zurich) is around 3 km from the town center. On June 16, 1857, the railway line from Herzogenbuchsee to Bern with a train station in Lyssach was put into operation. The northern districts are served by a bus line of the Mittelland regional transport, which runs on the route from Burgdorf to Fraubrunnen .

history

Remains of graves from the Hallstatt period and finds of Roman coins point to an early settlement of the municipality. The first written mention of the place took place in 1255 under the name Lissacho . Later, the names Lissache (1275), Lissach (1315) and Lisach (1360) appeared. The place name goes back to the Latin Lissiacum , which corresponds to the meaning of the estate of Lissius .

In the Middle Ages Lyssach was under the sovereignty of the Counts of Kyburg . When the village came under the rule of the Bernese, it was assigned to the Burgdorf Mayor's Office in the 15th century. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Lyssach belonged to the Burgdorf district during the Helvetic Republic and from 1803 to the Burgdorf Oberamt, which was given the status of an official district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Lyssach

In the old town center there are numerous characteristic farmhouses in the Bernese country style from the 18th and 19th centuries. Lyssach does not have its own church, the parish belongs to the Kirchberg parish.

photos

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  Traffic roundabout at Hauptstrasse 1

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  Hotel Lyssach

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  View of the old village center

Web links

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

• Official website of the Lyssach community
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Lyssach. 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 Lyssach community. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 20, 2019, accessed on July 31, 2020 . 
3. ^ Lyssach Online: Members of the authorities. Retrieved October 8, 2017 .