Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee

Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Oberaargau
Residential municipality :	Heimenhausen
Postal code :	3373
former BFS no. :	0986
Coordinates :	618394  /  228288 coordinates: 47 ° 12 '19 "  N , 7 ° 40' 53"  O ; CH1903:  618394  /  228288
Height :	462  m above sea level M.
Area :	2.1  km²
Residents:	338 (December 31, 2007)
Population density :	161 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.heimenhausen.ch
Half-timbered house in Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee
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Parish before the merger on January 1st, 2009

Röthenbach bei Herzogenbuchsee is a former political municipality in the former district of Wangen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

On January 1, 2009, Röthenbach merged with Heimenhausen and Wanzwil near Herzogenbuchsee to form the new community of Heimenhausen.

geography

Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee lies at 462  m above sea level. M. , two and a half kilometers northwest of Herzogenbuchsee and eleven kilometers east of the city of Solothurn (as the crow flies). The former street line village extends along the Seebach (outflow of the nearby Inkwilersee ) on the flood plain west of the lower Önztal , in Oberaargau .

The area of ​​2.1 km² covers a section of the northern Bernese Mittelland . The area is largely occupied by a gravel plain that is drained from the Seebach to the Aare . In the south this level is limited by the wooded ridge of the Önzberg , on its northeastern foothills with 495  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee is reached. To the northeast, the ground extends into the Löörwald and to the north into the Eichwald ( 484  m above sea level ) on a ground moraine wall of the Ice Age Rhone glacier . In 1997, 10% of the municipal area was in settlements, 31% in forests and woodlands, 58% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

The Schmiede settlement ( 475  m above sea level ), slightly elevated on the southern edge of the oak forest, belongs to Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee . Neighboring communities of Röthenbach bei Herzogenbuchsee were Heimenhausen , Wanzwil , Niederönz , Inkwil , Wangenried and Walliswil bei Wangen .

population

With 338 inhabitants (at the end of 2007), Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee was one of the smaller communities in the canton of Bern. 98.8% of the residents are German-speaking, 0.6% French-speaking and 0.3% speak Italian (as of 2000). The population of Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee was 314 inhabitants in 1850 and 374 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century, the population always fluctuated between 290 and 350 people.

Water supply

The water supply is the responsibility of the municipal association of water supply on the lower Oenz (WVOe). Like many other water suppliers, the WVOe has to contend with chlorothalonil metabolites . Water samples from 2019 showed that the applicable maximum values ​​were exceeded in four of the WVOe's drinking water catchments. As a result of the heat and drought in 2019 , customers were asked in July of the same year to limit their water consumption .

education

Kindergarten and primary and secondary school are run within the framework of community associations with Heimenhausen . The secondary school can be attended in the neighboring municipality of Herzogenbuchsee , the grammar school ( Oberaargau grammar school ) in nearby Langenthal . Higher schools and universities can be reached easily and within a reasonable time and distance by public transport on the Bern-Zurich axis ( University of Bern , ETH Zurich , etc.).

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee was predominantly an agricultural village. Even today, agriculture and fruit growing, as well as animal husbandry and forestry, have a certain role in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. In Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee, a company for air conditioning and a carpentry shop are represented today. A gravel pit is being exploited in the border area between Röthenbach and Wanzwil. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Langenthal - Herzogenbuchsee region.

traffic

The area is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the main road from Wangen an der Aare to Herzogenbuchsee . The nearest connection to the A1 motorway (Bern-Zurich) is around 6 km from the town center. Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee is connected to the public transport network by a bus route from Herzogenbuchsee to Wangen an der Aare and a BSU route from Solothurn to Herzogenbuchsee.

history

The first documentary mention of the place took place in 1224 under the name Rottenbach . Later the names Rothenbach (1252), Rötenbach (1261) and Rotebach (1276) appeared. The place name probably originates from a water body name and the red trout found in it (Rötheln → red brook).

Since the Middle Ages, Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee has been under the rule of the Kyrgyz family Herzogenbuchsee and shared their fate. In 1406 the village came under the rule of Bern and was assigned to the Landvogtei Wangen and in it the court place Herzogenbuchsee. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee belonged to the district of Wangen during the Helvetic Republic and from 1803 to the Oberamt Wangen, which received the status of an official district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish Herzogenbuchsee.

Trivia

Until December 31, 2008, “Röthenbach bei Herzogenbuchsee” was the municipality with the longest name in Switzerland.

Web links

Commons : Röthenbach bei Herzogenbuchsee  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Anne-Marie Dubler : Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 14, 2016 .
• Website of the former municipality of Röthenbach near Herzogenbuchsee

Individual evidence

1. ↑ coverage area. Oenz water supply, accessed on February 7, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Results of chlorothalonil metabolites above 0.1 micrograms / liter. (PDF) Retrieved February 7, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Cantonal laboratory: Chlorothalonil metabolites in drinking water: Canton publishes the measured values. Canton of Bern , February 6, 2020, accessed on February 7, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Information on water consumption as a result of the persistent drought. (PDF) Oenz water supply, July 2019, accessed on February 7, 2020 .  Available under News .