Wax thorn

Wax thorn
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Tuna
BFS no. :	0946
Postal code :	3618
Coordinates :	621 854  /  185245 coordinates: 46 ° 49 '5 "  N , 7 ° 43' 30"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred twenty-one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four  /  185245
Height :	990  m above sea level M.
Height range :	881–1034 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.51  km²
Residents:	235 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	67 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.wachseldorn.ch
Wax thorn with place name sign
Location of the municipality

Wachseldorn is a municipality in the Thun administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

Dorf bus stop

The place is northeast of Steffisburg on the eastern foothills of the Buchholterberg. The two largest settlements are Wachseldorn-Dorf ( 992  m above sea level ) in the western and south ( 905  m above sea level ) in the eastern part of the municipality. There are also a number of groups of houses and individual farmsteads. The most important streams are the Rohr and the Weidbächli, which both drain to the south and flow into the Rotach. In the northwest you can find the Wachseldornmoos , a moor of national importance. In spite of its name, however, it is almost entirely on the parish grounds of Buchholterberg . Just north of Wachseldorn-Dorf rises the Wachseldornhubel, which is 1034  m above sea level. M. is the highest point in the municipality. In the middle of the municipality there are large forest areas from north to south. Of the entire municipal area of ​​351 hectares, 71.2% is used for agriculture. A further 23.7% of the municipality's land is covered by forest and wood and only 5.1% is settlement area.

Wachseldorn borders on Buchholterberg to the west, Röthenbach in the Emmental to the north and east and Oberlangenegg to the south .

population

languages

The population speaks a high Alemannic dialect in everyday life , which is one of the dialects of Bern German . In the last census in 2000, all residents gave German as their main language.

Religions - denominations

In earlier times the entire population belonged to the Evangelical Reformed Church. This has changed as a result of leaving the church and immigration from other regions in Switzerland and abroad. Today (as of 2000) 90.04% are Evangelical Reformed, 3.20% Roman Catholic and 0.36% Free Church Christians. There are also 2.85% without religious affiliation. 3.56% of the residents did not provide any information about their creed.

Origin - nationality

At the beginning of 2005, 265 (= 99.62%) of the 266 inhabitants were Swiss citizens. In the last census it was even 100%.

politics

The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the 2015 National Council election were: SVP 72.9%, BDP 8.3%, EPP 5.6%, EDU 5.1%, GPS 3.7%, SP 1.8%, Alpine Parliament 1.2 %, SD 1.0%, glp 0.1%, FDP 0.0%, CVP 0.0%.

traffic

The place is connected to the public transport network by bus line 42 (Thun-Süderen- Heimenschwand ) operated by STI .

The district of Süderen is located on Schallenbergstrasse from Steffisburg to Entlebuch. The district Wachseldorn-Dorf, on the other hand, is on the road Süderen-Bleiken-Oberdiessbach resp. Süderen-Fahrni-Steffisburg. The next motorway connections are Thun-Nord and Kiesen on the A6 .

Personalities

• Johannes Itten (1888–1967), painter and art teacher, born in Süderen-Linden
• Michael Schüppach (1707–1781), "miracle doctor", spent two years as an apprentice with the surgeon Daniel Fuhrer in Wachseldorn from around 1725

See also

• List of cultural assets in Wachseldorn

Web links

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

• Wachseldorn parish
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Wax thorn. 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 Wachseldorn. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 18, 2015, accessed on October 30, 2016 .