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In 1815, Rudolf Emanuel Effinger, built a dairy and cheese maker's shop on the estate's grounds. This was the first cheese maker in the Canton of Bern. The estate dairy encouraged farmers throughout the Canton to switch to dairy farming during the 19th century and led to the development of the cheese industry in Bern. [3]
There are 335 municipalities in the canton of Bern, Switzerland (as of January 2024). [1] This article is part of a series on the: Politics of Switzerland.
Rüeggisberg village with the Alps visible in the background. Rüeggisberg has an area of 35.81 km 2 (13.83 sq mi). [6] As of 2012, a total of 22.95 km 2 (8.86 sq mi) or 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 10.55 km 2 (4.07 sq mi) or 29.5% is forested.
Emmental District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010. [1] It is part of the Emmental-Oberaargau administrative region. It contains 40 municipalities with an area of 690.45 km 2 (266.58 sq mi) and a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 97,666.
There were 278 or 25.1% who were born in the same canton, while 166 or 15.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 196 or 17.7% were born outside of Switzerland. [ 11 ] As of 2010 [update] , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.5% and seniors (over 64 years ...
After Bern accepted the Protestant Reformation in 1528, the benefice right passed to the city of Bern. Originally, the church was a parish church over a large parish that included Burgdorf, Heimiswil and parts of Hasle. The town church of Burgdorf was originally a filial church of Oberburg, but
After the collapse of Napoleonic France in 1815, the village was assigned to the Canton of Bern and in the following year it became part of the newly created Büren District. In 1833 the old parish was divided into four new political municipalities; Pieterlen, Meinisberg, Reiben (joined Büren an der Aare in 1911) and Romont (joined the ...
Unterseen is a historic town [3] and a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.. Unterseen literally means Lower Lake, which is correct, since Unterseen is located on the flat area on the eastern shore of Lake Thun between the two creek Lombach below the Chienberg to the north and the Aare to the south, which both flow into Lake Thun.