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Niederstocken coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton BernCanton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district : Tunaw
Residential municipality : Stocken-Höfei2
Postal code : 3632
former BFS no. : 0764
Coordinates : 611067  /  172098 coordinates: 46 ° 42 '0 "  N , 7 ° 35' 0"  O ; CH1903:  611067  /  172098
Height : 634  m above sea level M.
Area : 5.5  km²
Residents: 249 (December 31, 2013)
Population density : 45 inhabitants per km²
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Niederstocken (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2014

Until December 31, 2013, Niederstocken was a political municipality in the Thun administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . On January 1, 2014 Niederstocken merged with the former municipalities of Höfen bei Thun and Oberstocken to form the new municipality of Stocken-Höfen .

In addition to the former municipality Niederstocken still exists under the same name, a civic community .

Names

The name Niederstocken goes back to the Old High German generic word stoc (tree trunk, tree trunk) . In place and field names this is how clearings are called. The qualifier Nieder serves to differentiate the Oberstocken of the same name . First historical mention in 1309 when "von der burg ze Stocken" was mentioned.

geography

Niederstocken is located in the Bernese Oberland in the Alps in the Stockental . The neighboring communities from the north, starting clockwise, were Höfen , Reutigen , Erlenbach im Simmental and Oberstocken until December 31, 2013 . The village is located at the foot of a wooded northern slope and is traversed by the Feusibach , which merges below the village with the Fluhbach coming from the Stockenfluh to form the Glütschbach .

In winter, due to its location in the valley floor, the village is largely in the shade for six weeks.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2011 National Council elections were: SVP 44.0%, BDP 19.6%, SP 10.7%, GPS 6.3%, EVP 4.2%, EDU 4.1%, glp 4.1 %, CVP 1.4, FDP 1.3%, SD  % 1.2%, Alpine Parliament 1.1%.

Attractions

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Optimists from the Schattloch , Der Bund, January 7, 2017
  2. ↑ http://www.wahlarchiv.sites.be.ch/wahlen2011/target/NAWAInternetAction.do@method=read&sprache=d&typ=21&gem=764.html accessed on July 16, 2012