Seehof BE
BE is the abbreviation for the canton of Bern in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Seehof . |
Seehof | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Bern (BE) |
Administrative district : | Bernese Jura |
BFS no. : | 0709 |
Postal code : | 2747 |
Coordinates : | 605 903 / 239566 |
Height : | 752 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 662–1194 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 8.42 km² |
Residents: | 58 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 7 inhabitants per km² |
Location of the municipality | |
Seehof is a political municipality in the Bernese Jura administrative district in the Swiss canton of Bern . The community used to have the French name Elay .
geography
Seehof is located at 752 m above sea level. M. , 11 km east-northeast of the village of Moutier (linear distance). The scattered settlement is located in the narrow valley of the Gabiare stream , in the area of the Kettenjura .
The area of the 8.4 km² municipal area includes the headwaters of the Gabiare stream, which drains Seehof to Scheltenbach ( French La Scheulte ). The Gabiare forms a tiny lake in the valley, which gave the place its name. In the north, the area extends to the southern slope of the Schönenberg (up to 1094 m above sea level ), and in a narrow corner to the northeast over the Hüsligraben to the western slope of the Stierenberg (up to 1140 m above sea level ). The southern border runs along the Jura ridge , which separates the Gabiare valley from that of the Dünne ridge. The highest point of Seehof is reached here on the Cholberg ( 1196 m above sea level ), to the southwest of it lie the Brandberg ( 1182 m above sea level ) and the Harzer ( 1144 m above sea level ). Two deep erosion valleys are dug into the northern flank of this chain, the Rohrgraben and the Bächlengraben . In the far west, the municipality extends to the slope of Mont Raimeux . In 1997, 3% of the municipal area was in settlements, 64% in forests and woodlands, 32% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.
The municipality of Seehof consists of the hamlets of Bächlen ( 720 m above sea level ) at the pass crossing into the Grand Val to Moutier, Karlisberg ( 752 m above sea level ) and Stägen ( 817 m above sea level ) each in the valley floor of the Gabiare, furthermore include numerous individual farms. Neighboring communities of Seehof are Corcelles in the canton of Bern, Vermes in the canton of Jura and Aedermannsdorf , Herbetswil , Welschenrohr and Gänsbrunnen in the canton of Solothurn .
population
With 58 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Seehof is one of the smallest communities in the Bernese Jura . 91.1% of the residents are German-speaking and 8.9% French-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Seehof was 202 inhabitants in 1850, in 1900 only 126 inhabitants. Since then, the population has always fluctuated between 70 and 140 people.
year | 1850 | 1880 | 1888 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1941 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 |
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Residents | 202 | 141 | 136 | 126 | 125 | 113 | 140 | 137 | 99 | 105 | 86 | 71 | 73 | 79 | 69 |
politics
The voting shares of the parties at the 2015 National Council election were: SVP 59.1%, EDU 16.6%, GPS 10.5%, BDP 6.0%, EVP 5.8%, SP 2.0%, FDP 0.0 %, CVP 0.0%, glp 0.0%.
economy
Seehof lives from agriculture , with dairy farming and cattle breeding predominating. Outside of the primary sector there are hardly any jobs in the village.
traffic
The community is one of the most remote places in the northern Jura. Seehof can be reached by a spur road that branches off the narrow cantonal road between Corcelles and Vermes . Some farms (Gross- and Klein-Probstenberg), however, can be reached via a road from Welschenrohr . Seehof is not connected to the public transport network, about 6 kilometers away in Corcelles is the nearest train station along the Solothurn – Moutier railway line .
history
Until the end of the 18th century, Seehof was under the Moutier-Grandval provost's office . From 1797 to 1815 Seehof belonged to France and was initially part of the Mont-Terrible department , which was connected to the Haut-Rhin department in 1800 . As a result of the decision of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the place came to the canton of Bern , which assigned it to the Moutier district . The German variant of the place name has been used officially since 1913.
Web links
- François Wisard: Seehof. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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
- ↑ Results of the Seehof community. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 18, 2015, accessed on April 19, 2016 .