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State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Bern-Mittelland
BFS no. :	0617
Postal code :	3504
Coordinates :	615 075  /  191839 coordinates: 46 ° 52 '39 "  N , 7 ° 38' 11"  O ; CH1903:  615,075  /  191839
Height :	685  m above sea level M.
Height range :	657–1158 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.42  km²
Residents:	644 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	119 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.niederhuenigen.ch
Location of the municipality

Niederhünigen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

Niederhünigen lies at 685  m above sea level. M. , 1.5 km east of Konolfingen and 16 km east-south-east of the canton capital Bern (linear distance). The farming village extends on the alluvial cone of the Hünigenbach on the eastern edge of the wide valley of the Chise , at the northwest foot of the Kurzenberg .

The area of ​​the 5.4 km² municipal area comprises a section of the pre-alpine hill country east of the Aare valley . The northern border runs along the Chise, which flows here in a valley basin more than 1 km wide and is canalised or straightened. From the Chise, the municipality extends southeast over the Konolfingermoos and the flat alluvial cone of the Hünigenbach. The southeastern part of the municipality includes the catchment area of ​​the Hünigenbach, which rises in the extensive Hohwald on the Kurzenberg and over time has formed an erosion valley in the slope of this ridge. The municipality boundary lies on the ridge of the Kurzenberg with the heights of Barschwandhubel ( 1116  m above sea level ), Chnubel (at 1162  m above sea level, the highest point in Niederhünigen) and Tanzplatz ( 1089  m above sea level ). In 1997, 5% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 43% for forests and woodlands and 52% for agriculture.

Niederhünigen includes the hamlets of Geissrütti ( 701  m above sea level ) on the Hünigenbach and Holz ( 884  m above sea level ) on a leveled area in the upper part of the Hünigenbach valley as well as some groups of farms and individual farms. Neighboring communities of Niederhünigen are Konolfingen, Mirchel , Oberhünigen , Linden and Freimettigen .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1148 under the name Huningen inferiori ; The name Niderhunigen has been handed down from 1367 . The place name goes back to the Old High German personal name Huno and therefore means for the people of Huno .

In the Middle Ages Niederhünigen was part of the Hünigen rule, which was under the sovereignty of the Counts of Kyburg . The castle of the Lords of Hünigen was on the edge of the Chise Valley, burned down in 1588 and was later not rebuilt. In 1406 the village came under the rule of Bern and was assigned to the Konolfingen district court. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Niederhünigen belonged to the Höchstetten district during the Helvetic period and from 1803 to the Konolfingen Oberamt, which received the status of an official district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831.

population

With 644 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Niederhünigen is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Bern. 95.9% of the residents speak German, 2.1% speak Albanian and 0.5% speak French (as of 2000). The population of Niederhünigen was 635 in 1850, compared to 484 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century the population always fluctuated between 440 and 570 people. Since 1980 (444 inhabitants) there has been a clear increase in population again.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2019 National Council elections were: SVP 35.3%, BDP 10.2%, SP 11.6%, EPP 9.3%, GPS 9%, glp 8.8%, FDP 6%, EDU 3 , 9%, SD 1%, CVP 0.9%, another 3.7%.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Niederhünigen was a village dominated by agriculture . Even today, arable farming , fruit growing , dairy farming and cattle breeding play an important role in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in a carpenter's workshop and in an electrical engineering company. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many employees are therefore commuters who work mainly in the larger towns in the area and in the agglomeration of Bern.

traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares, but is easily accessible from Konolfingen . Niederhünigen has no connection to the public transport network. Konolfingen train station (junction of the Bern-Lucerne and Burgdorf-Thun lines) is around 1.5 km from the town center.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Niederhünigen

In the center there are numerous characteristic farmhouses of the Bernese country style from the 18th and 19th centuries. Niederhünigen does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Konolfingen.

Web links

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

• Official website of the Niederhünigen community
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Niederhünigen. 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. ↑ Elections 2019: Results of the Niederhünigen community. Canton of Bern, accessed on July 17, 2020