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The Old City (German: Altstadt) is the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland. Built on a narrow hill bordered on three sides by the river Aare , its compact layout has remained essentially unchanged since its construction during the twelfth to the fifteenth century.
Bern invaded and conquered Aargau in 1415 and Vaud in 1536, as well as other smaller territories, thereby becoming the largest city-state north of the Alps, by the 18th century comprising most of what is today the canton of Bern and the canton of Vaud. The expansionist policy of the city of Bern led them into the Bernese Oberland. Through ...
The Bärenplatz (Bear Plaza) is a plaza in the Old City of Bern, the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland. It is part of the Innere Neustadt which was built during the second expansion from 1255 to 1260. It is located north of Bundesplatz, west of Käfigturm and south of Waisenhausplatz.
1983 - Old City of Bern designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site. [1] 1984 - Regional Transport Bern-Solothurn established. 1990 - March: Demonstration against federal government keeping secret files on citizens. [20] 1993 - Klaus Baumgartner becomes mayor. 1995 Jewish religious community of Bern recognised under public law. [5]
Bern in 1638 with its three medieval guard towers, from left to right: Christoffelturm, Käfigturm, Zytglogge. (See full map) When it was built around 1218–1220, [3] the Zytglogge served as the gate tower of Bern's western fortifications. These were erected after the city's first westward expansion following its de facto independence from the ...
The Viertel and Quartiere of the old city. (click to enlarge) The Zähringerstadt is a historic section in the Old City of Bern in Bern, Switzerland. The first expansion of Bern occurred as the city was founded in 1191. This central and oldest neighbourhood was known as the Zähringerstadt (Zähringer town) after the founder, Duke Berthold V of ...
The Bubenbergplatz (Bubenberg Plaza, named after Adrian von Bubenberg) is a plaza in the Old City of Bern, the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland. It is part of the area outside the third city walls. It is located south-west of Bahnhofplatz and is part of the UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site that encompasses the Old City.
The north-east wall, that faced the moat, was originally part of the city wall. In the basement it is 2.2 m (7.2 ft) thick. The ground floor wall is 1.85 m (6.1 ft) while on the upper story it is only 65 cm (2 ft 2 in) thick. The south-west wall, which faced the city, is between 40 and 50 cm (1 ft 4 in and 1 ft 8 in) thick.