Oberstocken

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Oberstocken
Coat of arms of Oberstocken
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton BernCanton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district : Tunaw
Residential municipality : Stocken-Höfei2
Postal code : 3632
former BFS no. : 0765
Coordinates : 608 517  /  172093 coordinates: 46 ° 42 '0 "  N , 7 ° 33' 0"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and eight thousand five hundred seventeen  /  172093
Height : 691  m above sea level M.
Area : 4.1  km²
Residents: 288 (December 31, 2013)
Population density : 70 inhabitants per km²
Oberstocken community

Oberstocken community
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Oberstocken (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2014

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

In addition to the residents' community, there is also a civic community under the name of Oberstocken .

geography

Oberstocken is located in the Bernese Oberland in the Alps in the Stockental . The neighboring communities from the north, starting clockwise, were Höfen , Niederstocken, Erlenbach im Simmental , Därstetten and Pohlern until December 31, 2013 .

politics

The community president of the community is Markus Leuenberger (as of 2009).

The voting shares of the parties at the 2011 National Council elections were: SVP 51.7%, BDP 9.5%, EDU 7.8%, glp 7.4%, SP 7.0%, FDP 5.0%, GPS 4.3 %, CVP 2.4%, EVP 2.1%, parteifrei.ch 1.1%.

history

Aerial photo of Amsoldinger See, Höfen and Oberstocken (1952)

The name Oberstocken 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 Ober serves to differentiate the Niederstocken of the same name . First historical mention in 1309 when "von der burg ze Stocken" was mentioned.

Until December 31, 2013, Oberstocken was an independent municipality .

Partner municipality

Attractions

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.wahlarchiv.sites.be.ch/wahlen2011/target/NAWAInternetAction.do@method=read&sprache=d&typ=21&gem=765.html accessed on July 16, 2012