Muri near Bern

Muri near Bern
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Bern-Mittelland
BFS no. :	0356
Postal code :	3074 Muri near Bern 3073 Gümligen
UN / LOCODE :	CH MBB
Coordinates :	603721  /  197874 coordinates: 46 ° 55 '55 "  N , 7 ° 29' 15"  O ; CH1903:  603721  /  197874
Height :	558  m above sea level M.
Height range :	504–736 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.63  km²
Residents:	13,054 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	1711 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship )	11.85% (2,013)
Unemployment rate :	2.1% (2,013)
Mayor :	Thomas Hanke ( FDP )
Website:	www.muri-guemligen.ch
Muri near Bern - embedded between the Aare and Dentenberg
Location of the municipality

Aarebad Muri with the Aare in the background

Muri bei Bern (often also Muri-Gümligen ) is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

The municipality is made up of two clearly structured parts, each of which has the same size in terms of population, each with around 6,000 inhabitants. These are the village of Muri, which gave the municipality its name from time immemorial, and the village of Gümligen.

The area of ​​the municipal area is 760 hectares, of which 150 hectares are forested, 190 hectares are fields and meadows and 339 hectares are in the building zone. The highest point is at 741 meters on the Dentenberg, the lowest point is at 508 meters on the Aare.

Neighboring communities are Allmendingen , Belp , Bern , Kehrsatz , Köniz , Ostermundigen , Stettlen , Vechigen and Worb .

history

Muri, outline etching by Johann Ludwig Aberli (1784)

Aerial photo (1967)

Finds on the castle hill, unearthed during excavations in 1832, show that Muri was already settled in Roman times. As far as we know today, the name appears in documents for the first time in 1180 when a pastor Burkhard from the community did business with wealthy citizens.

At that time, Muri was still part of the Geristein dominion, which was conquered by the city of Bern more than 100 years later, in 1298. The rulership consisted of the four so-called parishes of Bolligen, Muri, Stettlen and Vechigen. When the up-and-coming city of Bern made its first conquest, it left the traditional rights of the municipalities untouched and thus laid the foundation for extensive municipal autonomy .

For centuries, the inhabitants of the community lived in relatively stable circumstances, which the huge changes in European and Swiss history seemingly passed without a trace.

A complete structural and social transformation did not begin until the beginning of the 20th century. It was the result of industrialization and the move from the city to the countryside. In the decade 1920–1930, the population of the municipality grew from 2,435 to 3,938 or by 62 percent, never since then.

coat of arms

	Blazon : « Split by black and silver, covered with a battlement beam in alternating colors. »
	Founding of the coat of arms: Redendes coat of arms, known in its current form since the late 18th century.

Sights / Leisure

Gümligen Castle with Baumgarten (2011)

See also : List of cultural assets in Muri bei Bern

• The Aarebad Muri offers the opportunity to swim in the Aare
• Muri Castle (private property)
• Gümligen Castle (private property)
• Villa Mettlen
• Muri Church
• Gümligen Church
• Auguet Bridge
• The nature reserve on the Aare serves as a local recreation area
• The Bodenacker ferry , which connects Muri with Kehrsatz, is the only ferry between Bern and Thun across the Aare.

population

On December 31, 2006, 12,587 people lived in Muri, the proportion of foreigners was 9.5%. In the 2000 census, 88.93% of the population stated German as their main language, 3.05% French and 1.48% English. 18.2% of the population were between 0 and 19 years old, 61.3% between 20 and 64 years and 20.5% older than 64 years.

Population development
year	1764	1850	1880	1900	1930	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
Residents	446	1,142	1,176	1,341	3,938	5,845	7,855	10,174	12,285	12,680	12,571	12,422

politics

Big council

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A total of 40 seats

• GPS : 3
• SP : 7
• EVP : 1
• Forum / glp : 7
• jf : 0
• FDP : 15
• SVP : 7

The large municipal council is the legislature of the municipality of Muri near Bern. It has 40 members and is elected every four years using the proportional representation system , most recently on November 27, 2016:

• FDP.The Liberals : 15 seats
• jfmg - young free- spirited muri-gümligen: 0 seats
• SP - Social Democratic Party : 7 seats
• forum Muri-Gümligen: 7 seats (of which glp : 2 seats)
• SVP - Swiss People's Party : 7 seats
• Green Muri-Gümligen : 3 seats
• EPP - Evangelical People's Party : 1 seat

Municipal council

The municipal council is the executive power of the municipality of Muri bei Bern. It has seven members. With the exception of the community president (Thomas Hanke, FDP , as of 2016), the community councils work part-time. The municipal council is elected every four years using the proportional system (at the same time as the large municipal council). The mayor is elected by majority vote.

National elections

The voting shares of the parties at the 2019 National Council elections were: FDP 22.2%, SVP 17.8%, SP 15.7%, GPS 14.0%, glp 13.7%, BDP 6.8%, EVP 2.7 %, CVP 2.3%, EDU (incl. DM) 1.2%.

economy

In 2006/7, the Trade and Industry Association of the Canton of Bern examined the economic location qualities of 48 larger municipalities in the agglomerations of Bern and Biel-Seeland. Belp was in first place, followed by Ittigen, Köniz and Muri. Muri is known as the “tax haven” of the canton of Bern.

Locations with approved building regulations are available to new companies. The “Bahnhof Gümligen” and “Gümligenfeld” areas are cantonal development priorities. Companies based in Muri near Bern are Cisalpino AG (passenger train traffic), Haco (food), Rehau (polymer processing) and RBA-Holding (regional banks).

In 1833 the first post office was built in Muri. In the same year, a state post office was created by the Upper Post Office of the Republic of Bern, which was converted into a post office in 1890. In 1870 a horse mail was set up between Bern and Muri, which was discontinued in 1898 and replaced by the Bern-Muri-Worb railway. Muri's post office is in Mettlengässli 1 (as of 2017).

traffic

Line G (today tram line 6) on the Casinoplatz in Bern

The municipality of Muri is very well served by public transport. The district of Gümligen has a S-Bahn connection so that you can be at Bern train station within ten minutes . The trip to Bern's Zytglogge from Muri on tram line 6 also takes ten minutes.

• S-Bahn Bern : Lines S1 and S2
• Bernmobil : Tram line 6
• RBS : lines 40 and 44
• Moonliner : Lines M4 and M15
• Highway A6 / A10

education

Seidenberg school complex

There are six school buildings (elementary school) in the community of Muri bei Bern. There are also three private schools that teach the compulsory school material in English and French. One of them is the International School of Berne.

Sports

The handball club BSV Bern plays in the National League A of the Swiss Handball League. The club plays its home games in the Mobiliararena in Gümligen. In terms of football, there is the FC Muri-Gümligen club, which plays interregionally in the second division . The headquarters of the Swiss Football Association , the House of Swiss Football , is also located in Muri.

Personalities

• Ludwig Ferdinand Schmid (1823–1888), pseudonym Dranmor, poet, was born in Muri
• Eduard Boss (1873–1958), painter and draftsman, was born in Muri
• Hans Oprecht (1894–1978), politician (SP) and trade unionist, was born in Muri
• Hans Studer (1911–1984), composer, choir director and organist, was born in Muri
• Hermann von Fischer (1926–2015), architect and art historian, lived in Muri
• Arthur Loosli (* 1926), concert singer and painter, lived in Muri
• Werner Martignoni (* 1927), politician (BGB, later SVP), was born in Muri
• Walter Vogt (1927–1988), writer and psychiatrist, lived and died in Muri
• Lilly Keller (1929–2018), artist, was born in Muri
• Christian Wägli (1934–2019), athlete, was born in Muri
• Etienne Jornod (* 1953), entrepreneur and manager, lives in Muri
• Roland Näf (* 1957), Councilor (SP)
• Michael Liniger (* 1979), ice hockey player, was born in Muri
• Manuel Stocker (* 1991), racing cyclist, was born in Muri

photos

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  BLS Gümligen railway station

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  reformed Church

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  Haco Swiss

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  Schoolhouse village

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  Int. School of Bern

literature

• Anne-Marie Dubler : Muri near Bern. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Markus F. Rubli (Ed.): Muri bei Bern: one municipality, two villages . Residential community, Muri bei Bern 1993, OCLC 603898965 .
• Book of arms of the canton of Bern. The Bernese state coat of arms and the coats of arms of the administrative districts and municipalities , published on behalf of the Bernese government council. by the management of the municipalities, arr. from the Bern State Archives with the assistance of Hans Jenni. Armorial du canton de Berne. Les armoiries de l'Etat de Berne, des districts et des communes , publié par la Direction des affaires communales sur mandat du Conseil-exécutif du canton de Berne, élaboré par les Archives de l'Etat de Berne avec la collaboration de Hans Jenni, Bern 1981.

Web links

Commons : Muri bei Bern  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Muri bei Bern

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: bfs.admin.ch. Federal Statistical Office, 2011, archived from the original on July 30, 2012 ; Retrieved on August 28, 2011 (submitted by Muri bei Bern ). 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: bfs.admin.ch. Federal Statistical Office, 2011, archived from the original on July 30, 2012 ; accessed on August 28, 2011 (entry Muri bei Bern . 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. ↑ Portrait. In: muri-guemligen.ch. Muri Gümligen community, accessed on March 17, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Wappenbuch 1981, p. 64.
6. ↑ Protocol. (PDF) Muri near Bern, November 27, 2016, accessed on November 30, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Elections and Votes. Retrieved November 24, 2019 . 
8. ↑ PTT archive: Post-199 A 0003 Post office chronicle KPD Bern, 1849–1997 (series). Retrieved April 26, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Transport. In: muri-guemligen.ch. Muri Gümligen community, accessed on January 13, 2016 . 
10. ↑ school facilities. In: muri-guemligen.ch. Muri Gümligen community, accessed on January 13, 2016 . 
11. ↑ private schools. In: muri-guemligen.ch. Muri Gümligen community, accessed on January 13, 2016 . 
12. ^ Swiss Football Association - The SFV. In: football.ch. Retrieved January 13, 2016 .