Oppligen

Oppligen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Bern-Mittelland
BFS no. :	0622
Postal code :	3629
Coordinates :	612 102  /  185 501 coordinates: 46 ° 49 '14 "  N , 7 ° 35' 50"  O ; CH1903:  612102  /  one hundred eighty-five thousand five hundred and one
Height :	560  m above sea level M.
Height range :	548–624 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.40  km²
Residents:	650 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	191 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.oppligen.ch
Location of the municipality

Oppligen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

Oppligen lies at 560  m above sea level. M. , 8 km north of the city of Thun (straight line). The village extends south of the Chise , on the eastern edge of the wide Aare valley , at the foot of the Oppligenberglis, west of the Falkenflue .

The area of ​​the 3.4 km² municipal area comprises a section of the Aareniederung between Bern and Thun. The main part of the area is taken up by the alluvial plain, which the two rivers Chise and Rotache deposited over time when they entered the Aare valley. In the middle of this level rises the Oppligenbergli ( 621  m above sea level ) with its steep, wooded slopes on three sides and the plateau about 50 m above the level. To the south, the municipality extends into the extensive Hasliwald (south of the Rotache), into the depression of the Ägelmoos and on the cross bar north of Heimberg , on which 625  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Oppligen is reached. In the north the area extends to the heights of the Deiberg as well as the Deiholz and the Predigtwald (up to 590  m above sea level ). In 1997, 11% of the municipal area was in settlements, 30% in forests and woodlands, 58% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Oppligen includes a residential area on the southern slope of the Oppligenberglis, the Büel ( 555  m above sea level ) and Rotache ( 561  m above sea level ) settlements on the plain between the Chise and the Rotache, as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Oppligen are Wichtrach , Herbligen , Brenzikofen , Heimberg and Kiesen .

history

Aerial photo of Kiesen and Oppligen from 500 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1922)

The place was first mentioned in a document as early as 1006 under the name Oponlengis . Later the names Opelingen (1146), Oppelingen (1234), Oplingen (1250) and Opplingen (1357) appeared. The place name goes back to the Old High German personal name Oppilo and therefore means for the people of Oppilo .

In the Middle Ages, there was an earth castle on the Oppligenbergli , of which some walls are still visible today. Oppligen initially belonged to the Barons von Kien, who left the village to the Interlaken Monastery in the 13th century . At the end of the 14th century, Oppligen came under Bern suzerainty. The high level of jurisdiction lay with the Konolfingen Regional Court. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to the Steffisburg 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. Oppligen does not have its own church; it belongs to the Wichtrach parish.

population

With 650 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Oppligen is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Bern. 97.1% of the residents are German-speaking, 0.5% French-speaking and 0.5% speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Oppligen was 504 in 1850 and 433 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century, the population always fluctuated between 390 and 450 people. Since 1970 (424 inhabitants) there has been a significant increase in population.

politics

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The parties' share of the votes in the 2015 National Council elections were: SVP 43.7%, SP 12.3%, BDP 10.3%, glp 9.2%, GPS 7.5%, FDP 5.5%, EDU 4.4 %, EVP 3.3%, ALP 2.0%.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Oppligen was predominantly an agricultural village. Agriculture , dairy farming and cattle breeding still play an important role in the income structure of the population today . Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. A gravel pit is being exploited at the height of the Deiberg. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many employees are therefore commuters who work mainly in the Thun area, and sometimes also in the Bern agglomeration. Oppligen is considered the place of origin of the Bern rose apple .

traffic

The community has good transport connections. It is located on the main road from Thun to Konolfingen , near the old main road through the Aare valley from Thun to Bern. The closest connection to the A6 motorway (Bern-Thun) is around 2.5 km from the town center. Oppligen is connected to public transport by the Oberdiessbach - Münsingen bus line, and the train stations of Kiesen (main line Bern-Thun) and Brenzikofen (Burgdorf-Thun) are easy to reach.

Personalities

• Beat Brechbühl (* 1939), writer
• Gölä (* 1968), dialect rock singer
• Jaël Malli (* 1979 as Rahel Krebs ), singer of the band Lunik and the duo MiNa
• Valentin Lüthi (* 1993), ice hockey player

See also

• List of cultural assets in Oppligen

Web links

Commons : Oppligen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Oppligen
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Oppligen. 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. ↑ Elections 2015: Results of the municipality of Oppligen. Canton of Bern, accessed on March 21, 2016