Rütschelen

Rütschelen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Oberaargau
BFS no. :	0340
Postal code :	4933
Coordinates :	625.4 thousand  /  224761 coordinates: 47 ° 10 '24 "  N , 7 ° 46' 25"  O ; CH1903:  625400  /  224761
Height :	545  m above sea level M.
Height range :	507–741 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.98  km²
Residents:	557 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	140 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.ruetschelen.ch
Location of the municipality

Rütschelen is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

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

geography

Rütschelen is located in Oberaargau in the Swiss plateau . It lies in a valley and is surrounded by hills except for the north. The highest is the Dornegggütsch at 739 m. ü. M.

The municipality covers 3.98 km². Around a third of this is forest.

Rütschelen is divided into the districts of Berg, Dorf, Flösch, Wil and Spiegelberg.

The neighboring communities are Lotzwil , Madiswil , Ochlenberg , Leimiswil and Bleienbach .

history

The first documented mention of Rütschelen dates from 1273 as Ruschole . In the 14th century the lower noble family "von Rütschelen" existed.

At that time, Rütschelen was under the rule of the Kyburg region . The Kyburger owned the low and high courts. In 1385 they sold the lower courts of Rütschelen. After several resales, they came into the possession of Burgdorf in 1394 . In 1402 Burgdorf acquired the last rights of the Kyburger over Rütschelen. The Vogt von Lotzwil administered the community of Rütschelen. Around 1530 the administration passed to the governor of Aarwangen .

In 1653 two farmers from Rütschel took part in the Swiss Peasants' War .

Three brothers succeeded in establishing a stocking knitting factory in Rütschelen in the 18th century. In 1742 they were given permission to build their own fulling mill. In 1770 other residents of Rütschelen were given the right to a hand mangle for dyeing.

When the French invaded in 1798 , the canton of Bern was divided into 15 districts, with Rütschelen being assigned to the Langenthal district. The free market arrived, so the authorities' protection of stocking knitting fell. With the mediation act of 1803, the Bern districts were replaced by 22 administrative districts. Rütschelen belonged to the Aarwangen district. As the head of the district, the previous aristocratic bailiff was replaced by a senior bailiff.

After the defeat of France in the Russian campaign of 1812 and the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813, parts of the Allied armies invaded Switzerland in December 1813. From December 25th to 30th, 1813 around 1,000 soldiers and 170 Allied horses were stationed in Rütschelen. The Rütschelern were responsible for feeding the soldiers and horses. From March 6 to April 9, 1814, a few dozen soldiers were again stationed in Rütschelen.

In 1815 the aristocracy was restored in Switzerland. In the canton of Bern, the municipalities now administered themselves. The separation of civil and resident communities was abolished. After fifteen years, the aristocracy in Switzerland was finally over. In 1832 the civil and resident communities were separated again and given separate tasks.

By 1850, more and more residents in Oberaargau were impoverished. Rütschelen was most affected. According to a newspaper report from 1857 that in the previous year 57 people from Oberaargau emigrated out of poverty - most of them to the United States - of which 41 from Rütschelen. The logging of 574 trees from the Rütschel oak forest in 1859 is also documented. The trunks were needed for the Olten-Bern railway line and brought in 13,000 Swiss francs, which enabled further emigrants to travel to America.

A post office was set up in the school building for the first time in 1882. In 1912 the community assembly decided to introduce electric lighting, and nine years later the water supply.

In 1969 the Rütschel civic community decided to donate land to the community for a new school building in Flösch. The new school building was inaugurated in 1978. In 1994 the old schoolhouse was converted into a parish hall with a post office. The post office counter in Rütschelen was closed in 2001.

coat of arms

The upper half of the Rütscheler coat of arms is embossed with a black bear on a silvery background, the lower half is red. The coat of arms goes back to the seal of the noble family "von Rütschelen" in the 14th century. The animal represented in the seal at that time was not clearly identifiable.

A glass painting of the Rütschel coat of arms in the church of Lotzwil shows a brown bear. The coat of arms with the black bear, which is valid today, was approved on May 24, 1945 in a community meeting.

population

The population developed from 1850 as follows:

year	1850	1860	1870	1880	1900	1910	1920	1930	1941	1950	1960	1970	1980	2010	2016
Residents	852	714	729	734	688	587	541	553	529	556	519	534	491	578	571

economy

The first cheese dairy in Rütschelen is estimated at the end of the 1850s. In 1873 there were two dairies operated by two dairy companies. It was decided to merge the two companies and build a new joint cheese factory. In 1972, 23 farmers brought milk to the dairy.

In 1983 there was a bakery, two specialty shops, a boutique, an inn, a restaurant, a post office, a branch of a savings bank, a shoemaker's shop, a wagon shop, a blacksmith's shop, a construction shop, a carpentry shop, a car body shop and a furniture store in Rütschelen.

traffic

Rütschelen can be reached by road, but is not directly connected to the public transport network. The nearest train stations are in Madiswil and Lotzwil.

education

A school building was built in Rütschelen around 1820. School lessons in Rütschelen are documented as early as the 17th century. In 1846 it was destroyed by fire and had to be rebuilt. The basic substance of this second school building has been preserved to this day. In 1868 a third class was put into operation. The schoolhouse was expanded.

On August 1, 2010, the schools in Lotzwil, Bleienbach and Rütschelen merged to form the Lotzwil elementary school. In the Rütschelen location, a kindergarten and 1-4. Classes operated.

Culture

The following associations are active in Rütschelen: Rütschelen Village Association, Rütschelen Women's Association, Rütschelen Hornusser Society, Rütschelen Music Society, Rütscheler Festtage, Rütscheler Singlüt, Rütschelen / Bleienbach / Lotzwil bird and nature conservation association.

Rütschelen also operates the “Gschichtewäg” hiking route. The Swiss Heart Route cycle route from Lausanne to Rorschach leads through Rütschelen in the Burgdorf - Willisau stage .

Personalities

• 

  Johann Blatt
  Ruodolph von Rütschelen (14th century), noble citizen of Burgdorf
• Johann Blatt (1815–1884), entrepreneur and beekeeper

See also

• List of cultural assets in Rütschelen

literature

• Rütschelen village association: The Rütschelen civic community . Village association, Rütschelen 2002, ( Rütschelen 5).
• Max Jufer (Red.): The Aarwangen district and its communities . Published by the Aarwangen district and the 25 municipalities. Merkur, Langenthal 1991, ISBN 3-9070-1210-0 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Rütschelen
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Rütschelen. 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. ↑ Rütschelen. Retrieved December 26, 2016 . 
3. ^ ^{A b c d} Karl Stettler, Christian Rubi, Georges Herzog: Die Kirchgemeinde Lotzwil . Ed .: Parish Lotzwil. Stämpfli & Cie AG, Bern 1983.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Dorfverein Rütschelen (Ed.): Rütschelen. A village and its stories. Rütschelen year and day ago, No. 6 , 2004.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics Switzerland - STAT-TAB: Permanent and non-permanent resident population by region, gender, nationality and age. Retrieved December 26, 2016 . 
6. ^ Lotzwil elementary school - school portrait. In: www.schulelotzwil.ch. Retrieved December 30, 2016 .