Vinelz

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Vinelz
Vinelz coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton BernCanton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district : Zealandw
BFS no. : 0502i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 3234
Coordinates : 575107  /  209118 coordinates: 47 ° 1 '57 "  N , 7 ° 6' 40"  O ; CH1903:  575107  /  209118
Height : 460  m above sea level M.
Height range : 429-588 m above sea level M.
Area : 4.56  km²
Residents: 867 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 178 inhabitants per km²
Mayor : Rita Bloch ( independent )
Website: www.vinelz.ch
Location of the municipality
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Vinelz (French: Fenis ) is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

Vinelz is a so-called mixed community . Together with Lüscherz there is an evangelical reformed parish .

geography

Aerial photo, 1958

Vinelz is located in the Grosse Moos , a particularly fertile area with almost black soils in the Bernese Seeland . At the same time, it is on the south bank of Lake Biel . The neighboring communities starting from the north in a clockwise direction are Lüscherz , Brüttelen , Ins and Erlach .

Vinelz should not be confused with the Biel district of Vingelz, which also borders Lake Biel .

politics

The mayor is Rita Bloch (as of 2017).

The voting shares of the parties in the 2019 National Council election were: SVP 29.2%, BDP 11.3%, SP 12.2%, FDP 7.7%, GPS 15.3%, glp 7.2%, EVP 2.0 %, EDU 0.6%, JF 1.2%, CVP 0.8%.

Culture

Club 172 is located on the premises of the former Landi branch.

Attractions

Vinelz Reformed Church

The Romanesque church, which is reformed today, was probably built in the years after 1200 and first mentioned in 1228. After 1300 wall paintings were created that are still well preserved. The oldest bell in the tower is around 400 years old, and two more are over 100 years old.

traffic

Vinelz can be reached by post bus.

Personalities

  • Burkhard von Fenis (* around 1040; † 1107), Bishop of Basel from 1072 until his death, was born in Vinelz.
  • Walter Lüthi (1901–1982), Protestant pastor and preacher, worked here from 1925 to 1931 as a pastor.

literature

  • Andres Moser: The art monuments of the canton of Bern. Landband 2: The Erlach district, the Nidau ​​district. Part 1. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Wiese, Basel 1998, (Art Monuments of Switzerland, Volume 90). ISBN 3-909164-63-3 . Pp. 303-318.

Web links

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

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. ↑ Elections and Votes. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .