Barns

Barns
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Bern-Mittelland
Residential municipality :	Jegenstorf
Postal code :	3305
former BFS no. :	0550
Coordinates :	601391  /  213035 coordinates: 47 ° 4 '6 "  N , 7 ° 27' 25"  O ; CH1903:  601391  /  213035
Height :	575  m above sea level M.
Area :	2.2  km²
Residents:	70 (December 31, 2007)
Population density :	32 inhabitants per km²
Barns captured from a balloon on April 16, 2011
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2014

Scheunen was a political municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . On January 1, 2014, Scheunen merged with the former municipality of Münchringen to form the municipality of Jegenstorf .

geography

Barn is at 575  m above sea level. M. , 13 kilometers north of the canton capital Bern (beeline). The small village extends a scenic location on a slightly inclined to the north slope in the center of Rapperswil plateau in the Swiss Plateau .

The area of ​​the 2.2 km² former municipal area covers a section of the gently undulating landscape of the central Bernese plateau. From southwest to northeast, the area is crossed by the densely forested valley of the Mülchibach (right tributary of the Limpach ), which in the lower part is also called the Länggengraben . On the western side of this valley basin, the municipal ban extends into the Junkholz (up to 570  m above sea level ) and into the headwaters of the Messibach . To the southeast, the municipality extends to the level of barns, in the Steinerenwald and to the edge of the Mannenbuechwald , where at 585  m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. In 1997, 4% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 52% for forests and trees and 44% for agriculture.

The scattered settlement Scheunen consists of six farm groups and a few individual farms. Until December 31, 2013 , neighboring communities of Scheunen were Etzelkofen , Iffwil , Bangerten and Rapperswil (BE) in the canton of Bern and Messen in the canton of Solothurn .

population

With 70 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2007) Scheunen was one of the smallest communities in the Canton of Bern. In the course of the census survey in 2000, all of the residents stated German as their mother tongue. The population of barns was 118 in 1850 and 96 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century the population decreased continuously by a further 40% to 57 people. Only since 2000 has a slight increase in population been recorded.

politics

The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the 2011 National Council elections were: SVP 80.7%, BDP 13.6%, GPS 2.1%, CVP 1.2%, glp 1.0%, EDU 0.2%, SP 0.1 %, EVP 0.1%, FDP 0.0%.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Scheunen was a village dominated by agriculture . Even today, agriculture and dairy farming as well as forestry have an important place in the income structure of the population. Outside the primary sector there are only a few jobs in the village. Some workers are commuters who mainly work in the larger towns in the area.

traffic

Scheunen is far away from the larger thoroughfares, but is easily accessible from Münchenbuchsee or Jegenstorf . The place has no connection to the public transport network.

history

The first documentary mention of the place took place in 1226 under the name Schunon . The names Scunon (1239), Schünon (1240), Schunnon (1387) and Schünen (1531) appeared later . The place name goes back to the Middle High German word schiune (barn).

Since the Middle Ages barns were under the sovereignty of the Counts of Kyburg . 1406 came the sovereignty over the area from the Kyburgern to Bern, the barns assigned to the district court Zollikofen . 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 1912 mess barns and Oberscheunen formed two independent political communities. The former belonged to the Solothurn parish of Messen, while the latter was parish after Jegenstorf. At the beginning of 1912, the two small parishes merged to form the new parish Scheunen , whereby the previous affiliation to different parishes has been preserved to this day.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Jegenstorf

Web links

Commons : barns  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Anne-Marie Dubler : barns. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.wahlarchiv.sites.be.ch/wahlen2011/target/NAWAInternetAction.do@method=read&sprache=d&typ=21&gem=550.html accessed on July 11, 2012