Aarwangen District was a district in the northeast corner of the
canton of Bern in
Switzerland, with its seat at
Aarwangen
Aarwangen is a village and a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Aarwangen is first mentioned in 1255 as ''villa Arwangen''.
Aarwangen grew from a fortified toll crossing over th ...
. It was disbanded on 31 December 2009. Its municipalities became part of the administrative region
Emmental-Oberaargau.
It was surrounded by the canton of
Solothurn
Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; rm, ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissens ...
on the north, the canton of
Aargau on the northeast, the canton of
Lucerne on the east, the district of
Trachselwald
Trachselwald is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the Swiss canton of Bern.
History
The name of this municipality means "Drechsler-Wald" ("Woodturner-Forest) and was first mentioned in 1131 as ''Trahselwalt''. The ...
on the south, the district of
Burgdorf on the southwest, and the district of
Wangen on the west.
The district includes the following 25 municipalities and has an area of :
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Aarwangen
Aarwangen is a village and a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Aarwangen is first mentioned in 1255 as ''villa Arwangen''.
Aarwangen grew from a fortified toll crossing over th ...
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Auswil
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Bannwil
Bannwil is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Bannwil is first mentioned in 1262 as ''Benwile''.
The area around Bannwil was inhabited during the Hallstatt era and the Early M ...
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Bleienbach
Bleienbach is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Bleienbach is first mentioned in 1194 as ''Blaichinbach''.
Evidence of prehistoric settlements near Bleienbach include a Hallst ...
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Busswil bei Melchnau
Busswil bei Melchnau is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Busswil bei Melchnau is first mentioned in 1194 as ''Bouswillare''.
During the Middle Ages parts of the village we ...
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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 ...
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Gutenberg
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (; – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press. Though not the first of its kind, earlier designs w ...
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Kleindietwil
Kleindietwil is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Oberaargau (administrative district), Oberaargau administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 Klei ...
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Langenthal
Langenthal is a town and a municipality in the district of Oberaargau in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Untersteckholz merged into the Langenthal. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Obersteckh ...
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Leimiswil
Leimiswil is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 Kleindietwil and Leimiswil were merged with the municipality of Madiswil.[Lotzwil
Lotzwil is a municipality in the district of Oberaargau in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Lotzwil is first mentioned in 1194 as ''Locewillare''.
During the Middle Ages the major landowners in Lotzwil included St. Urban's Abbey and ...]
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Madiswil
Madiswil is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Since January 1, 2007, Gutenburg is part of the municipality. On 1 January 2011 Kleindietwil and Leimiswil were merged with the municipali ...
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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. Melchn ...
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Obersteckholz
Obersteckholz is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Obersteckholz merged into Langenthal.
History
Obersteckholz is first mentioned in ...
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Oeschenbach
Oeschenbach is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Oeschenbach is first mentioned between 841 and 72 as ''Eschibach'' in a donation document to the Abbey of St. Gall. In 1287, ...
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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- ...
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Roggwil
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Rohrbach Rohrbach or Röhrbach may refer to:
Places Municipalities in Switzerland
*Rohrbach, Switzerland, in the canton of Bern
Municipalities in Germany
*Rohrbach, Bavaria, in the district of Pfaffenhofen, Bavaria
*Rohrbach, Birkenfeld, in the district o ...
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Rohrbachgraben
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Rütschelen
Rütschelen is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Rütschelen is first mentioned in 1273 as ''Ruschole''.
Rütschelen ruled by the Counts of Kyburg, though St. Urban's Abbey a ...
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Schwarzhäusern
Schwarzhäusern is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Originally it was known as ''Rufshausen'' and that name was first recorded in 1100 as ''Rudolfshausen''. It was first ment ...
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Thunstetten
Thunstetten is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Thunstetten is first mentioned in 1220 as ''Tunchsteten''.
Individual artifacts from the neolithic era have been found i ...
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Untersteckholz
Untersteckholz was a municipality in the district of Aarwangen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010, Untersteckholz merged into Langenthal.
Geography
Before the merge, Untersteckholz had an area, , of . Of this area, or ...
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Ursenbach
Ursenbach is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Ursenbach is first mentioned in 1201 as ''Ursibach''.
During the Middle Ages the major landholders in Ursenbach were the Lords ...
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Wynau
Wynau is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Wynau is first mentioned in 1201 as ''Wimenouwe''.
Evidence of prehistoric settlements at Wynau include; individual Bronze Age ite ...
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Former districts of the canton of Bern