Juicy

This article deals with the political community in the administrative district of Thun. For the mayor of the city of Bern, see Ludwig von Seftigen .

Juicy
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Tuna
BFS no. :	0883
Postal code :	3662
Coordinates :	607 804  /  181758 coordinates: 46 ° 47 '13 "  N , 7 ° 32' 27"  O ; CH1903:  607,804  /  181758
Height :	578  m above sea level M.
Height range :	553–697 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.89  km²
Residents:	2144 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	551 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Urs Indermühle (SVP)
Website:	www.seftigen.ch
Location of the municipality

Seftigen is a municipality in the Thun administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

Seftigen lies at 578  m above sea level. M. , 7.5 km west-northwest of the city of Thun (linear distance). The village extends in a wide basin on the extreme southern edge of the heights of the Belpberg between the valley plains of the Gürbe in the west and the Aare in the east, on the border with the Bernese Oberland .

The area of ​​the municipal area of ​​3.9 km² comprises a section of the wide Aare valley between Bern and Thun. The central part of the community is occupied by a valley furrow, which ensures a relatively flat connection from the central Gürbetal to the Aare valley. This valley separates the mountain (at 696  m above sea level, the highest point of Seftigen) in the north, which geographically belongs to the heights of the Belpberg, from the height of Widerhueb (up to 673  m above sea level ) in the south, which is the Moraine landscape of the Thun West Office is assigned. In the far east, the area extends to the edge of the Limpach valley , which opens up to the Aare.

To the west, the municipality extends into the agriculturally intensively used plain of the middle Gürbe valley, which is here at an altitude of 560  m above sea level. M. lies. The canalized Müsche flows through the plain in the area of ​​Seftigen . In the west, the municipal boundary runs along a dirt road, which is roughly in the middle of the approximately 1.5 km wide valley floor. In 1997, 15% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 16% for forests and woodlands and 68% for agriculture; a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Seftigen includes the Allmend settlement ( 567  m above sea level ) in the middle of the Gürbetal level at Burgistein-Wattenwil train station, as well as various individual farms. Seftigen's neighboring communities are Kirchdorf , Uetendorf , Gurzelen and Burgistein .

history

Individual finds from Roman times prove a very early settlement of the municipality of Seftigen. The first written mention of the place took place in 1244 under the name Seftinges . Later the names Softinges (1254), Sophtigen (1276), Seftingen (1277) and Sofftingun (1295) appeared. The etymology of the place name is in the dark.

In the Middle Ages , Seftigen belonged to the Lords of Burgistein. Later there were several changes of ownership: The village rulership was successively incumbent on the Münzer, von Wattenwyl and von Graffenried families; the upper hospital in Bern also had rights in the village. Under Bern rule, Seftigen became the center of the Seftigen district court from 1388 , which lasted until 1798. The Seftigen district court was one of the four Old Bernese district courts and included the area of ​​today's Seftigen district and the western part of the Thun district. In 1714 numerous houses were affected by a fire.

After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Seftigen belonged to the Seftigen district during the Helvetic Republic and from 1803 to the Seftigen District Office, which received the status of an official district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. However, the official seat was moved from Seftigen to Belp in 1803. In earlier times the village was parish after Kirchdorf. In 1664 it was assigned to the neighboring church of Gurzelen. The church Rödel was destroyed in the fire of the church in Kirchdorf in 1871.

population

With 2144 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Seftigen is one of the medium-sized communities in the canton of Bern. 97.0% of the residents speak German, 0.6% speak Albanian and 0.3% speak Serbo-Croatian (as of 2000). The population of Seftigen was 676 in 1850 and 603 in 1900. The population increased continuously over the course of the 20th century, with high growth rates being recorded especially in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1970, 1,232 people lived in Seftigen.

politics

The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the 2015 National Council election were: SVP 42.8%, SP 14.8%, BDP 13.2%, EVP 6.1%, glp 4.9%, GPS 4.8%, FDP 4.0 %, EDU 3.3%, CVP 3.0%, Alpine Parliament 1.2%. Urs Indermühle (SVP) has been mayor since 2015.

economy

Until the middle of the 20th century, Seftigen was a village dominated by agriculture . Even today, arable farming as well as dairy farming and cattle breeding play a certain role in the income structure of the population. Numerous other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. Several horticultural companies (including a mushroom grower), a computer and peripheral equipment wholesaler, a pharmaceutical and building materials wholesaler as well as metal construction, electrical engineering and mechanical workshops are all represented in Seftigen. Altogether there are over 50 companies based in Seftigen. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many employees are therefore commuters who work mainly in the Thun area, and sometimes also in the Bern agglomeration.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of traffic. It lies on the main road from Thun to Schwarzenburg or through the Gürbetal to Bern . The closest connection to the A6 motorway (Bern-Thun) is around 6 km from the town center. On August 14, 1901, the Gürbetalbahn from Bern to the Burgistein-Wattenwil station (half of it in the Seftigen municipality) was put into operation. Around a year later, on November 1, 1902, the continuation to Thun opened with the Seftigen train station in the center of the village.

Community partnerships

• Kovářov , Czech Republic, since 1992

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Seftigen

The most famous monument in Seftigen is the Chefeli, which used to be a real prison tower. Various characteristic houses from the 17th to 19th centuries in the Bernese style have also been preserved in the old town center. The oldest farmhouse dates from 1680. Seftigen does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Gurzelen.

Web links

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

• Official website of the Seftigen municipality
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Seftigen (community). 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 Seftigen community. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 18, 2015, accessed on October 30, 2016 . 
3. ↑ http://www.kovarov.cz/detail.php?ID=161