Ruppoldsried

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Bern (BE)

Administrative district :

Zealand

Residential municipality :

Rapperswil

Postal code :

3251

former BFS no. :

0548

Coordinates :

599 008 / 215197 coordinates: 47 ° 5 '16 " N , 7 ° 25' 32" O ; CH1903: 599 008 / 215197

Height :

490 m above sea level M.

Area :

2.2 km²

Residents:

262 (December 31, 2012)

Population density :

119 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.ruppoldsried.ch

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2013

Until December 31, 2012, Ruppoldsried was a political municipality in the Seeland administrative district of the canton of Bern in Switzerland . On January 1, 2013, it merged with Rapperswil (BE) .

geography

Ruppoldsried is 490 m above sea level. M. , 15 kilometers north of the canton capital Bern (beeline). The farming village extends slightly increased on the southern edge of the plane of Limpachtals and at the northern foot of the heights of Rapperswil plateau in the Swiss Plateau .

The area of the 2.2 km² former municipal area covers a section of the Bernese Mittelland. The northern border mostly runs along the canalized Limpach. Only a small part lies north of this canal and extends to the foot of the Bucheggberg . From Limpach, the former municipality extends southward over the approximately 1 km wide Limpachmoos to the adjacent undulating landscape of the Rapperswil plateau. At the height of the free wood , which is limited to the east by the incision of the Hellgraben , is at 550 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Ruppoldsried. In 1997, 7% of the former municipal area was in settlements, 13% in forests and woodlands, 79% in agriculture and a little more than 1% was unproductive land.

The part of the hamlet of Eichholz ( 483 m above sea level ) on the southern edge of the Limpach Valley and some individual farms belong to Ruppoldsried . Neighboring communities of Ruppoldsried were Rapperswil (BE) and Wengi in the canton of Bern and Messen in the canton of Solothurn .

population

With 262 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2012), Ruppoldsried was one of the small communities in the canton of Bern. 98.0% of the residents are German-speaking, 1.6% French-speaking and 0.4% speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Ruppoldsried was 316 in 1850, compared to 217 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century, the population always fluctuated between 180 and 230 people. Since 1990 (189 inhabitants) a significant increase in population has been recorded.

politics

The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the National Council elections in 2011 were: SVP 45.8%, BDP 19.8%, SP 16.2%, FDP 3.7%, glp 3.6%, EPP 3.0%, GPS 2.7 %, parteifrei.ch 1.6%, CVP 0.4%, EDU 0.3%.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Ruppoldsried was predominantly an agricultural village. Even today, arable farming , fruit growing , dairy farming and cattle breeding play an important role in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in a company for agricultural equipment. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many employed people are therefore commuters who work mainly in the larger towns in the area as well as in the Bern agglomeration and in the Solothurn area .

traffic

The former municipality is located off the major through axes of a connecting road from Bätterkinden to Lyss . The closest connection to the A6 motorway (Bern-Biel) is around 7 km from the town center in Schüpfen , only towards Biel and Münchenbuchsee , towards Bern and Biel. Ruppoldsried is connected to the public transport network with Libero through the PostBus courses , which serve the route from Bern to Messen and from Lyss to Messen .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1313 under the name Ruplisried . Later, the names Rupolsriet (1389), Rapoltzried (around 1400), Ruppelsried (1487), Ruplissried (1505), Ropolssried (1516), Rapolsried (1531) and Rippelszried (1577) appeared. The place name is made up of the Old High German personal name Hrotbold or Ratbold and the word (h) riot (reed grass). It therefore has the meaning of Ried des Hrotbold / Ratbold .

In the 13th century the rulership of Ruppoldsried came to the Johanniterkomturei in Münchenbuchsee. Since 1406, sovereignty over the area near Bern was incumbent. After the Kommende was secularized in 1528, Ruppoldsried was assigned to the Landvogtei Münchenbuchsee in the Zollikofen district court . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to the Zollikofen district during the Helvetic Republic and from 1803 to the Fraubrunnen Oberamt, which received the status of an official district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831.

Until December 31, 2012, Ruppoldsried was an independent municipality .

The former name Ruplisried is not to be confused with Rüplisried , a district of Mühleberg .

Attractions

In the old town center, numerous characteristic farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries in the Bernese country style have been preserved. Ruppoldsried does not have its own church; it belongs to the Solothurn parish of Messen.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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