Noflen BE

BE is the abbreviation for the canton of Bern in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Noflen .

Emergencies

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Bern (BE)

Administrative district :

Bern-Mittelland

Residential municipality :

Church Village

Postal code :

3116

former BFS no. :

0878

Coordinates :

607 907 / 184 043 coordinates: 46 ° 48 '27 " N , 7 ° 32' 32" O ; CH1903: 607 907 / one hundred and eighty-four thousand and forty-three

Height :

630 m above sea level M.

Area :

2.7 km²

Residents:

300 (December 31, 2017)

Population density :

111 inhabitants per km²

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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2018

Until December 31, 2017, Noflen was a political municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district of the canton of Bern in Switzerland . On January 1, 2018 , Noflen merged with the former municipalities of Gelterfingen and Mühledorf to form the new municipality of Kirchdorf .

geography

Noflen is at 630 m above sea level. M. , eight kilometers northwest of the city of Thun (as the crow flies). The scattered settlement without an actual village center extends in a promising location on the southern foothills of the Belpberg between the valley plains of the Gürbe in the west and the Aare in the east.

The area of the 2.7 km² large municipal area comprised a section of the broad Aare valley between Bern and Thun. The central part of the area is formed by the approximately 1 km wide ridge of Noflen, which is the southern continuation of the Belpberg, with the elevations of Häsenen ( 660 m above sea level ) and Berg (up to 680 m above sea level , highest point of the Local community). To the east, the municipal ban extends over a relatively gently sloping slope into the formerly marshy valley basin of the Limpach (tributary of the Aare). In the west, the ridge drops with a steep slope to the Gürbetal level and extends over the canalized Müsche to the middle of the here about 1.5 km wide level. In 1997, 5% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 14% for forests and woodlands and 81% for agriculture.

The municipality of Noflen consisted of the hamlets Oberdörfli ( 630 m above sea level ) and Unterdörfli ( 612 m above sea level ) on the ridge, Stoffelsrüti ( 580 m above sea level ) slightly elevated on the western edge of the Limpachsenke and some farm groups and individual farms. Neighboring communities of Noflen were Kirchdorf (BE) , Uttigen , Uetendorf , Seftigen and Burgistein .

population

With 300 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2017), Noflen was one of the small communities in the canton of Bern. 99.2% of the residents speak German and 0.8% speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Noflen was 241 in 1850 and 207 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century, the population always fluctuated between 210 and 260 people.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Noflen was a predominantly agricultural village. Even today, arable and vegetable growing (especially cabbage planting) in the Gürbetal, as well as dairy farming and cattle breeding, have an important place in the income structure of the population. Some other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many employed people are therefore commuters who work mainly in the larger towns in the area, in the agglomeration of Bern or in the Thun area.

traffic

Noflen is located off the main thoroughfares on a connecting road from Kirchdorf to Seftigen . The closest connection to the A6 motorway (Bern-Thun) is around 7 km from the town center. Noflen has no connection to the public transport network.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1250 under the name Novelon . Later the names Noflon (1260), Nofflen (1312) and Nofflon (1356) appeared. The place name goes back to the Latin word novale ( fallow field ).

The area of Noflen used to belong to the domain of the barons of Kramburg. Under the rule of Bern (since the Reformation in 1528) it was subordinate to the Seftigen district court. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Noflen belonged to the Seftigen district during the Helvetic Republic and from 1803 to the Seftigen District Office, which received the status of an administrative district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. To a territorial expansion occurred in 1948 when the previously to the municipality Jaberg belonging exclave of the municipality was annexed Noflen Stoffelsrüti.

Attractions

In the hamlets and courtyard groups, characteristic farmhouses in the Bernese style from the 18th century have been preserved, including a wooden house in a high-school construction with a step oven. Noflen does not have its own church, it belongs to the Kirchdorf parish.

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