Münsingen BE

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

Münsingen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Bern-Mittelland
BFS no. :	0616
Postal code :	3083 Trimstein 3110 Münsingen 3111 Tägertschi
UN / LOCODE :	CH MSN
Coordinates :	609 762  /  190623 coordinates: 46 ° 52 '0 "  N , 7 ° 34' 0"  O ; CH1903:  609762  /  190623
Height :	541  m above sea level M.
Height range :	516–756 m above sea level M.
Area :	15.77  km²
Residents:	12,724 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	807 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	8.5% (2,009)
Unemployment rate :	2.1% (2,010)
Mayor :	Beat Moser-Moser ( GPS )
Website:	www.muensingen.ch
Münsingen with the Aare (below)
Location of the municipality

Münsingen ( French Munisenges , Bern German Münsige ) is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . The municipality is located between the cities of Bern and Thun in the Aare valley . The original village had two cores: the front village (rural and commercial settlement at the end of the Mühletal) and the rear village with a church, rectory and the two old taverns Bären and Löwen.

history

Aerial photo from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925)

Münsingen emerged from a Celtic village, which 400 BC. Was settled at this point. In 1904 the grave field of Münsingen-Rain from the Latène period was discovered. Various remains of the wall date from Roman times . In 1941 a bathing building with wall paintings and a mosaic floor (fish and Oceanus head) was excavated south of the church around 200 AD. The bath house probably belonged to a Roman estate .

The origin of today's place name is not clear, but is attributed to the Alemanni . Until 1033 Münsingen belonged to the Burgundian royal court. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Münsingen was under the rule of the Knights Senn, from whom the current municipal coat of arms comes. Its best-known representative was the Basel Bishop Johann Senn von Münsingen († 1365), during his tenure a. a. the earthquake in Basel (1356) severely damaged the city and the surrounding area.

In 1406 the city of Bern bought the rights of the Landgraviate of Burgundy from Counts Berchtold and Egon von Neu-Kyburg . Münsingen thus came under the sovereignty of the city. Bern divided the area to the left and right of the Aare into four regional courts, the Sternenberg , Zollikofen , Konolfingen and Seftigen regional courts . Münsingen belonged to the Konolfingen district court . Some landowners who became Ausburger of Bern still had the high level of jurisdiction, the blood ban, as in Münsingen. Bern gradually sought to acquire high jurisdiction in such dominions. To make out of this desire of the city to acquire the blood spell, and from the refusal of the government gentlemen, this right and other rights to wrest that stemmed Twingherrenstreit . At that time (1470) the high jurisdiction of Münsingen passed to the city of Bern.

Münsingen made history as an important meeting place in the 19th century during the democratization process in the canton of Bern , for example with the people's assembly on January 10, 1831 in the Münsingen church , in which the assembly called for a constitutional council to be convened to create a new, liberal cantonal constitution. This resolution resulted in the abdication of the patrician restoration government and the formation of a liberal government.

In 1895 a cantonal “insane asylum” was founded in Münsingen, which is now called the Münsingen Psychiatry Center . The best-known inmate was the Swiss writer Friedrich Glauser , who rules Matto in his detective novels, among others , and who processed the psychiatric conditions of the 1920s in literary terms.

In 2012 it was decided to incorporate the Trimstein community into the Münsingen community on January 1, 2013, followed by the Tägertschi community on January 1, 2017 .

economy

Münsingen's most important company is the office furniture manufacturer USM U. Schärer Söhne . In addition, the water pump company Biral Bieri Pumpen AG Münsingen has its headquarters. In 1995 the municipality started the “Veloville” project, which includes an awareness campaign and traffic measures in favor of cycling.

population

Münsingen had 12,724 inhabitants on December 31, 2018. In 2000, 92.93 percent of the residents were German-speaking, 1.46 percent Italian-speaking and 1.07 percent French-speaking. 56.6 percent of the working population are commuters to another municipality (as of 2000).

schools

In Münsingen there are primary schools , secondary schools and secondary schools up to pre-high school classes.

Healthcare

Münsingen has a public hospital with 24-hour emergency care. It belongs to the hospital network Spital Netz Bern . Münsingen is also home to the PZM psychiatry center , in which mentally ill adults are treated.

politics

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• GPS : 6
• SP : 6
• EVP : 4
• glp : 2
• FDP : 4
• SVP : 7
• EDU : 1

Münsingen is governed by a seven-member municipal council and the municipal parliament with 30 seats. The graphic on the left shows the distribution of seats in the municipal parliament after the election on November 26, 2017.

The voting shares of the parties in the 2019 National Council elections were: SVP 23.2%, SP 16.6%, GPS 16.0%, glp 12.2%, BDP 8.8%, FDP 8.4%, EVP 5.5 %, EDU (incl. DM) 3.3%, CVP 1.8%.

Sports

The community is home to a football club, FC Münsingen , which currently plays in Group 2 of the 1st division in Switzerland. The local volleyball club - VBC Münsingen - plays with the women's team in the first division. There are two Hornusser societies in Münsingen. The Hornusser Münsingen (2nd division) and the Hornusser Trimstein (1st division)

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Münsingen

• Reformed Church Münsingen BE
• Münsingen Castle
• Münsingen Psychiatry Center
• Solar artwork awning

Partner communities

Münsingen maintains an official municipal partnership with the following city.

• Humpolec , Czech Republic

The community of Münsingen maintains friendly relations at political and club level with Münsingen of the same name in the Reutlingen district in Baden-Württemberg in Germany . Since 1991 she has also been involved in the financing of aid projects in the community of Ambohimahavelona in Madagascar .

Personalities

• Christian Müller (1921–2013), psychiatrist, born in Münsingen
• Antonio Bauen (* 1958), City Council and Grand Council (Greens)
• Heinz Karrer (* 1959), manager and former handball player, lives in Münsingen
• Lorenz Spring (* 1964), stone sculptor and painter, lives in Münsingen
• Simone Niggli-Luder (* 1978), orienteer, lives in Münsingen
• Roman Bürki (* 1990), goalkeeper for Borussia Dortmund and the Swiss national football team , born in Münsingen
• Patric Niederhauser (* 1991), racing car driver, born in Münsingen
• Michael Frey (* 1994), soccer player, born in Münsingen

literature

• Hans Gugger, Hans Maurer, Regula Hug: Münsingen. (Swiss Art Guide, Volume 762/763, Series 77). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2004, ISBN 3-85782-762-9 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the Münsingen community
• Local history Münsingen
• Felix Müller and Anne-Marie Dubler : Münsingen. 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. ^ Community search . Population. (No longer available online.) In: Official website. Federal Statistical Office, 2011, p. 1 , archived from the original on July 30, 2012 ; Retrieved on August 28, 2011 (input Münsingen ). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Community search . Job. (No longer available online.) In: Official website. Federal Statistical Office, 2011, p. 1 , archived from the original on July 30, 2012 ; accessed on August 28, 2011 (entry Münsingen . Annual average). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Municipal vote of June 17, 2012.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 18, 2012.  
5. ↑ Veloville: Mobil mit Köpfchen ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on muensingen.ch 
6. ↑ Ursula Mauch, Nicole North, Raffael Pulli (2001): Between Efficiency and Sufficiency, The Optimal Combination of Policy Instruments in the Mobility Sector towards Sustainable Development. (PDF; 149 kB). In: R. Kaufmann-Hayoz, H. Gutscher (Ed.): Changing Things - Moving People. Strategies for Promoting Sustainable Development at the Local Level. Basel, 2001, pp. 133-150. ( Download the German translation ; PDF; 155 kB)
7. ↑ Election of the municipal parliament - results. (PDF) Münsingen community, November 26, 2017, accessed on November 26, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Elections and Votes. Retrieved November 24, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Solar artwork awning. Retrieved April 23, 2020 .