Mats at Interlaken

Mats at Interlaken
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Interlaken-Oberhasli
BFS no. :	0587
Postal code :	3800
Coordinates :	633 004  /  169 955 coordinates: 46 ° 40 '48 "  N , 7 ° 52' 12"  O ; CH1903:  633004  /  169 955
Height :	572  m above sea level M.
Height range :	560–1531 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.91  km²
Residents:	4103 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	694 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Peter Aeschimann ( FDP )
Website:	www.matten.ch
Unterseen, Interlaken and Matten
Location of the municipality

Matten bei Interlaken ("Matten" for short) is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

In addition to the community of residents, there is also a community of citizens called Matten .

Place name

Matten is an original field name, it goes back to the Old High German generic word matta- (mat, mowing meadow).

geography

Matten near Interlaken is located in the Bernese Oberland in the Alps , on the alluvial plain formed by Lake Thun and Lake Brienz , which is called " Bödeli ". The neighboring communities starting from the north in a clockwise direction are Interlaken , Bönigen , Gsteigwiler , Wilderswil and Därligen . To the west, Matten borders on the foothills of the Abendberggrad, the large and small Rugen. In the south, part of the Aenderberg is an enclave of the Matten municipality. The villages of Matten, Unterseen and Interlaken together form a closed settlement area.

Matten bei Interlaken belongs to the parish of Gsteig bei Interlaken .

history

In the seventh century AD, the Alemanni settled for the first time in today's municipal area and displaced the Celts who were already present in the surrounding valleys. The first written mention of the place, as inter lacus Madon, was on November 8, 1133 in an umbrella letter from the German Emperor Lothar III. It is known that many Mattner signed up as mercenaries in foreign services.

The Unspunnen Festival , which was held for the first time in 1805, can be seen as a milestone in the history of this town . Matten also benefited from tourism in the Bernese Oberland , which emerged in the 19th century , and this is how the Grandhotels Jungfraublick (1863) and Mattenhof (1870) were created. The latter served as a military hospital during World War II.

During the Second World War , a military airfield was built on the municipality with the Interlaken airfield . For this purpose, a large piece of land in the southeast of the municipality was drained . Today this area no longer has any military significance. The large areas are mainly used for livestock farming. There are also an increasing number of large events taking place in this flat territory. The Country and Trucker Festival or the Greenfield Festival are worth mentioning . The Mystery Park ( JungfrauPark since 2010 ) was also built on the area of ​​the airfield .

politics

• Legislative represents the municipal assembly ,
• The executive is the municipal council with 7 members, with the president having the casting vote in the event of a tie .
• All authority members work part-time

population

Population development
year	1764	1850	1880	1900	1930	1950	1980	1990	2000	2010	2015
Residents	372	795	1,357	1'602	1,813	2,183	2,936	3,245	3,671	3,781	3,916

economy

As the communities of Unterseen , Interlaken and Matten grow together, the communities are also closely linked economically. The tourism plays an important role in the communities. The Balmers hostel , which is well known by backpackers, is located in Matten . The Tell open-air theater on Mattener Boden attracts thousands of tourists in summer. With the Mystery Park , another tourist attraction was created on Mattener Boden.

With the closure of the military airfield, the municipality of Matten, but also the entire Bödeli, lost valuable jobs. Although the village image is still dominated by agriculture today, only 4% of the working population is engaged in agriculture.

Matten bei Interlaken is the seat of the Rugenbräu brewery .

Attractions

• See also : List of cultural assets in Matten near Interlaken

• Eiger , Mönch and Jungfrau , which the UNESCO World Heritage Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch include
• Lake Thun and Lake Brienz
• Tell open-air theater
• Artificial ice rink
• Round trip around the small Rugen
• The Schynige Platte (with the Schynige Platte Railway ) offers a beautiful view of Interlaken and the surrounding mountains.
• likewise the Harder Kulm with the Harderbahn
• Jungfrau Park
• Greenfield Festival
• Country and Trucker Festival

Web links

Commons : Matten bei Interlaken  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Matten
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Mats near Interlaken. 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. ^ Sara Baumann: Tell open-air theater in Interlaken, Interlaken BE . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1828 f.