History
Niederösch is first mentioned in 886 as ''Osse'' and is mentioned in 1310 as ''villa Öschge inferioris''. The municipality was originally part of the village of Ösch, but eventually the two halves of the village became independent of each other. The oldest trace of a settlement in the area is a late-Bronze Age grave in Bühlen. In 886 the Abbey of St. Gall owned property in both Niederösch and Oberösch. In 994, this land was given to Selz Abbey in Alsace. During the 13th and 14th centuries the House of Kyburg, Kyburg counts also owned land in the village, which they gave as a fief to their vassals. In 1320, Albrecht of Thorberg Castle, Thorberg, a Kyburg vassal, sold land in Niederösch, but retained the local forest and the High, middle and low justice, low court. Later, Albrecht sold the forest and court to the Lords of Rohrmoos. In 1423 Verena of Rohrmoos sold the lower court and the forest to Burgdorf, Switzerland, Burgdorf. The city merged the courts of Niederösch, Oberösch, Rumendingen and Bickigen and placed them under the bailiwick of Grasswil. Niederösch has always been a part of the parish of Kirchberg, Bern, Kirchberg. In 1803 it became part of the district of Burgdorf.Geography
Niederösch has an area of . Of this area, or 68.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.0% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use StatisticsCoat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Azure an Ash Tree Or issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.'' The ash tree () makes this an example of canting arms.Demographics
Niederösch had a population () of 237. , 1.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals.Statistical office of the Canton of BernHeritage sites of national significance
The Gehöft house at Unterdorf 9, 10 is listed as a Swiss Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance, heritage site of national significance. The entire village of Niederösch is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.Politics
In the 2011 Swiss federal election, 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland, Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland (EDU) which received 6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Liberal Party of Switzerland, Liberal Party of Switzerland (LPS) (0%), the Liberal Party of Switzerland, Liberal Party of Switzerland (LPS) (0%) and the Liberal Party of Switzerland, Liberal Party of Switzerland (LPS) (0%).Economy
, Niederösch had an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were a total of 73 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 50 people employed in the Primary sector of the economy, primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people were employed in the Secondary sector of the economy, secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 19 people were employed in the Tertiary sector of the economy, tertiary sector, with 3 businesses in this sector. there were a total of 49 full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 31, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 4 of which 3 were in manufacturing and 1 was in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 14. In the tertiary sector; 7 were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles and 7 were in a hotel or restaurant. , there were 12 workers who commuted into the municipality and 58 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.8 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - StatwebReligion
From the , 10 or 4.8% were Roman Catholic, while 182 or 86.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland, Christian Catholic Church, and there were 18 individuals (or about 8.57% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 8 (or about 3.81% of the population) belonged to no church, are Agnosticism, agnostic or Atheism, atheist.Education
In Niederösch about 90 or (42.9%) of the population have completed non-mandatory Education in Switzerland#Secondary, upper secondary education, and 28 or (13.3%) have completed additional higher education (either List of universities in Switzerland, university or a ''Fachhochschule''). Of the 28 who completed tertiary schooling, 82.1% were Swiss men, 17.9% were Swiss women. The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, 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. During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 32 students attending classes in Niederösch. There was one kindergarten class with a total of 12 students in the municipality. The municipality had one primary class and 20 students. Of the primary students, 10.0% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens).Schuljahr 2010/11 pdf documentReferences
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