Uetendorf

Uetendorf
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Tuna
BFS no. :	0944
Postal code :	3661
UN / LOCODE :	CH UTF
Coordinates :	610033  /  180433 coordinates: 46 ° 46 '30 "  N , 7 ° 34' 12"  O ; CH1903:  610033  /  180433
Height :	554  m above sea level M.
Height range :	542–654 m above sea level M.
Area :	10.17  km²
Residents:	5893 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	579 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Albert Rösti ( SVP )
Website:	www.uetendorf.ch
Location of the municipality

Uetendorf is a municipality in the Thun administrative district in the canton of Bern ( Switzerland ).

Linguistically, the name Uetendorf is formed from the Old High German Uoto and the generic word village . The earlier basic form was Uotindorf (village of Uto).

geography

The community lies at the foot of the moraine wall between the headwaters of the Gürbe and the wide plain of the Aare valley near the city of Thun and is traversed by the Glütschbach .

The following localities and hamlets belong to the municipality: Uetendorf-Allmend , Chandermatte, Gibliz, Uetendorfberg, Buchshalten, Willerüti, Dorf, Berg and Guet.

The neighboring communities are Thun , Thierachern , Steffisburg , Heimberg , Uttigen , Längenbühl , Gurzelen and Seftigen .

history

Uetendorf is mentioned for the first time in 994 when the German King Otto III. (HRR) donated the hamlet to the Selz monastery in Alsace . Until 1798, Uetendorf was little more than a place name and a description for a domain. The village community had hardly any political rights. It was not until the Bern constitution of 1831 that Uetendorf became an independent municipality.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2015 National Council election were:

Political party:	SVP	SP	BDP	EPP	GPS	FDP	glp	EDU	CVP
Share of votes:	50.2%	10.7%	8.8%	7.6%	6.3%	5.1%	4.7%	3.0%	1.6%

The municipal council consists of 7 members. In the 2020–2023 legislature, the municipal council is composed as follows:

Surname	Political party
Albert Rösti , mayor	SVP
Anna-Katharina Zenger, community vice-president	Green
Hannelore Schwarz	SVP
Eva Bichsel	SVP
Daniel sausages	EPP
Marcel Kümin	SVP
Hannes Zaugg-Graf	glp

Town twinning

Uetendorf's partner municipality has been the Czech town of Sušice ( Schüttenhofen ) in western Bohemia since 1994 .

Sports

The futsalers of FC Uetendorf play in the Swiss Futsal Premier League .

Personalities

• Otto Steiger (1909–2005), radio news anchor and writer, born in Uetendorf
• Christian Pfister (* 1944 in Uetendorf), historian
• Christian Iseli (* 1957 in Uetendorf), filmmaker
• Gottardo Gottardi (* 1961), correspondence chess player, lives in Uetendorf
• Hannes Zaugg-Graf (* 1966), politician, councilor, former Mayor of Uetendorf
• Albert Rösti (* 1967), politician (SVP), national councilor, since 2014 mayor of Uetendorf
• Calimeros , hit band founded in Uetendorf in 1976
• Luca Hänni (* 1994), singer, lived in Uetendorf

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Uetendorf

Others

Uetendorf has been the legal seat of the Falkenstein Association since January 1st, 2007 .

Web links

Commons : Uetendorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the community of Uetendorf
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Uetendorf. 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 community of Uetendorf. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 18, 2015, accessed on October 30, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Homepage Uetendorf - partner community , accessed on May 16, 2017