Rüti near Büren

Rüti near Büren
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Zealand
BFS no. :	0393
Postal code :	3295
UN / LOCODE :	CH RTB
Coordinates :	597 493  /  222 424 coordinates: 47 ° 9 '10 "  N , 7 ° 24' 20"  O ; CH1903:  597 493  /  222 424
Height :	437  m above sea level M.
Height range :	426-567 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.50  km²
Residents:	859 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	132 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Walter Eggli ( BDP )
Website:	www.ruetibeibueren.ch
Reformed church on the main street
Location of the municipality

Rüti bei Büren is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

In addition to the resident community, there is also an Evangelical Reformed church community and a civic community under the name .

geography

Rüti is on the main road Solothurn - Lyss between Arch and Büren an der Aare . The neighboring communities are starting from the north in a clockwise direction: Grenchen , Arch, Buchegg , Oberwil bei Büren and Büren an der Aare. The community has an area of ​​650 ha, 49.1% of which is used for agriculture.

history

Aerial photo (1958)

The oldest finds of shards near the Tüfelsburg, which is located in the municipality, go back to the Neolithic. Settlement of the place on the Roman main road from Petinesca to Salodurum is certain in Roman times. The remains of a Roman estate in Rütibuchsi are evidence of this. Mosaic floors were excavated there as early as 1750 and around 1800. In 1819 a Tuscan column belonging to a manor came to light. An aqueduct made of Jurassic lime pots, which is unique in Switzerland, was discovered in the early 19th century. Fourteen pieces of it were in the lower village in the so-called. House Rytz to 1938 as visible spoils walled up. Roman remains of the wall were also located under the church.

The remains of the Tüfelsburg visible today come from a medieval earth-wood castle with a wall-ditch system. They are dated to the 10th or 11th century. It was sold by Elisabeth von Buchegg to the city of Solothurn in 1391 , and the castle site is still owned by the Solothurn civic community.

In a letter, Pope Lucius III confirms . on October 2, 1185 the St. Johannsen Abbey, among other things, also the possessions in Rüti. The name "Ruti apud oppidum burron sittas" is only mentioned in a document from 1233, when two citizens of Wolhusen exchanged goods in Rüti for goods that are closer to Wolhusen. Rüti means in Swiss German “clearing; A piece of land made arable and cleared of wood and bushes ”.

The village fire of May 20, 1868, which affected more than a third of the inhabited buildings, is regarded as an outstanding event in modern times. Another village fire broke out in 1876.

population

Population development
year	1850	1880	1910	1930	1950	1970	1990	2002	2004	2006	2013	2015
Residents	641	668	654	700	668	969	858	810	864	863	822	840

94.54% of the population are German as their mother tongue. Rüti is mostly Protestant Reformed. It has its own parish with its own church in the village.

politics

In Rüti, the municipal assembly forms the legislature. Currently (2007) the executive consists of the five-person municipal council, which is elected in the majority system .

The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the 2019 National Council election were: SVP 35.6%, BDP 28.9%, SP 8.7%, FDP 4.8%, glp 6.1%, GPS 7.8%, CVP 0.6 %, EVP 2.2%, DU 2.1%.

economy

Various small businesses are located in Rüti. The catchment area for larger companies is Grenchen, Biel , Lyss, Solothurn.

Personalities

• Peter Schmid (* 1941), Member of the Government (SVP), brother of Samuel Schmied
• Samuel Schmid (* 1947), Federal Councilor (SVP and BDP), brother of Peter Schmied, since 2009 honorary citizen of Rüti bei Büren

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Rüti near Büren

Impressions

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  Church and former school house

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  reformed Church

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  Rectory

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  Beneficiary

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  Local government

Web links

The now closed SBB station in Rüti near Büren in a photo from 1972

Commons : Rüti bei Büren  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the community of Rüti bei Büren
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Rüti near Büren. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• swisstopo aerial photo from August 29, 1929 of Rüti near Büren

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. ^ Federal Statistical Office BfS, Regional Reports 2014
3. ↑ Drack / Fellmann, Die Römer in der Schweiz , Stuttgart 1988, p. 495
4. ↑ See the article in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland
5. ↑ Archaeological Inventory number 063.002.2011.01 Source: ArchBE 2012 Page 47
6. ↑ Schweizerisches Idiotikon Vol. VI Sp. 1811ff. .
7. ↑ Historisch-Biographische Lexikon der Schweiz, Vol. 5, p. 746
8. ↑ Source 1850-1990: Federal Statistical Office ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Results of the municipality of Rüti near Büren. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 20, 2019, accessed on August 17, 2020 .