Tagertschi

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Bern (BE)

Administrative district :

Bern-Mittelland

Residential municipality :

Münsingen

Postal code :

3111

former BFS no. :

0625

Coordinates :

611 010 / 191459 coordinates: 46 ° 52 '27 " N , 7 ° 34' 59" O ; CH1903: 611.01 thousand / 191459

Height :

604 m above sea level M.

Area :

3.6 km²

Residents:

386 (December 31, 2015)

Population density :

107 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.muensingen.ch

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2017

Tägertschi was a political municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district of the canton of Bern in Switzerland until December 31, 2016 . On January 1, 2017 , it merged with Münsingen .

geography

Tägertschi lies at 604 m above sea level. M. , two kilometers east of Münsingen and 13 kilometers southeast of the canton capital of Bern (as the crow flies). The street village extends in a wide valley basin , which is drained by the Grabenbach to the Aare , on the slope above Münsingen.

The area of the 3.6 km², former municipal area comprises a section of the hill country east of the Aare valley between Bern and Thun . The main part of the municipality is occupied by a basin up to 1 km wide and 2 km long, which opens to the west. The valley basin is drained from the Grabenbach through the Mülital, a small erosion valley , to the Aareniederung. In the north, the community ban extends to the slopes of the Hürnberg and into the valley of the Schwandbach . To the south, the municipality extends over the slopes gently sloping towards the Aare valley to the forests of Tschuepis , Rütiholz ( 685 m above sea level ) and Lochenberg , on which 750 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Tägertschi is reached. In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 14% for forests and woodlands and 80% for agriculture.

The hamlet Ämligen ( 625 m above sea level ) in the valley basin at the southern foot of the Hürnberg as well as some individual farms belonged to the municipality of Tägertschi . Neighboring communities of Tägertschi were Konolfingen , Häutligen , Wichtrach and Münsingen .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1273 under the name Tegersche . Later the names Tegerschi (1380), Tägertsche (1530) and Tägertschi (1531) appeared. The place name originally meant for the large ash tree ; the first part of the name «Teger-» can also be found in the place names Degerloch and (presumably) Tegernsee .

Tägertschi has been under the rule of Münsingen since the Middle Ages and shared their fate. The sovereignty over the area initially belonged to the Counts of Kyburg and from 1406 was in the hands of the city of Bern, which assigned the village to the Konolfingen district court. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Tägertschi belonged to the Höchstetten district during the Helvetic period and from 1803 to the Konolfingen Oberamt, which received the status of an official district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. The area was changed in 1923 when the hamlet of Ämligen was separated from the then municipality of Stalden in the Emmental and Tägertschi was incorporated. The village does not have its own church, it belongs to the Münsingen parish.

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population

With 403 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2016), Tägertschi was one of the small communities in the canton of Bern. 98.5% of the residents speak German, 0.6% speak English and 0.6% speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Tägertschi was 307 inhabitants in 1850, and 336 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century, the population always fluctuated between 290 and 350 people. Since 1970 (288 inhabitants) there has been a slight increase in population.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2015 National Council elections were: SVP 42.0%, BDP 16.2%, SP 9.6%, GPS 4.2%, EDU 6.7%, glp 7.0%, EVP 5.6 %, FDP 5.2%, pirates 0.9%, Alpine parliament 0.7%, CVP 0.7%.

economy

Tägertschi was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . The hydropower of the Grabenbach was used early on for the operation of mills and sawmills. Agriculture , dairy farming and cattle breeding still play an important role in the income structure of the population today . Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. Blacksmiths, locksmiths and joineries are represented in Tägertschi today. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many employees are therefore commuters who work mainly in the larger towns in the area and in the agglomeration of Bern.

traffic

Tägertschi has good transport links. It is located on the main road from Münsingen via Konolfingen to Langnau im Emmental . The closest connection to the A6 motorway (Bern – Thun) is around 5 km from the town center. On June 1, 1864, the Gümligen-Langnau section in the Emmental of the Bern-Lucerne railway line with a train station at Tägertschi went into operation. A bus line, which serves the route from Belp via Münsingen to Konolfingen, provides for the fine distribution in public transport .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Elections 2015: Results of the municipality of Tägertschi. Canton of Bern, accessed on March 21, 2016

[1] Elections 2015: Results of the municipality of Tägertschi. Canton of Bern, accessed on March 21, 2016