Riggisberg

Riggisberg

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Bern-Mittellandw
BFS no. :	0879i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	3099 Rüti near Riggisberg 3132 Riggisberg
Coordinates :	603009 / 184286 coordinates: 46 ° 48 '35 " N , 7 ° 28' 41" O ; CH1903: 603009 / 18428646.809722 7.47806 762
Height :	762 m above sea level M.
Height range :	674–1620 m above sea level M.
Area :	29.84 km²
Residents:	2554 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	86 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Michael Bürki ( SVP )
Website:	www.riggisberg.ch
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Riggisberg ( [ˈrɪkisˌbɛrɡ] ) is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . On March 26, 2007, the community assembly approved the merger agreement with the neighboring community of Rüti near Riggisberg . It came into force on January 1, 2009.

geography

Riggisberg lies at 762 m above sea level. M. , 15 km south of the federal city of Bern (linear distance). The village extends in a wide hollow of the Mülibach at the height of the Längenberg, west of the Gürbetal , at the northeast foot of the Gibelegg .

The area of the 29.9 km² (formerly 7.7 km²) large municipal area comprises a section of the pre-alpine hill country west of the Aaresenke between Bern and Thun. The eastern part of the area is taken up by the wide Riggisberg basin, which is drained from the Mülibach to the east through the ditch to the Gürbe . In the southeast this plain is bounded by the height of the Egghölzli ( 871 m above sea level ). To the north, the municipal ban extends to the Hasli plateau (around 840 m above sea level ).

The western part of the municipality includes a valley furrow between the heights of Rüeggisberg and Gibelegg, which, with a valley watershed near Otzenbach ( 782 m above sea level ), creates a simple transition from the Aare and Gürbetal valleys to the Schwarzenburgerland. The Grüenibach and its southern side stream from the Gouchgraben drain the area into the Schwarzwasser . The municipality floor extends westward to Wilerhubel ( 876 m above sea level ) and southwest to the slope of the Gibelegg, on which 972 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Riggisberg is measured. In 1997, 13% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 10% by forests and woodlands and 76% by agriculture; a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Riggisberg includes the settlements and hamlets of Studigassen ( 825 m above sea level ) on the slope north of the village, Egg ( 768 m above sea level ) in the plain at the north foot of Egghölzli, Auf Gsteig ( 805 m above sea level ) the height west of the village, Muri ( 808 m above sea level ) and Muriboden ( 803 m above sea level ), both on a terrace at the north foot of the Gibelegg as well as various groups of courtyards and individual farms. The neighboring communities of Riggisberg are Rüeggisberg , Rümligen , Thurnen , Burgistein , Wattenwil , Blumenstein and Rüschegg .

population

With 2554 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Riggisberg is one of the medium-sized communities in the canton of Bern. 94.5% of the residents speak German, 1.0% speak Turkish and 1.0% speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Riggisberg was 1474 in 1850 and 1753 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century the population increased steadily to 2308 people until 1990.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2015 National Council elections were: SVP 55.2%, BDP 11.0%, SP 9.0%, FDP 6.6%, GPS 5.1%, glp 3.9%, EPP 3.4 %, EDU 2.6%, CVP 0.7%.

Economy and Infrastructure

Riggisberg was a predominantly agricultural village until the first half of the 20th century . Even today, dairy farming and cattle breeding and, to a lesser extent, arable farming have a certain role in the income structure of the population.

Numerous other jobs are available in local small businesses and especially in the service sector. Riggisberg has no actual industry, but many small and medium-sized companies in the construction, horticulture, sawmills, carpentry and mechanical workshops.

Riggisberg performs central local functions for the surrounding area. It has various shops and is the location of an acute hospital (formerly a district hospital), an old people's home, the Riggisberg dormitory and a secondary school. The Spar + Leihkasse Riggisberg and the Abegg Foundation are also located in the village. The Abegg Foundation comprises a museum with works of fine and applied art from different periods and a textile collection (special exhibition); There are also research and restoration studios for textiles and a course in which the relevant specialists are trained. With these facilities, the village has a clear commuter surplus. However, many workers are also commuters who work mainly in the Bern agglomeration or in the Thun area.

In Riggisberg there is an acute hospital with a 24-hour emergency ward with around 60 beds, divided between the departments of internal medicine, surgery and neurorehabilitation. Physiotherapy and occupational therapy as well as nutritional advice are offered as additional services. This relatively small house provides basic medical care for the surrounding area.

tourism

The region around Riggisberg is a popular local recreation and hiking area in Bern and Thun. From the hills there are beautiful views of the foothills of the Gantrisch and Stockhorn ranges as well as the Bernese Alps . The Abegg Foundation museum, which is open during the summer months, is another point of attraction for tourists. In winter the region is suitable for cross-country skiing.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of traffic. It lies at the cross of the cantonal roads from Thun to Schwarzenburg and from Bern to the Gantrisch area. Riggisberg is the starting or end point of several Postbus courses ; There are connections with Schwarzenburg, Köniz , Toffen and Mühlethurnen, with Hinterfultigen, Rüti near Riggisberg and Wattenwil .

history

Stray finds indicate that in Roman times a road that connected Aventicum (Avenches) with Thun ran through the municipality of Riggisberg. So far, however, no settlement remains have been discovered. The first written mention of the place took place in 1148 under the name Richesperc . The names Rigesperc (1182), Richasper (1228), Richesberc (1245), Riggesberg (1267), Riggisberg (1275) and Rischisperg (1302) appeared later . The place name goes back to the Old High German personal name Riho or Rico and therefore means mountain of Riho / Rico .

In the Middle Ages , Riggisberg belonged to the Rüeggisberg Monastery . A noble family von Riggisberg is mentioned early on, which had a big name especially in Freiburg since the 13th century (foundation of the Franciscan monastery there by Jacob von Riggisberg). Through an inheritance, the Riggisberg rule came to the well-known Bernese von Erlach family in 1387 and from then on assumed a special position as a baron that belonged exclusively to the respective noble families.

After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798) Riggisberg belonged to the Seftigen district during the Helvetic Republic and from 1803 to the Seftigen district office, which was given the status of an administrative district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. The Mittelländische Armenverpflegungsanstalt Riggisberg was founded on the castle estate in 1880, from which the Riggisberg dormitory later emerged.

On the night of July 12-13, 1943, the village was bombed by a British bomber with over 200 bombs with a total weight of 1.2 tons. It was an emergency measure because the pilot wanted to rise over a storm cloud. The bomber was part of a squadron of around 100 Lancaster bombers that crossed Switzerland from the north to Turin in Italy during the night and the foehn situation with violent thunderstorms and shelling led to emergency drops over the Val de Ruz, near Flamatt, near Lutry , near Riggisberg and on the Schynigen Platte. There was only major destruction in Riggisberg.

Since 1967 the village has housed the Abegg Foundation , whose museum and even more the textile science institute are world-famous.

Attractions

Parish church

The church of Riggisberg, which stands on a hill north of the village, dates from the early 14th century and has coats of arms from 1688. Riggisberg was raised to an independent parish in 1936, before it belonged to Rüeggisberg. Today's Riggisberg Castle was built around 1700 under Albrecht von Erlach. The three-storey building with a hipped roof and a snail tower with a pointed helmet is in a park. The former medieval castle had to give way to a new building in 1938. In the center there are some stately houses from the 18th and 19th centuries in the Bernese style.

Personalities

Werner Abegg (1903–1984), founder of the Abegg Foundation
Mechthild Flury-Lemberg (* 1929), renowned textile conservator, led the Abegg Foundation's textile department to an international reputation
Kaspar Zehnder (* 1970), conductor and flautist

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Permanent resident population from STAT-TAB of the BfS , municipalities see also regional portraits 2020 on bfs.admin.ch, accessed on May 29, 2020

↑ Elections 2015: Results of the Riggisberg community. Canton of Bern, accessed on March 21, 2016

↑ Few of the Berner Zeitung of July 12, 2013 talk about the bomb hail
↑ Bombs in the cantons of Bern, Friborg, Neuchâtel and Waad July 12/13 , 1943 on raf.durham-light-infantry.ch

↑ The bombing over Riggisberg (excerpt from the “Bomb dropping booklet)” on Welcome to Riggisberg on www.riggisberg.ch p. 4

^ The bombs in Riggisberb on July 13, 1943 Protar Volume 9 (1943)

[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 Riggisberg community. Canton of Bern, accessed on March 21, 2016