Zielebach

Zielebach
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Emmental
BFS no. :	0556
Postal code :	4564
Coordinates :	610 448  /  223081 coordinates: 47 ° 9 '31 "  N , 7 ° 34' 35"  O ; CH1903:  610,448  /  223081
Height :	460  m above sea level M.
Height range :	451–468 m above sea level M.
Area :	1.91  km²
Residents:	321 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	172 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.zielebach.ch
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Zielebach lies at 460  m above sea level. M. , 6 km south-southeast of the city of Solothurn (linear distance). The village extends in the flat alluvial plain of the Emme , east of the canalised river course, in the Swiss Plateau .

The area of ​​the municipal area of ​​1.9 km² covers a completely flat section of the Bernese Mittelland. The western boundary of the municipality forms the Emme, which canalised and straightened here along the eastern foot of the Altisberg , an extension of the Molasse heights of the Bucheggberg . From the Emme the municipality extends eastward over the groundwater-rich plain with the forest areas of the Schachen and the high forest to the clearing of Zielebach. In the Obergerlafingenwald in the extreme southeast of the area is 467  m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Zielebach. In 1997, 7% of the municipal area was in settlements, 49% in forests and woodlands, 42% in agriculture and a little more than 2% was unproductive land.

Neighboring communities of Zielebach are Utzenstorf , Wiler bei Utzenstorf and Bätterkinden in the canton of Bern and Biberist , Gerlafingen and Obergerlafingen in the canton of Solothurn .

population

With 321 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Zielebach is one of the small communities in the canton of Bern. 98.2% of the residents speak German, 1.2% speak Italian and 0.3% speak Polish (as of 2000). The population of Zielebach was 180 inhabitants in 1850 and 217 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century, the population has always fluctuated between 200 and 250 people. Since 1980 (217 inhabitants) there has been a significant increase in population. The settlement area of ​​Zielebach has grown together seamlessly with that of Obergerlafingen.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2019 National Council election were: SVP 55.0%, SP 11.0%, BDP 11.7%, FDP 7.8%, GPS 7.7%, glp 1.8%, EVP 0.4 %, Pirates 1.8%, CVP 0.3%, DU 1.3%.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Zielebach was a village dominated by agriculture . Even today, agriculture , animal husbandry and forestry have an important place in the income structure of the local people. A few other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in a transport company. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Most of the employed are therefore commuters who work mainly in the larger towns in the area and in the Solothurn agglomeration .

traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares, but is easily accessible from Gerlafingen. The nearest connection to the A1 motorway (Bern-Zurich) is around 4 km from the town center. Since December 2008, Zielebach has had two bus stops of its own. One is in the center of the village and the other by the parish hall. The bus line provides the connection to Gerlafingen, Biberist, Solothurn and to Bellach.

history

Aerial photo (1970)

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1274 under the name Zielibach ; from 1319 the spelling Zielebach has been handed down. The place name goes back to the Old High German personal name Ziolo or Cielo and therefore means Bach des Ziolo / Cielo .

In the Middle Ages , Zielebach belonged to the Lords of Grünenberg. Since 1341, the Sankt Urban monastery also had rich property in the village. Shortly after 1400 Zielebach came under Bernese sovereignty, to the rule of Landshut and in the sphere of influence of the Landvogtei Wangen , which exercised the high level of jurisdiction. With the sale of the Landshut rule in 1514, the village came under direct Bern rule and was assigned to the Landshut bailiff.

After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Zielebach belonged to the Burgdorf district during the Helvetic Republic and from 1803 to the Oberamt Fraubrunnen, which received the status of an official district with the new cantonal constitution of 1831. Zielebach does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Utzenstorf.

See also

• List of cultural assets in Zielebach

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Zielebach
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Zielebach. 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 Zielebach. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 20, 2019, accessed on August 3, 2020 .