Nidau
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 Bern (BE)
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| Administrative district : | Biel / Bienne |
| BFS no. : | 0743 |
| Postal code : | 2560 |
| Coordinates : | 584.95 thousand / 219416 |
| Height : | 432 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 429–437 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 1.52 km² |
| Residents: | 6823 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 4,489 inhabitants per km² |
| City President : | Sandra Hess ( FDP ) |
| Website: | www.nidau.ch |
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Nidau ( Bern German [ ˈnɪd̥ˌɔʊ̯ ], French [ nido ]) is a small town, each with its own community of residents and civic community in the Swiss canton of Bern . It was the seat of the Landvogtei Nidau , later the district of Nidau and today the administrative district Biel / Bienne .
geography
The city is located directly on the city limits of Biel / Bienne and has grown together with it. Nidau is actually an island, the city is located between the Nidau-Büren Canal and the Zihl and borders on Lake Biel , the rivers converge further downstream.
population
Nidau is close to the language border. Lt. Information given by the city speaks about ¾ German and about ¼ French . As in many cities, many people from other regions of Switzerland and abroad live in Nidau . The official language is German.
politics
| Political party | 2017 | 2013 | 2009 | 2005 | 2001 |
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| SP | 8th | 8th | 9 | 12 | 13 |
| FDP / PRR | 7th | 10 | 14th | 12 | 15th |
| SVP | 6th | 5 | - | 2 | - |
| Green | 6th | 3 | 4th | 2 | - |
| EPP | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| BDP | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| TOTAL | 30th | ||||
Nidau has a city council as legislature, which is composed of 30 members. Traditionally, the dominant are the FDP , together with the sister party parti radical romand (PRR) and the SP . In recent years the Greens and the BDP have also been able to move into parliament, and the SVP again in 2013 .
The graphic on the left shows the composition of the city council after the election on September 24, 2017.
The executive is formed by the local council with seven members. In the 2017 election, the SP won three, the FDP two, and the SVP and EPP each one seat. Sandra Hess is the city president (FDP, as of 2017).
The voting shares of the parties at the 2019 National Council election were: SP 22.3%, GPS 20.2%, SVP 17.5%, FDP 13.6%, glp 8.8%, BDP 4.9%, EPP 4.7 %, CVP 1.7%, EDU 1.1%, Capaul 1.1%, PdA 1.0%.
(See also the article in the Burgergemeinde Nidau ).
history
In 1196 the castle and the place name are mentioned for the first time in castro meo Nidowe 'in my castle Nidau'. This is made up ahd. Nida , nid, in (semi) 'and OHDP, auwia , land on the water, swampy terrain, (half) island' together, meaning thereby that are below preferred Au '.
From 1910 onwards, several municipalities merged in the Biel agglomeration . In 1920, the two cities of Biel and Nidau wanted to merge due to the interwoven settlement development and the increasing economic ties, among other things, and the majority decided in separate referendums for a merger. The Grand Council of the Canton of Bern opposed the plan and did not approve the merger of these cities. The then mostly bourgeois government of the canton did not want the main town of the district of Nidau to merge with the left Biel. A constitutional appeal against this show of force at the Federal Supreme Court changed nothing in this verdict.
Secondary school
The exhaust test center for internal combustion engines of the automotive engineering department of the Bern University of Applied Sciences for Technology and Information Technology , which is based in Biel , is located in Nidau .
traffic
Street
Although Nidau is adequately connected to the national motorway network by the single-lane expressway T5, which leads to the A5 motorway, the city suffers heavily from traffic on the main road. With the planned and z. The bypass of the city of Biel, some of which is already under construction, and the port tunnel that is being planned, would no longer lead through traffic through the center of Nidau and Nidau would be relieved of most of the traffic.
Rail / public transport
Nidau is served by public transport as follows:
Verkehrsbetriebe Biel (VB):
- Line 4 Nidau - Biel / Löhre ( trolleybus Biel / Bienne )
- Line 6 Nidau - Port - Biel / Spitalzentrum (bus)
- Line 7 Biel / Goldgrube - Brügg (bus)
- Line 80 Jens - Biel
- Line 86 Biel - Aarberg
- Line 87 Biel - Jens
Aare Seeland mobil (ASm), line of the former Biel-Täuffelen-Ins-Bahn (BTI): Biel - Täuffelen - Ins
Bielersee-Schifffahrts-Gesellschaft : Aarefahrt Biel - Solothurn
Art and culture
Institutions / organizations
The Nidau Cross is the most famous cultural institution in Nidau. In 2012 she was honored by the city council of Nidau for “special achievements in the field of culture”. The small restaurant with 120 seats or 200 standing places is located in the middle of the old town at the Schaalengässli passage (colloquially "Gnägiloch"). Since 1982 the association Kultur Kreuz Nidau + (formerly ONO or OuNidou) has mainly organized concerts, cabaret, theater and readings in the hall, which is located in the back of the building. The diverse programming of around 25–35 annual events draws mainly an adult, culture-loving audience from the region to the center of Nidau. The event hall is also used on a rental basis by clubs, organizations and private individuals for all kinds of events. There are also different dance classes every week. The restaurant in the main building has been run by a cooperative since 1981 and was known nationwide as an alternative meeting place until the end of the 90s. On February 28, 2011, the restaurant business and with it the Kreuz Nidau cooperative was closed after 29 years. The cultural business continues independently of this. The property has been owned by the Wunderland Foundation since 2005.
Other institutions / organizations are:
- Nidauer Chlouserbletter Foundation
- Nidau Castle Museum Association
- Non-profit women's association
- Seemätteli Association
- Weyerhof Art Cellar Nidau
- German-speaking community library
- Bibliothèque de langue française
- Nidau Gallery
Attractions
Nidau Castle
Nidau's landmark is Nidau Castle , which houses the offices of the cantonal administration (including the government governor's office) and the castle museum. The castle museum shows an exhibition on the correction of the Jura waters .
The existence of Nidau Castle is first proven by a document dated August 30, 1196, issued by Count Ulrich III. from Neuchâtel. In him one can assume the builder of the defiant moated castle. The expansion into a real city, i.e. H. to a location with ditches, curtain walls, towers and gates, we owe Rudolf III, the most powerful representative of the Nidau family of counts. As an ardent supporter of Austria, however, he was on friendly terms with Bern; as a result, however, he became the enemies of this city due to the influence of the nobles. The city founder suffered his death in the Battle of Laupen in 1339. The corner defense tower and some remnants of the curtain wall are the only witnesses of the city at that time, whose trapezoidal floor plan is still clearly visible today. In 1375 the powerful count dynasty of Nidau died out with the death of Rudolf IV. The transition to Bern in 1388 meant the dawn of a quieter era for Nidau after a turbulent period. the most important legal provisions for urban life had already been laid down in a tangible festival during the time of the count and later confirmed several times by the Bernese. Until 1831 the castle was the seat of 86 Bernese governors and four senior magistrates.
In times of war and peace, Nidau was an important place because of its location. Nidau was more important than the Bernese Aare towns because it was on the major road that led from the Bernese lands into the Jura and thus to Burgundy, the Free County of Basel and Alsace. In addition, Nidau was on one of the major west-east trade routes that led from southern France and Savoy via Geneva to Lausanne, the Aargau, to Zurich and the Rhine. The port of Nidau on the Zihl and on the lake was of great importance for shipping until the 19th century. The Nidau customs and shipmen made sure that nothing of the income escaped them. In addition, Nidau developed into a large storage area. With the French occupation of Biel in 1798, Nidau became a border and customs place against France.
Castle: view from the south
Castle: view from the west
Monument of the Jurassic Water Correction
Folk festivals
City life
Every year, on the last Saturday in May, the “Stedtlifescht Nidau” takes place in Nidau. For this purpose, the main road through Nidau will be closed to all traffic. More than 120 stalls from market vendors and local associations line the streets of the medieval town on this day. The young and old visitors come to Nidau from nearby Biel and the Seeland and stroll happily and calmly through the market until late in the evening.
Stedtlifescht: View towards the south
Stedtlifescht: View towards the north
Town twinning
Nidau maintains a partnership with the German community Schliengen in southern Baden-Württemberg (D).
Personalities
- Samuel Frisching (1605–1683), Schultheiss von Bern , born in Nidau.
- Sigmund von Renner (1727–1800), imperial-royal general.
- Johann Anton Renner (1743–1800), owner of Bad Schinznach, politician of the Helvetic Republic.
- Alexander Ludwig Funk (1806–1871), National Councilor, Councilor.
- Ulrich Ochsenbein (1811–1890), Federal Councilor.
- Friedrich Fiala (1817–1888), Bishop of Basel , born in Nidau.
- Eduard Müller (1848–1919), Federal Councilor.
- Walter König (1908–2003), politician (SP), born in Nidau.
- Christian Bachmann (* 1953), Councilor (SP).
literature
- Gabriela Neuhaus: Nidau - 650 years of change . Ed .: Residential community and civic community Nidau. Nidau 1988.
- Anne-Marie Dubler : Nidau (community). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Andres Moser: The art monuments of the canton of Bern. Volume 2: Bern Country III. The district of Nidau, part 2. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2005 (Art Monuments of Switzerland, Volume 106). ISBN 978-3-906131-80-1 .
Web links
- Official website of the city of Nidau
- swisstopo aerial photo from 19 August 1931 of Nidau
- Photos of the castle
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
- ↑ Gabrielle Schmid / Nicolas Pépin: Nidau 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. 644.
- ↑ https://www.nidau.ch/portraet accessed on March 14, 2020
- ↑ election result. City of Nidau, September 24, 2017, accessed on September 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Allocation of seats. (PDF) City of Nidau, September 22, 2013, accessed on September 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Protocol. (PDF) City of Nidau, September 27, 2009, accessed on September 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 28, 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.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 28, 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.
- ↑ election result. City of Nidau, September 24, 2017, accessed on September 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Elections 2019: Results of the municipality of Nidau, Canton of Bern, accessed on November 30, 2019
- ↑ Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 644.
- ↑ http://www.kreuz-nidau.ch/kulturverein
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