Rumendingen

Rumendingen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Emmental
BFS no. :	0421
Postal code :	3472
Coordinates :	615 602  /  217 193 coordinates: 47 ° 6 '20 "  N , 7 ° 38' 39"  O ; CH1903:  615,602  /  217 193
Height :	526  m above sea level M.
Height range :	508–601 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.44  km²
Residents:	78 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	32 inhabitants per km²
Rumendingen
Location of the municipality

Rumendingen is a municipality in the Emmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

Rumendingen lies at 526  m above sea level. M. , 5.5 km north of the city of Burgdorf (linear distance). The road line village stretches in the valley of Chänerechbachs between the heights of Reiteneggwald and Birchliwald , in the Swiss Plateau .

The area of ​​the 2.5 km² large municipal area includes a section of the Molasse heights between the Emme level and the Wynigental, which were shaped by the Ice Age Rhone glacier . The valley of the Chänerechbach (tributary of the Ösch ) runs through the area with an approximately 300 m wide flat valley floor, which at Rumendingen forms an arc of 90 °. As a cross valley, the Chänerechbachtal connects the Wynigental with the alluvial plain of the Emme . On its western side, the Chänerechbach is flanked by the meadow hill Unterhaulen ( 549  m above sea level ) and the Reiteggwald . To the east, the municipality extends over the heights of Tannwald ( 586  m above sea level ) and Birchliwald (at 601  m above sea level, the highest elevation in Rumendingen) into the Wynigental. In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was in settlements, 34% in forests and woodland, 59% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

The neighboring communities of Rumendingen are Alchenstorf , Wynigen , Kirchberg (BE) and Ersigen .

population

With 78 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Rumendingen is one of the smallest communities in the canton of Bern. 98.5% of the residents are German-speaking, 0.7% French-speaking and 0.7% speak Spanish (as of 2000). The population of Rumendingen was 146 inhabitants in 1850, and 146 inhabitants in 1900. After a peak in 1950 with 209 inhabitants, a population decline of over 50% was recorded due to strong emigration.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2019 National Council election were: SVP 63.2%, BDP 8.6%, GPS 5.9%, glp 5.0%, FDP 4.1%, SP 5.0%, GEN 2.5 %, DU 3.5%, EDU 0.6%, CVP 0.4%.

economy

Rumendingen is still a predominantly agricultural village today . The agriculture , the cattle farming and pig farming are the major operating branches of eleven farms. Some other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. A quarry is being exploited to the southeast of the village. Many workers are also commuters who mainly work in the Burgdorf region.

traffic

The community is located away from the larger through axes on a connecting road from Niederösch to Wynigen . Rumendingen has no connection to the public transport network. The nearest train station is in Wynigen, around 1.5 km from the town center.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 886 under the name Rumaningun . Later the names Rumedingen (1264), Rumadingen (1342) and Rumendingen (1380) appeared. The place name goes back to the personal name Romanus , a name often used by the Alemanni, and therefore means for the people of Romanus .

Rumendingen, which initially belonged to the Kingdom of Hochburgund, was later owned by the Zähringers and, since the 13th century, by the Count of Kyburg . Together with Grasswil, the village came to the city of Burgdorf in 1395. Since the beginning of the 15th century, Bern had sovereignty over the area. Rumendingen was assigned to the Landvogtei Wangen and the Koppigen court district. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to the district of Wangen during the Helvetic Republic and from 1803 to the Oberamt Burgdorf, which received the status of an administrative district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Rumendingen

The street village of Rumendingen has preserved numerous stately farmhouses and sticks from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Web links

Commons : Rumendingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Anne-Marie Dubler : Rumendingen. 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. ↑ Results of the municipality of Rumendingen. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 20, 2019, accessed on August 3, 2020 .