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Wiedlisbach
Wiedlisbach is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. In 1974, the Wakker Prize was bestowed on Wiedlisbach for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage. History In the mid 13th century Count Ludwig the Elder von Frohburg built the fortified village of Wiedlisbach to collect tolls and host markets along the road to Zofingen. The village was built as rectangle with a large central market plaza astride the east-west running road. A combination tower house and defensive tower, known as the ''Städtliturm'', was built in the north-west corner, and likely served as a residence of the count's local representative. The village wall, up to tall and thick, had two gates, the Biel gate to the west and the Basel gate to the east. The village was first mentioned in 1275 as oppidum or municipium ''Wietilspach''. [...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] |
Attiswil
Attiswil is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Attiswil is first mentioned in 1364 as ''Attenswile''. The region around the Aare river was inhabited at least as early as the mesolithic. The remains of mesolithic, Bronze Age and La Tène settlements have been discovered in the municipality. A number of farms and villages existed in the area during the Roman era, along with a menhir or standing stone that may predate the Romans. During the Middle Ages the village was part of the ''Herrschaft'' of Bipp. In 1413 the cities of Solothurn and Bern acquired the entire ''Herrschaft'' which they jointly administered. In 1463 Bern fully acquired the ''Herrschaft'' and the Attiswil village became part of the court of Wiedlisbach in the Bipp District. Religiously it was part of the Flumenthal parish in the Canton of Solothurn. However, in 1528, Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation and requir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wangen An Der Aare
Wangen an der Aare is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. This small town lies between Olten and Solothurn in rural surroundings on the Aare, a major river of the west-central lowland region of Switzerland, the ''Mittelland''. An ancient wooden covered bridge crosses the Aare at this point. Wangen an der Aare was the administrative centre of the former district of the same name. Transport links Wangen is situated on the Biel/Bienne - Olten railway line and close to the A1 motorway. History Wang(en) means an area at the foot of a slope; in this case the slope in question is almost certainly that of the nearby Jura mountain range. Wangen's coat of arms shows crossed St Peter's keys in blue on a white ground. The nobles (or ''Vögte'') who held the lordship of Wangen adopted this symbol which had been the badge of the Upper Aargau estates of the Abbey of Saint Peter in the Black Forest. The earliest document to be seale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bipp Castle
Bipp Castle is a partially ruined castle in the municipality of Oberbipp of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. History During the 12th century the Bishop of Basel granted the Buchsgau region, which included the village of Oberbipp, to the Count of Froburg to hold as a fief. By 1268 Bipp Castle is first mentioned in a document. During the 13th century the counts of Froburg appear to have gradually lost most of their holdings in the Buchsgau until only the villages of Bipp, Wiedlisbach and Erlinsburg remained. At some point in the following years the Froburgs also lost ownership of Bipp Castle, though whether it was sold or captured is not clear. In 1297 Count Rudolf of Neuchâtel-Nidau granted the castle to one of his Ministerialis knights. Then, in 1313 Rudolf's son, also a Rudolf, granted the castle and the right to collect tolls on the bridge to Aarwangen. In 1362 Count Rudolf of Nidau became the Lord of Froburg along with his other titles. However, when he died childle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakker Prize
The Wakker Prize (German: ''Wakkerpreis'', French: ''Prix Wakker'', Italian: ''Premio Wakker'') is awarded annually by the Swiss Heritage Society to a Municipality of Switzerland for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage. At the beginning, the prize honoured municipalities which did special needs for preservation of the old towns. Recently, the prize also honours municipalities that develop their townscapes on a specific leading point. This might be an estimated use of an old industrial facility or a successful combination between old and new basic structure of a building. In 2005, the prize was given to the Swiss Federal Railways Swiss Federal Railways (german: link=no, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, ''SBB''; french: link=no, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, ''CFF''; it, Ferrovie federali svizzere, ''FFS'') is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usuall ..., rather than a municipality, because of the jubilee of the Swiss Heritage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Peasant War Of 1653
The Swiss peasant war of 1653 () was a popular revolt in the Old Swiss Confederacy at the time of the Ancien Régime. A devaluation of Bernese money caused a tax revolt that spread from the Entlebuch valley in the Canton of Lucerne to the Emmental valley in the Canton of Bern and then to the cantons of Solothurn and Basel and also to the Aargau. The population of the countryside demanded fiscal relief from their ruling authorities, the city councils of these cantons' capitals. When their demands were dismissed by the cities, the peasants organized themselves and threatened to blockade the cities. After initial compromises mediated by other cantons had failed, the peasants united under the treaty of Huttwil, forming the "League of Huttwil". Their movement became more radical, going beyond the initially purely fiscal demands. The Huttwil League considered itself a political entity equal to and independent from the city authorities, and it assumed full military and political sovereig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walliswil Bei Wangen
Walliswil bei Wangen is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Geography Walliswil bei Wangen has an area of . Of this area, 51.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Demographics Walliswil bei Wangen has a population (as of ) of . , 2.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.2%. Most of the population () speaks German (98.7%), with French being second most common ( 0.5%) and Albanian being third ( 0.4%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 47.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (20.6%), the FDP (10%) and the Green Party (6.8%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walliswil Bei Niederbipp
Walliswil bei Niederbipp is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Geography Walliswil bei Niederbipp has an area of . Of this area, 53.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (10.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Demographics Walliswil bei Niederbipp has a population (as of ) of . , 1.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (99.2%), with English being second most common ( 0.4%) and Russian being third ( 0.4%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 47.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (17.4%), the FDP (11.4%) and the CSP (9.1%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumisberg
Rumisberg is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Rumisberg is first mentioned in 1364 as ''Rumolsberg''. Geography Rumisberg has an area of . Of this area, 49.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality includes the village of Rumisberg, the hamlets of Schoren and Weissacker-Falken and scattered individual houses. It is located on several terraces scattered along the southern slope of the Jura mountains, ranging in altitude from above sea level. Demographics Rumisberg has a population (as of ) of . , 3.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (98.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.4%) and Serbo-Croatia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberbipp
Oberbipp is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Oberbipp is first mentioned in 968 as ''Pippa''. In 1327 it was mentioned as ''Obern Bipp''. Geography Oberbipp has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.3%. Out of the forested land, 37.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuchâtel
, neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France), Sansepolcro (Italy) Neuchâtel (, , ; german: Neuenburg) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel, situated on the shoreline of Lake Neuchâtel. Since the fusion in 2021 of the municipalities of Neuchâtel, Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Peseux, and Valangin, the city has approximately 45,000 inhabitants (80,000 in the metropolitan area). The city is sometimes referred to historically by the German name ; both the French and German names mean "New Castle". It was originally part of the Kingdom of Burgundy, then part of the Holy Roman Empire and later under Prussian control from 1707 until 1848, with an interruption during the Napoleonic Wars from 1802 to 1814. In 1848, Neuchâtel became a republic and a canton of Switzerland. Neuchà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Bern
The canton of Bern or Berne (german: Kanton Bern; rm, Chantun Berna; french: canton de Berne; it, Canton Berna) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. The bear is the heraldic symbol of the canton, displayed on a red-yellow background. Comprising ten districts, Bern is the second-largest canton by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it is surrounded by eleven cantons. It borders the canton of Jura and the canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the canton of Neuchâtel, the canton of Fribourg and canton of Vaud. To the south lies the canton of Valais. East of the canton of Bern lie the cantons of Uri, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Lucerne and Aargau. The geography of the canton includes a large share of all three natural regions of Switzerland: the Jura Mountains (the Bernese Jura), the Swiss Plateau (the Bernese Mittelland) and the Alps (th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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