Seeberg is a

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in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The lake Burgäschisee is located on the border with Aeschi. On 1 January 2016 the former municipality of Hermiswil merged into Seeberg.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 3 February 2016

History

Hermiswil

Hermiswil is first mentioned in 1289 as ''Hermanswile''. During the 13th and 14th Centuries, the Hermiswil area had been granted by the Kyburg family to the vom Stein family. In 1466 the city of

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inherited all the vom Stein holdings, which included Hermiswil. Following the ''Wyniger Vertrag'', of 1665, the village was given to Bern. It was placed under the authority for

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from

Bollodingen Bollodingen is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 it was merged with the municipality of Bettenhausen. History Bollodingen is first mentioned in 1266 as ''Bola ...

and administered by the Landvogtei of Wangen. The

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citizens of Hermiswil were placed under the guidance of the Reformed

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Herzogenbuchsee Herzogenbuchsee is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The population is 7055 (2011), counting the villages in the Oberaargau. The traditional name was ''Buchsi''. History Herzogenb ...

. While the village is located along two transportation routes (the road from Bern into the Aargau, and since 1857 the rail line from

Olten Olten (High Alemannic: ''Oute'') is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name. Olten's railway station is within 30 minutes of Zürich, Basel, Bern, and Lucerne by train, and is a rail hub of ...

to Bern) it has remained a small farming community.

Oschwand

Painter

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lived the second part of his life in this hamlet of Seeberg. He died there. Zentralbibliothek Solothurn Ernst Klöti 2103 Oschwand Amiet

Geography

Before the merger, Seeberg has an area of . Of this area, 58.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Demographics

Seeberg has a population (as of ) of . , 2.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.5%), with Turkish being second most common ( 0.7%) and French being third ( 0.5%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 49.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (14.5%), the

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(8.9%) and the FDP (8.7%). SeebergBE Reformierte Kirche 01

The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.7%. In Seeberg about 77.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a '' Fachhochschule''). Seeberg has an unemployment rate of 0.69%. , there were 157 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 59 businesses involved in this sector. 77 people are employed in the

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and there are 21 businesses in this sector. 138 people are employed in the

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, with 34 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 22-Jul-2009

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Bern