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Gondiswil
Gondiswil (local dialect ''Gumiswil'') is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Gondiswil is first mentioned in the mid-9th century as ''Cundolteswilare''. The only evidence of prehistoric people in Gondiswil are some scattered neolithic items that were found near Staldershaus. During the Middle Ages the major landowners were all local nobles. However, in 841-72 the Perchtgers donated land to the Abbey of St. Gallen. In 1194 the Baron of Langenstein granted some land in Gondiswil to St. Urban's Abbey. Other religious houses also eventually acquired land in or around the village including the Benedictine monastery of St. Johannsen in Erlach in 1236 and the Knights Hospitaller Thunstetten Commandery in 1263. During the Late Middle Ages it was part of the court of Murgeten in Murgenthal and belonged to the Herrschaft of Grünenberg. The entire Herrschaft was partially sold in 1432 and completely sold in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberaargau (administrative District)
The Oberaargau is the region that encompasses the upper watershed of the Aar River in the canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. On the north, lie the Jura Mountains, and on the south the hills leading to the Emmental. Administratively, the Oberaargau forms a district within the ''region'' Emmental-Oberaargau of the canton of Bern. Historically (until 2009), the Oberaargau comprised the two administrative districts of Switzerland, districts of Wangen (district), Wangen and Aarwangen (district), Aarwangen. Geography It lies in the extreme northeast corner of the canton and includes the districts of Aarwangen (district), Aarwangen and Wangen (district), Wangen, and part of the district of Trachselwald (district), Trachselwald. It is surrounded by the cantons of Solothurn (canton), Solothurn, Aargau, and Lucerne (canton), Lucerne. It is connected to the rest of the canton of Bern only in the south, where it borders on the Emmenthal. The Oberaargau lies on the Swiss Plateau b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grossdietwil
Grossdietwil is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History Grossdietwil is first mentioned in 1194 as ''Toutwillare''. Since 1810 it has been known as Grossdietwil. Geography Grossdietwil has an area, , of . Of this area, 72.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22% is forested. The rest of the land, (5.8%) is settled. , 21.99% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 68.82% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.42% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.64% is covered with buildings, 0.1% is industrial, 0.39% is classed as special developments, 0.49% is parks or greenbelts and 2.15% is transportation infrastructure. The municipality is located in the upper Rot valley (''Rottal''). It consists of the village of Grossdietwil, the hamlets of Arpolingen and Kället and the exclave of Eppenwil. Demographics Grossdietwil has a population (as of ) of . , 56 or about 6.7% are n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huttwil
Huttwil is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the Swiss canton of Bern. History Early history Huttwil is first mentioned in the 9th Century as ''Huttiwilare''. The Huttwil area was probably first settled in the 7th or 8th century, though it first appears in historic records in the 9th century. Initially it was part of the Upper Aargau lands of the Adalgoze family, though by the 11th and 12th centuries the Counts of Rheinfelden and Fenis-Neuchâtel owned land and rights in Huttwil. In the 12th century Fenis-Neuchâtel donated their Huttwil lands to Erlach Abbey. The village church is first mentioned in 1093 or 1108 when Agnes von Rheinfelden and her husband Berchtold II von Zähringen donated the patronage rights to the Abbey of Saint Peter in the Black Forest. The remainder of the Rheinfelden rights passed to the Zähringens through Agnes' marriage. When the Zähringen family died out in 1218 the Counts of Kyburg acquired the growing town and su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fischbach, Switzerland
Fischbach is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History Fischbach is first mentioned in as ''Viscebach''. Geography Fischbach has an area, , of . Of this area, 80.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 13.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers). , 13.81% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 76.99% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.73% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 3.11% is covered with buildings, 0.25% is classed as special developments, and 1.99% is transportation infrastructure. The municipality is located in the hill country near the Rot river valley. Demographics Fischbach has a population of 716, of which 68 or about 9.5% are not Swiss citizens. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ufhusen
Ufhusen is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Geography Ufhusen has an area, , of . Of this area, 73.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive land. , 20.65% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 71.35% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 1.71% is covered with buildings, 0.08% is industrial, 2.2% is classed as special developments, 0.16% is parks or greenbelts and 1.47% is transportation infrastructure. Demographics Ufhusen has a population (as of ) of . , 28 or about 3.3% are not Swiss citizens.LUSTAT-Canton Luc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melchnau
Melchnau is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Melchnau celebrated its 900th anniversary in 2000. The earliest written evidence for the town dates from about 1100. Melchnau is first mentioned in 1194 as ''Melchinove''. The Grünenberg-Schnabelburg-Langenstein complex of three ruined castles sit on a hill above the village. The Lords of Langenstein were first mentioned in 1194 when they helped found St. Urban's Abbey. The castle was likely built around that same time. Shortly thereafter, the Barons of Grünenberg inherited the Langenstein lands which they ruled from Grünenberg Castle. Between the 12th and 15th centuries, Grünenberg Castle was a cultural and political center for the nobility that ruled over much of the Oberaargau region. As the family split into separate branches, including the Schnabel von Grünenberg and Grimm von Grünenberg, a third castle was added to the complex. In 1383–84, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reisiswil
Reisiwil is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Reisiswil is first mentioned in 1194 as ''Richolsiswillare''. Reisiswil was part of the lands of the Counts of Langenstein- Grünenberg. Some land in the village was given in the 12th century to St. Urban's Abbey, while the Abbey of St. Gall became a major landholder as well. The St. Gallen properties were managed by the Counts of Grünenberg. With the extinction of the Grünenberg line, Bern inherited the village in 1504. After the 1798 French invasion, it became part of the municipality of Melchnau. It separated to become an independent municipality in 1815. During the 19th century the population grew as people found jobs in straw plaiting and horse hair spinning to supplement the income from agriculture. However, in the 20th century, the population declined as residents emigrated in search of jobs as agriculture became less manpower intensive. In 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madiswil
Madiswil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Oberaargau (administrative district), Oberaargau administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. Since January 1, 2007, Gutenburg, Switzerland, Gutenburg is part of the municipality. On 1 January 2011 Kleindietwil and Leimiswil were merged with the municipality of Madiswil.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 4 April 2011 History 
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Auswil
Auswil is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Auswil is first mentioned around 855-860 as ''Ouvistwilare''. During the High Middle Ages the villages were protected by a fort on the Rohrbachberg. Around 1300, this fort was occupied by a Ministerialis family (unfree knights in the service of the Kyburgs). In 1318 or 1323 this fort was destroyed by Bern. Through a series of gifts between the 9th and 14th centuries, Auswil was gradually given to the Abbey of St. Gall. Under the Abbey, Auswil was part of the municipality of Rohrbach. It first began to act as an independent municipality in the 19th century. In 1826, Auswil's first school opened, though the community of Rohrbachberg remained part of the Rohrbach school district. Agriculture remains a major part of the local economy with almost half of all jobs in this sector. Geography Auswil has an area of . Of this area, or 82.6% is used for agricultural p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bailiwick
A bailiwick () is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and once also applied to territories in which a privately appointed bailiff exercised the sheriff's functions under a royal or imperial writ. The bailiwick is probably modelled on the administrative organization which was attempted for a very small time in Sicily and has its roots in the official state of the Hohenstaufen. In English, the original French ''bailie'' combined with '-wic', the Anglo-Saxon suffix (meaning a village) to produce a term meaning literally 'bailiff's village'—the original geographic scope of a bailiwick. In the 19th century, it was absorbed into American English as a metaphor for a sphere of knowledge or activity. The term survives in administrative usage in the British Crown Dependencies of the Channel Islands, which are grouped for administrative purposes into two bailiwicks — the Bailiwick of Jersey (comprising the island of Jersey and uninhabited islets such as the Minquiers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erlach Abbey
Erlach Abbey or St. Johannsen Abbey (german: Kloster Erlach, otherwise ''Abtei St. Johannsen'') was a Benedictine monastery in Gals, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. It was founded between 1093 and 1103 by Kuno, Count of Fenis and Bishop of Lausanne, on land that was then an island in the river Thielle. After Kuno's death, the abbey church was completed by his brother, Burchard, bishop of Basel. The new monastery was settled by monks from Saint Blaise Abbey. The ''Vogtei'', initially the property of the Counts of Fenis, passed from them to the Counts of Neuchâtel-Nidau, and from them at the end of the 14th century to the city of Bern, which in took over the domain of Erlach in 1474, definitively acquiring it in 1476. The abbey was secularised between 1528 and 1529. The nave of the abbey church was demolished, but the choir and transept remained to be used for grain storage. These structures were demolished in 1961 after they had become unsafe, but the choir was rebuilt between 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High, Middle And Low Justice
High, middle and low justices are notions dating from Western feudalism to indicate descending degrees of judicial power to administer justice by the maximal punishment the holders could inflict upon their subjects and other dependents. Low justice regards the level of day-to-day civil actions, including voluntary justice, minor pleas, and petty offences generally settled by fines or light corporal punishment. It was held by many lesser authorities, including many lords of the manor, who sat in justice over the serfs, unfree tenants, and freeholders on their land. Middle justice would involve full civil and criminal jurisdiction, except for capital crimes, and notably excluding the right to pass the death penalty, torture and severe corporal punishment, which was reserved to authorities holding high justice, or the ''ius gladii'' ("right of the sword"). Pyramid of feudal justice Although the terms ''high'' and ''low'' suggest a strict subordination, this was not quite the ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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