Oberhofen am Thunersee

Oberhofen am Thunersee
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Tuna
BFS no. :	0934
Postal code :	3653
Coordinates :	617 379  /  175670 coordinates: 46 ° 43 '55 "  N , 7 ° 39' 58"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and seventeen thousand three hundred seventy-nine  /  175670
Height :	585  m above sea level M.
Height range :	558–1052 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.71  km²
Residents:	2413 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	890 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.oberhofen.ch
Oberhofen Castle on Lake Thun photographed from the water
Location of the municipality

Oberhofen am Thunersee is a municipality in the Thun administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

The name Oberhofen consists of the Old High German adjective ober and the generic word hof (yard, farmstead). The addition “on Lake Thun” is used to distinguish it from other places with the same name. A first mention is found in historical documents from 1133, with Seilgerus de Obrenhoven.

The landmark of the village is Oberhofen Castle . The headquarters of the international ski association, the Fédération Internationale de Ski, is located in Oberhofen .

politics

The current mayor is Philippe Tobler.

The voting shares of the parties at the 2015 National Council election were: SVP 34.1%, FDP 17.0%, BDP 13.3%, SP 13.0%, glp 8.2%, GPS 7.3%, EVP 3.0 %, CVP 1.5%, EDU 0.8%.

economy

traffic

Oberhofen is served by the bus routes 21 (Thun – Interlaken Ost), 22 (Hangbus Hünibach / Oberhofen), 24 (Oberhofen – Aeschlen – Schwanden – Sigriswil), 25 (Thun – Gunten – Sigriswil express route) of the STI transport company. Line 21 replaced the Thun – Beatenbucht trolleybus that ran between 1952 and 1982 . From 1913 to 1952, the Steffisburg – Thun – Interlaken tram ran on the section .

history

Aerial photo from 150 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925)

Major fire

On June 26, 1864, Oberhofen was struck by a fire disaster. As can be read in a chronicle, the fire broke out at around 10 p.m. in the house of a Samuel Zumbach on Kupfergasse. Although the neighbors quickly sounded the alarm, the fire, supported by the wind, spread rapidly. The small team of the local fire brigade soon found themselves unable to fight the growing fire. Within a few hours, a large part of the village was in full fire. A total of 73 buildings, including 35 residential buildings, fell victim to this fire. 105 families with 414 people lost all their belongings and became homeless. An old woman died in the flames. The cause of the fire could never be determined.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Oberhofen am Thunersee

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  Wichterheer-Gut

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  Jennerhaus

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  Jetty

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  Schlössli

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  Tower house

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  Aerial view (during World War I )

Personalities

• Niklaus von Scharnachthal (1419–1489), 1446 Grand Council of Bern, 1451 Small Council of Bern, 1458 Schultheiss of Thun, 1463 to 1472 Schultheiss of Bern
• Karl Schall (1859–1925), mechanic, entrepreneur in Germany and Great Britain, retired in Oberhofen
• Fritz von Niederhäusern (1876–1955), builder and architect, born in Oberhofen
• Fritz Morgenthaler (1919–1984), doctor, psychoanalyst and author
• Adolf Stähli (1925–1999), yodeler, conductor, composer and poet
• Polo Hofer (1945–2017), dialect rocker, lived in Oberhofen

Web links

Commons : Oberhofen am Thunersee  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Oberhofen am Thunersee
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Oberhofen am Thunersee. 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. ↑ Results of the municipality of Oberhofen. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 18, 2015, accessed on October 30, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Oberhofen burned again. In: Berner Zeitung , June 28, 2014.