Oberdiessbach

Oberdiessbach
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Bern-Mittelland
BFS no. :	0619
Postal code :	3672 Oberdiessbach 3672 Aeschlen 3674 Bleiken
UN / LOCODE :	CH ODI
Coordinates :	613 772  /  187636 coordinates: 46 ° 50 '23 "  N , 7 ° 37' 9"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred thirteen thousand seven hundred and seventy-two  /  187636
Height :	605  m above sea level M.
Height range :	583–1198 m above sea level M.
Area :	16.47  km²
Residents:	3527 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	214 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Niklaus Hadorn ( SVP )
Website:	www.oberdiessbach.ch
Oberdiessbach
Location of the municipality

Oberdiessbach by the Falkenfluh seen from

Oberdiessbach is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . Effective January 1, 2010, Oberdiessbach merged with the former municipality of Aeschlen to form the new municipality of Oberdiessbach . On January 1, 2014, it merged with Bleiken (absorption fusion).

geography

Oberdiessbach lies at 605  m above sea level. M. , 9 km north of Thun (air line). The village extends in a valley widening of the Chise valley, at the confluence of the Diessbach in the Chise , surrounded by the ridges of the Haubenwald , the Kurzenberg and the Falkenflue .

The area of ​​the 16.46 km² large municipal area comprises a section of the pre-alpine hill country east of the Aare valley . The area is crossed from north to south by the valley of the Chise. In the northern part of the valley floor is around 200 m wide, but at Oberdiessbach it opens up to a flat valley level around 600 to 800 m wide. The valley of the Diessbach flows here from the east. To the west of the Chise valley, the community ban extends to the height of the Hauben forest (up to 860  m above sea level ). To the northeast, the municipality extends over a densely wooded slope to the Güggel , which forms the western end of the ridge of the Kurzenberg. The highest point of Oberdiessbach is reached above the Aeschlenalp ( 1196  m above sea level ). In 1997, 13% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 42% by forests and woodlands and 45% by agriculture.

Extensive residential quarters on the southern slope of the Haubenwald and at the foot of the Falkenflue, the villages of Aeschlen and Bleiken and some individual farms belong to Oberdiessbach. Neighboring communities of Oberdiessbach are Brenzikofen , Buchholterberg , Fahrni , Freimettigen , Häutligen , Herbligen , Linden and Wichtrach .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1218 as Tiecebac . The names Deizbach (1239), Diezebac (1246), Diezbach (1252), Dyezbach (1329), Diessbach (1366) and Oberdiesbach (1442) appeared later . The place name goes back to the Old High German word tiozan (tosen, roar). That is why Diessbach has the meaning of roaring, roaring brook . The addition Ober- was added relatively late to make it easier to distinguish it from the municipality of Diessbach near Büren . It was unofficial for a long time.

In the Middle Ages, Oberdiessbach was under the rule of Diessbach, which initially belonged to the dukes of Zähringen and later to the counts of Kyburg . The Diessenberg Castle of the Lords of Diessbach on the Bürglen, a foothill of the Falkenflue above Brenzikofen, was destroyed by the Bernese as early as 1331. In 1406 the rule finally came under the suzerainty of the Bernese. The Lords of Diessbach went out around 1390.

Aerial photo from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1927)

New Oberdiessbach Castle

Clewi (Niklaus) called Goldschmied owned half of the Diessbach rule from 1427 and called himself Niklaus von Diesbach . In 1434 he received a letter of nobility from King Sigmund . From the 15th century, the younger von Diesbach family was one of the richest and most influential families in the city ​​and republic of Bern . Around 1560 the von Diesbach built the old castle in Oberdiessbach. They had high jurisdiction over Oberdiessbach and the surrounding area. The rulership changed hands several times and in 1647 it came to the von Wattenwyl patrician family , who had the New Oberdiessbach Castle built in 1666–1668 and still owns it today, as well as the Diessenhof country estate built in 1728.

After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Oberdiessbach belonged to the Höchstetten district during the Helvetic Republic and from 1803 to the Konolfingen Oberamt, which received the status of an official district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. In the 19th century the community was officially called Diessbach or Diessbach bei Thun . After the postmark Oberdiessbach was introduced in 1850, it was not until 1870 that the official municipality name was also changed to Oberdiessbach. In 1888 the small community of Hauben (west of the Chise valley, then around 110 inhabitants) was incorporated into Oberdiessbach.

On March 10, 2008, the voters of Oberdiessbach and von Aeschlen decided to merge the municipalities. The new community is still called Oberdiessbach and was created with effect from January 1, 2010. On December 3, 2012, the merger of Oberdiessbach and Bleiken was decided at the community meetings. It came into force on January 1, 2014.

population

With 3527 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Oberdiessbach is one of the medium-sized communities in the canton of Bern. 95.2% of the residents speak German, 1.0% speak Serbo-Croatian and 0.9% speak French (as of 2000). The population of Oberdiessbach was 1175 in 1850, and 1281 in 1900. During the 20th century the population increased continuously. In 1980, 2319 inhabitants were counted.

politics

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The voting shares of the parties in the 2015 National Council elections were: SVP 40.0%, SP 12.4%, FDP 12.4%, BDP 8.6%, EPP 6.2%, GPS 5.9%, glp 5.5 %, EDU 5.2%, pirates 1.1%, SD 1.0%.

economy

Up until the end of the 19th century, Oberdiessbach was a village dominated by agriculture . The hydropower from Chise and Diessbach was used to operate mills and sawmills as early as the late Middle Ages. In relation to other municipalities, various industrial sectors settled in the village early on, the development of which was further promoted by the rail connection (since 1899).

Today, dairy farming , cattle breeding and agriculture only play a minor role in the income structure of the population. Numerous other jobs are available in trade and industry as well as in the service sector. The most important companies today include Vogt AG (products for fire brigades and disaster services, especially fire fighting vehicles ) and Hoffmann Neopac AG (manufacture of primary packaging / tubes made of laminate and plastic). Other companies are active in construction, horticulture, industrial electronics, wood processing and precision mechanics.

Until 1999, Oberdiessbach was the location of a district hospital, which was closed in the course of the redimensioning. A care center is housed in the premises today. Oberdiessbach has had a secondary school since 1856 and a special secondary school since 2003 with the aim of facilitating entry into high school. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential and work community. With over 1200 jobs, Oberdiessbach is an attractive place to work today, with more inbound than outbound commuters.

traffic

The community has good transport connections. It is located on the main road from Thun to Konolfingen . The closest connection to the A6 motorway (Bern-Thun) is around 5 km from the town center. On July 21, 1899, the railway line from Hasle-Rüegsau to Thun with a train station in Oberdiessbach was put into operation. The station building was rebuilt in 2004. Today there is an avec . Oberdiessbach is the starting point of the STI bus line 44 to Linden - Heimenschwand . Since the 2008/2009 timetable change, Oberdiessbach has been a stop on the Moonliner M13 line. With the 2010/2011 timetable change, the Postbus also found its way to Oberdiessbach as part of a three-year trial period. The newly created line 167 connects Oberdiessbach from Monday to Friday via Herbligen , Oppligen , Kiesen and Wichtrach with Münsingen .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Oberdiessbach

The Oberdiessbach church was rebuilt in 1498. The rich furnishings include a Von May chair from 1638, coats of arms from 1560 and a chapel with the tomb for Albrecht von Wattenwyl, who died in 1671. Pastor Samuel Lutz worked here from 1738 to 1750 . In the vicinity of the church are the rectory, built in 1672, and various houses from the 18th and 19th centuries.

On the eastern edge of the village are the Old Castle (built in 1546 for the Diesbach family ) and nearby the New Oberdiessbach Castle (built 1666–1668). South of Oberdiessbach is the baroque country estate Diessenhof, which dates from the 18th century.

Personalities

• Arthur Hänsenberger (1927–2014), politician
• Paul Freiburghaus (1932–2017), painter and etcher
• Diana Torto (* 1968), Italian jazz singer
• Thomas Lüthi (* 1986), motorcycle road racer

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Oberdiessbach
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Oberdiessbach. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Peter Vogel: Stories about Oberdiessbach history. Brochure on the website of the Oberdiessbacher Infowege infoweg.ch

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 2015: Results of the Meikirch community. Canton of Bern, accessed on March 21, 2016