Trubschachen

Trubschachen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Emmental
BFS no. :	0909
Postal code :	3555
UN / LOCODE :	CH TSA
Coordinates :	631 031  /  196.81 thousand coordinates: 46 ° 55 '18 "  N , 7 ° 50' 46"  O ; CH1903:  631031  /  196 810
Height :	731  m above sea level M.
Height range :	705–1251 m above sea level M.
Area :	15.65  km²
Residents:	1450 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	93 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Beat Fuhrer ( glp )
Website:	www.trubschachen.ch
Trubschachen
Location of the municipality

Trubschachen is a municipality in the Emmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

history

Aerial photo (1950)

Around 1130, when the Trub Monastery was founded, Trubschachen (von Schachen in the sense of shrub forest along lakes and rivers, later also for grassland in such locations), together with Marbach, Schangnau and Escholzmatt, belonged to the monastery district of the Trub Benedictine Abbey. Until 1867 the community was officially called Lauperswil Viertel . In 1852 Trubschachen was confirmed in its autonomy by the Bernese municipal law and on January 1, 1868 the name was changed from Lauperswilviertel to Trubschachen.

On August 7, 1946, a Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun of the Swiss Army crashed not far from the train station. The plane flew into a cable of a material ropeway. Both pilots were killed.

geography

Trubschachen is located south-west of the Napfbergland on the upper reaches of the Ilfis at the confluence of the Ilfis and Trueb at an altitude of 731  m above sea level. M. at the transition from Emmental to Entlebuch . Neighboring communities are Eggiwil , Langnau im Emmental and Trub .

politics

The executive branch of the municipality is the seven-member municipal council . The council is the mayor before, at the time Beat Fuhrer ( glp , Booth 2016).

The voting shares of the parties in the 2019 National Council election were: SVP 45.1%, BDP 18.5%, SP 6.4%, GPS 11.9%, EDU 4.4%, FDP 3.7%, EVP 3.0 %, glp 3.8%, CVP 0.6%.

economy

Trubschachen is internationally known for the Kambly biscuit factory and the Jakob rope factory .

traffic

Trubschachen is on the Lucerne – Bern railway line and Hauptstrasse 10 runs through the town, further east to Entlebuch and Lucerne. West to the French border at Les Verrières .

From 2015 to 2017 Trubschachen was one of the first villages in the country to switch all street lighting to intelligent LED lamps. The first 30 km / h zone was implemented in the village in 2019 .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Trubschachen

In Trubschachen there has been, since 1997, The Traveler , a woman statue by the Chur sculptor Robert Indermaur (* 1947) at the train station . A similar sculpture can also be found at Thusis train station . The allegedly oldest bear is in Trubschachen, the Gasthof zum Bären is first mentioned in a document in 1356.

photos

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  village street

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  Restaurant bears

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  church

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  Local museum

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  Kambly biscuit factory

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  Old wooden bridge over the trub

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  Gasthof Bären in Trubschachen

Partner municipality

• Strmilov , Czech Republic
• Midway ( Utah ), United States

Personalities

• Peter Wingeier (1828–1898), founder of the Argentine city of Romang
• Karl Stauffer-Bern (1857–1891), painter, etcher and sculptor, born in Trubschachen
• Ernst Bärtschi (1882–1976), Mayor of Bern , born in Trubschachen
• Helene von Lerber (1896–1963), writer, born in Trubschachen
• Michel Seiler (* 1949), Mayor and Grand Councilor (Greens)

Web links

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

• Official website of the community of Trubschachen
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Trubschachen. 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. ↑ Alfred Helfenstein: The Namengut Pilate territory. Keller, Luzern 1982, ISBN 3-85766-004-X , p. 50.
3. ↑ plane crash
4. ↑ Results of the community of Trubschachen. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 20, 2019, accessed on August 3, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Cedric Fröhlich: Energy Law: The urban-rural rift was already deeper. In: bernerzeitung.ch . February 11, 2019, accessed December 31, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Martina Koch: LED street lighting - smart light in Trubschachen. In: srf.ch . December 7, 2017, accessed December 31, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Trubschachen municipality: Street lighting: 100% converted, 90% saved. In: trubschachen.ch. Accessed December 31, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Tempo 30 is implemented. In: wochen-zeitung.ch . September 12, 2019, accessed September 22, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Die Reisen ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.