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Beatenberg
Beatenberg is a municipality in the Interlaken district of the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Beatenberg is first mentioned in 1275 as ''super rupes''. In 1281 it was mentioned as ''ob den fluen'' and in 1357 as ''Sant Beaten berge ...
,
Därligen
Därligen is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Därligen is first mentioned in 1244 as ''Tedningen''.
The earliest traces of settlement in the area are scattered Br ...
,
Habkern,
Interlaken,
Leissigen
Leissigen is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Origin of the name
The name Leissigen comes from the Old High German personal name ''Lantgis'' and the toponymic suffix ''-i ...
,
Ringgenberg
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Unterseen is a
historic town and a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the
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. ...
in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
Unterseen literally means ''Lower Lake'', which is correct, since Unterseen is located on the flat area on the eastern shore of
Lake Thun between the two creek
Lombach below the ''Chienberg'' to the north and the
Aare to the south, which both flow into Lake Thun. The historic town however is mainly found at the northern bank of the Aare, which flows here from
Lake Brienz
Lake Brienz (german: Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It has a length of about , a width of and a maximum depth of . Its area is ; the surface is above the sea-level. It is fed, among others, by ...
to Lake Thun (therefore ''lower lake''). Just across the Aare is the town of
Interlaken. Both municipalities are located on the flat alluvial land among steep mountains, which is also called the
Bödeli
Bödeli (lit.: the Swiss German diminutive term for ground) is the tongue of land between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland. Lake Thun and Lake Brienz were not yet separate after the last ice age. The rivers Lütschi ...
.
Unterseen belongs to the Small Agglomeration ''Interlaken'' with 23,300 inhabitants (2014).
Along with Interlaken, Unterseen is an important tourist center in the
Bernese Highlands, and from the town one can see the mountains
Eiger
The Eiger () is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais. It is the easternmost peak of a ridge crest that extends a ...
,
Mönch and
Jungfrau.
History
![Unterseen1819](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Unterseen1819.JPG)
The oldest traces of a settlement in the area are scattered
neolithic
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tools. During the second century AD, a
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
graveyard was built in the area. An
Early Middle Ages
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cemetery shows that there was a settlement in the area and by the
High Middle Ages
The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the periodization, period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300. The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and were followed by the Late Middle Ages, which ended ...
at least three forts had been built in the area. The area was known as ''Interlacus'' by 1133 when
Interlaken Monastery
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was founded on the opposite side of the
Aare. Interlaken village grew up across from the Monastery in the following years. By 1239 it was known as ''villa Inderlappen'' and in 1280 it was ''civitas Inderlappen''. The city of Unterseen was founded on 13 July 1279, when King
Rudolf I von Habsburg granted Baron Berchtold III of Eschenbach-Oberhofen permission to build a stronghold between the two lakes. The name came from "unter," which in
Middle High German
Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High ...
meant "between", and "seen," which means "lake." The fortification was given
Stadtrecht (town privileges) in this agreement. By 1281 Interlaken and Unterseen was mentioned collectively as ''stat ze Inderlappen oder Undersewen'' and in 1291 they were called ''Inderlappen, genant Undersewen''.
[
It was built by the secular nobles of the area to limit the growing power of the Monastery and to control a bridge over the Aare. The young town was put in an ongoing conflict with the Interlaken Monastery and early on sought protection from ]Bern
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese
, neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
, website ...
. After the Swiss Confederation's victory in the Battle of Sempach
The Battle of Sempach was fought on 9 July 1386, between Leopold III, Duke of Austria and the Old Swiss Confederacy. The battle was a decisive Swiss victory in which Duke Leopold and numerous Austrian nobles died. The victory helped turn the lo ...
in 1386, the villages were brought under Bernese control and a Bernese bailiff
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was appointed.[
During the ]Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
the town turned against Interlaken Monastery and did not join the Berner Oberland
The Bernese Oberland ( en, Bernese Highlands, german: Berner Oberland; gsw, Bärner Oberland; french: Oberland bernois), the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern, is one of the canton's five administrative regions (in which context ...
uprising. As a result of their loyalty they were rewarded with the Alp Sefinen. In 1364, a fire broke out in the Monastery's mill. It spread to the village of Unterseen and destroyed much of it. In 1470 Unterseen was burnt down for the second time and Bern undertook the reconstruction with the town house in the center. A chapel was first mentioned in the village in 1353. It was rebuilt in 1470 following the fire. The current church building was built in 1852 after part of the older church collapsed.[
After the establishment of the ]Helvetic Republic
The Helvetic Republic (, , ) was a sister republic of France that existed between 1798 and 1803, during the French Revolutionary Wars. It was created following the French invasion and the consequent dissolution of the Old Swiss Confederacy, ma ...
, Unterseen became a center of resistance against the reestablished Bern feudalism. The Unspunnenfest
Unspunnenfest is a festival held in the town of Interlaken, Switzerland, near the old ruin of Unspunnen Castle, in the Bernese Alps, approximately once every twelve years, most recently in 2017. The festival highlights traditional Swiss culture ...
in 1805 and 1808 was planned as a means of reconciliation between the urban and rural citizens. The attempt was a failure and the government forbade such a festival. In 1815, many of the town's citizens played a role in the unrest in Interlaken.
In the early 19th century, the town wall and moat were broken down and the gate house was demolished in 1855.
In the burgeoning tourism of the middle of the 18th century, Unterseen played an important role, which has since been taken over in large part by Interlaken.
Geography
Unterseen has an area of . Of this area, or 18.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 60.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 4.1% 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 5.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.5%. Out of the forested land, 58.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.7% is used for growing crops and 11.8% is pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 2.4% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 2.7% is unproductive vegetation and 1.4% is too rocky for vegetation.[
The municipality is located on the alluvial land called ]Bödeli
Bödeli (lit.: the Swiss German diminutive term for ground) is the tongue of land between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland. Lake Thun and Lake Brienz were not yet separate after the last ice age. The rivers Lütschi ...
between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz
Lake Brienz (german: Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It has a length of about , a width of and a maximum depth of . Its area is ; the surface is above the sea-level. It is fed, among others, by ...
. It is across the Aare to the north from the town of Interlaken. It consists of the historic town of Unterseen and its urban village-like settlements, rural parts closer to the Lake Thun including several camping sites, some with beaches, a golf course on the Unteres Stadtfeld, and scattered settlements and woods on the nearby steep mountainside of Dälebode, Chienberg and Harder (Vordere Harder, Hintere Harder, Luegiwald).
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Interlaken, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli.[Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 4 April 2011
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Or a Semi Ibex rampant couped Sable langued Gules.''
Demographics
Unterseen has a population () of . , 14.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[Statistical office of the Canton of Bern]
accessed 4 January 2012 Over the last 10 years (2000-2010) the population has changed at a rate of 11.1%. Migration accounted for 11.1%, while births and deaths accounted for -0.9%.
accessed 10 April 2013
Most of the population () speaks German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
(4,636 or 89.1%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (110 or 2.1%) and Italian is the third (105 or 2.0%). There are 45 people who speak French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
and 2 people who speak Romansh.[
, the population was 47.4% male and 52.6% female. The population was made up of 2,199 Swiss men (40.0% of the population) and 406 (7.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 2,497 Swiss women (45.5%) and 390 (7.1%) non-Swiss women.] Of the population in the municipality, 1,314 or about 25.3% were born in Unterseen and lived there in 2000. There were 2,091 or 40.2% who were born in the same canton, while 755 or 14.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 843 or 16.2% were born outside of Switzerland.[
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 20.4%.][
, there were 2,088 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 2,370 married individuals, 419 widows or widowers and 324 individuals who are divorced.][STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 949 households that consist of only one person and 111 households with five or more people. , a total of 2,306 apartments (85.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 273 apartments (10.1%) were seasonally occupied and 113 apartments (4.2%) were empty.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011 , the construction rate of new housing units was 9.7 new units per 1000 residents.[ The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.06%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:]
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Heritage sites of national significance
The old city of Unterseen and the ruins of Weissenau Castle
Weissenau Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Unterseen of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
History
The castle was first mentioned in the historic record as ''castrum Wissen ...
are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire town of Unterseen is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.
Sites of national importance
Types
The types are based on t ...
.
File:Unterseen.jpg, Old City of Unterseen
File:Ruine Weissenau06461.jpg, Weissenau Ruins
Politics
In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 26% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Social Democratic Party (SP) (19.1%), the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP) (16.3%) and the FDP.The Liberals
french: PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux it, PLR.I Liberali Radicali rm, PLD.Ils Liberals
, logo =
, caption = Logo of the party in French, German, and Italian
, leader1_title = President
, leader1_name = Thierry Burkart
...
(9.9%). In the federal election, a total of 2,068 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford Unive ...
was 51.8%.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2011 Election]
accessed 8 May 2012
Economy
, Unterseen had an unemployment rate of 1.72%. , there were a total of 2,243 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 63 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 21 businesses involved in this sector. 397 people were employed in the secondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction. ...
and there were 50 businesses in this sector. 1,783 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 178 businesses in this sector.[ There were 2,725 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 47.2% of the workforce.
there were a total of 1,754 ]full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit that indicates the workload of an employee, employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts. FTE is often used to me ...
jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 40, of which 39 were in agriculture and were in fishing or fisheries. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 355 of which 240 or (67.6%) were in manufacturing and 108 (30.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 1,359. In the tertiary sector; 174 or 12.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 237 or 17.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 28 or 2.1% were in the information industry, 31 or 2.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 72 or 5.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 55 or 4.0% were in education and 588 or 43.3% were in health care.
, there were 1,125 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,761 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 11.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 35.2% used a private car.[
]
Religion
From the , 831 or 16.0% were Roman Catholic
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, while 3,403 or 65.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 47 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.90% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 540 individuals (or about 10.38% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 individuals (or about 0.06% of the population) who were Jewish
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, and 119 (or about 2.29% of the population) who were Islam
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ic. There were 14 individuals who were Buddhist
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, 25 individuals who were Hindu
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and 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 320 (or about 6.15% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
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or atheist
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, and 164 individuals (or about 3.15% of the population) did not answer the question.[
]
Education
In Unterseen about 2,238 or (43.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 599 or (11.5%) have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 599 who completed tertiary schooling, 64.6% were Swiss men, 25.2% were Swiss women, 5.7% were non-Swiss men and 4.5% were non-Swiss women.[
The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory ]Kindergarten
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...
, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a Tradesman, trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading). Apprenticeships can also enable practitioners ...
.
During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 560 students attending classes in Unterseen. There were 4 kindergarten classes with a total of 81 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 22.2% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 24.7% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 15 primary classes and 317 students. Of the primary students, 18.9% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 20.2% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During the same year, there were 8 lower secondary classes with a total of 162 students. There were 18.5% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 18.5% have a different mother language than the classroom language.[Schuljahr 2010/11 pdf document]
accessed 4 January 2012
, there were 31 students in Unterseen who came from another municipality, while 115 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[
]
Notable people
* Adrian Frutiger
Adrian Johann Frutiger ( ; 24 May 1928 – 10 September 2015) was a Swiss typeface designer who influenced the direction of type design in the second half of the 20th century. His career spanned the hot metal, phototypesetting and digital t ...
(1928 in Unterseen – 2015) a Swiss typeface designer who influenced the direction of type design
* Christine Häsler (born 1963 in Unterseen) a Swiss politician, member of the National Council since 2015
; Sport
* Marcel Perrière (1890 – 1966 in Unterseen) a Swiss racing cyclist, the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1911
* Hansruedi Schneider
Hansruedi Schneider (born 22 December 1926) is a Swiss former sports shooter. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an internation ...
(born 1926 in Unterseen) a Swiss former sports shooter, competed at the 1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
and 1964 Summer Olympics
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* Liselotte Michel
Liselotte Michel (born 4 May 1939) is a Swiss alpine skier. She competed in three events at the 1960 Winter Olympics
The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter mult ...
(born 1939 in Unterseen) a Swiss alpine skier, competed in three events at the 1960 Winter Olympics
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* Samuel Balmer
Samuel Balmer (born May 1, 1968) is a former Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for EHC Basel in Switzerland's National League A.
Balmer has participated as a member of the Swiss national team in numerous international tour ...
(born 1968 in Unterseen) a former Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman, competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics
)
, nations = 64
, athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women)
, events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines)
, opening = 8 February 1992
, closing = 23 February 1992
, opened_by = President François Mitterrand
, cauldron ...
* Eveline Bhend
Eveline Bhend (born 6 April 1981) is a Swiss freestyle skier. She was born in Unterseen. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in slopestyle
Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes ski or snowboard down a course including ...
(born 1981 in Unterseen) a Swiss freestyle skier, competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
, nations = 88
, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
, cauldron =
, stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
* Franziska Kaufmann
Franziska Kaufmann (born November 3, 1987 in Unterseen) is a Swiss curler from Grindelwald. She won a gold medal at the 2014 and 2016 World Women's Curling Championships as second for Binia Feltscher
Career
As a junior curler, Kaufmann play ...
(born 1987 in Unterseen) a Swiss curler from Grindelwald
References
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