Wabern near Bern
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Bern (BE) |
Administrative district : | Bern-Mittelland |
Residential municipality : | Koeniz |
Postal code : | 3084 |
Coordinates : | 600743 / 197511 |
Height : | 555 m above sea level M. |
Residents: | 7997 (2019) |
Website: | www.wabern.ch |
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Wabern is a part of the municipality of Köniz near Bern .
geography
Wabern borders directly on the city of Bern and can be reached from Bern train station in around ten minutes by tram . The place is at the foot of the Gurten , Bern's local mountain . At the valley station of Gurtenbahn the former is brewery building of belts beer . From the mountain you have a magnificent overview of the Alps and the city of Bern. The river Aare and the Eichholz campsite are also popular as a local recreation area .
Culture
In the middle of Wabern is the Bernau culture and neighborhood center . The Villa Bernau dates from the time when the Bernese patricians liked to spend the summer months on their campaigns . In 1890 the chemist Georg Wander , founder of the company Wander AG ( Ovaltine ), bought the house for himself and his family. As a result, Wander made outstanding contributions to the development of Wabern as an entrepreneur and as a private individual. In 1979/80 the Villa Bernau threatened to have to give way to a shopping center. However, the project met with widespread rejection from the Waber population. Thanks to the commitment of some Waberer, the property was spared demolition and instead included in the inventory of protected buildings. The municipality of Köniz subsequently supported efforts to publicly use the property. Today the Bernau is administered by a sponsoring association. The aim of the association is to take up and support socio-cultural ideas, projects and needs of the people of Waber, to create space for them and to help them to become reality. The villa offers a wide range of courses and cultural events, there is a bistro on the ground floor and the premises can be rented for private parties.
At the foot of the local mountain, Gurten, there is also the inclusive culture and gastro eatery, Hehre Fahne - the idealist box . Culture, theater and gastronomy come together here in a social context and are intended to enrich one another. The inclusive character of the place is characterized by the cooperation and openness of projects for people with and without disabilities, people with a migration background, children and adolescents, people with psychological challenges, as well as people who are in socially difficult or dependent situations.
Every summer on the Gurten, Switzerland's famous Gurtenfestival place (over four days), with around 80,000 visitors.
Churches
The reformed parish of Wabern has had its own church since 1948 . It was built by the local architect Ernst Balmer. The Catholic parish built the Church of St. Michael on Gossetstrasse in Wabern in 1959.
mail department
In 1855 the first post office was built in Wabern and in 1890 it became a post office. The post office developed, as a result of which more postman positions were filled, new routes were supplied and the traffic and space conditions increased more and more. In 1987, the post office was able to put the premises on Seftigenstrasse into operation.
Federal agencies
Wabern is the seat of the Swiss Federal Office for Topography , the Federal Office for Metrology and the State Secretariat for Migration .
Personalities
- Jean Gebser (1905–1973), cultural philosopher, died and buried in Wabern
- Mani Matter (1936–1972), member of the Bern Troubadours , lived in Wabern. Many of his dialect chansons are now part of the general songs in German-speaking Switzerland, such as Bim Coiffeur or Hemmige
- Norbert Hochreutener (* 1946), politician, journalist and book author, lives in Wabern
- Tanja Bauer (* 1983), Councilor (SP)
- Benjamin Lüthi (* 1988), soccer player ( FC Thun and Grasshopper Club Zurich ), grew up in Wabern
Attractions
- Oak wood
- Gird
- Noble house
- Villa Morillon
literature
- Frieda Hurni: From Wabern's Past , Wabern (Bern) 1980.
Web links
- Wabern on the official website of the municipality of Köniz
- The portal for Wabern
- Anne-Marie Dubler: Wabern near Bern. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Facts & Figures. Municipality of Köniz, accessed on January 24, 2020 .
- ↑ A cheerful flag, Dorfstrasse 22/24, 3084 Wabern: Website. Retrieved November 21, 2017 .
- ↑ PTT archive: Post-199 A 0003 Post office chronicle KPD Bern, 1849-1997 (series). Retrieved April 25, 2017 .