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Täuffelen is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of
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in
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.


History

Täuffelen is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Choufalli''. In 1280 it was mentioned as ''Tofallie''. The lake shore was inhabited during the
Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...
and Late
Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
. In addition, prehistoric artifacts have been found in the Täuffelenmoos bogs near the modern village. Both Täuffelen and Gerolfingen grew out of
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ic villages.Täuffelen municipal website
accessed 10 October 2013
During the
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Täuffelen village was initially probably part of the Barony of Walperswil. In 1247 it was inherited by the Count of
Neuchâtel Neuchâtel (, ; ; ) is a list of towns in Switzerland, town, a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, and the capital (political), capital of the cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Neuchâtel (canton), Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel ...
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Nidau Nidau is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Biel/Bienne (administrative district), Biel/Bienne administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. History Nidau is first mentio ...
. The Counts held it for about a century and a half, until 1398, when
Bern Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ...
acquired the entire Inselgau, including Täuffelen. Under Bernese rule, Täuffelen, Gerolfingen, Hagneck and Epsach were combined into the Epsachviertel (Epsach Quarter) of the
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of Nidau. Following the 1798 French invasion, Sutz-Lattrigen became part 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 ...
district of Seeland. With the 1803
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it became part of the district of Nidau. The village church of St. Peter and Paul was first mentioned in 1228. However, it was probably built on the ruins of an earlier
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settlement. The
nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...
is built in an earlier Romanesque style. The church's Barbara Altar became the center of a regional religious fraternity. In 1528 Bern adopted the new faith of the
Protestant Reformation The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and ...
as did all of its lands, including Täuffelen. Today the
parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
includes the villages of Epsach, Hagneck, Hermrigen and Mörigen. The local Catholic church was built in 1971-72. Gerolfingen village had a harbor on the lake and was a local trading and fishing center. The residents of Täuffelen grew crops, cared for
vineyard A vineyard ( , ) is a plantation of grape-bearing vines. Many vineyards exist for winemaking; others for the production of raisins, table grapes, and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production is kno ...
s on the hill below the church and fished in the lake. The first industrial factory opened in Täuffelen in 1846 and began to change the character of the village. This first factory, which manufactured watch and clock parts, was followed by several other factories. The
Jura water correction The correction of the waters of the Swiss Jura consisted of a wide series of hydrological undertakings carried out in Switzerland in the region of the three lakes: Lake Murten connected to Lake Neuchatel by the Broye Canal, the latter connec ...
projects and the construction of the Aarberg-Hagneck Canal between 1868 and 1880 opened up new land around the villages and removed the threat of flooding. In 1916 the growing village was connected to the
Biel Biel/Bienne (official bilingual wording; German language, German: ''Biel'' ; French language, French: ''Bienne'' ; Bernese German, locally ; ; ; ) is a bilingual city in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. With over 55,000 residents, it is the ...
-Täuffelen-
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(BTI) railroad. In 1944 the BTI established their headquarters in Täuffelen. While industry grew in the village, cherry orchards flourished in the farm land around it. In 1950 a secondary school opened in the municipality, which brought in students from surrounding communities.


Geography

Täuffelen has an area of . As of 2012, a total of or 59.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 10.7% is forested. The rest of the municipality is or 23.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 4.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
During the same year, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 14.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.4%. A total of 9.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.6% is used for growing crops and 8.6% is pasturage, while 7.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 1.6% is in rivers and streams. The municipality is located on the right bank of
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. It consists of the villages of Täuffelen and Gerolfingen. On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Nidau, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Seeland.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011


Coat of arms

The
blazon In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct an accurate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The visual d ...
of the municipal
coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon f ...
is ''Azure a Cypher TF Argent and a Border Or.''


Demographics

Täuffelen has a population () of . , 5.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2001-2011) the population has changed at a rate of -0.2%. Migration accounted for -0.4%, while births and deaths accounted for 0.1%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 10 October 2013
Most of the population () speaks
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(2,221 or 91.1%) as their first language, French is the second most common (81 or 3.3%) and
Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...
is the third (39 or 1.6%). There are 32 people who speak
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
and 2 people who speak Romansh. , the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. The population was made up of 1,194 Swiss men (45.6% of the population) and 77 (2.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,272 Swiss women (48.6%) and 74 (2.8%) non-Swiss women.Statistical office of the Canton of Bern
accessed 4 January 2012
Of the population in the municipality, 631 or about 25.9% were born in Täuffelen and lived there in 2000. There were 1,108 or 45.5% who were born in the same canton, while 404 or 16.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 240 or 9.8% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 20.9%. , there were 884 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,262 married individuals, 157 widows or widowers and 134 individuals who are divorced.STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 321 households that consist of only one person and 47 households with five or more people. , a total of 1,012 apartments (91.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 63 apartments (5.7%) were seasonally occupied and 30 apartments (2.7%) 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 5 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.81%. In 2011, single family homes made up 61.5% of the total housing in the municipality. The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width: auto height:200 barincrement:45 PlotArea = top:20 left:35 bottom:20 right:35 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:2600 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:500 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:100 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width: 35 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1764 from:start till:298 text:"298" bar:1850 from:start till:754 text:"754" bar:1860 from:start till:764 text:"764" bar:1870 from:start till:849 text:"849" bar:1880 from:start till:914 text:"914" bar:1888 from:start till:929 text:"929" bar:1900 from:start till:943 text:"943" bar:1910 from:start till:925 text:"925" bar:1920 from:start till:1046 text:"1,046" bar:1930 from:start till:1027 text:"1,027" bar:1941 from:start till:1088 text:"1,088" bar:1950 from:start till:1272 text:"1,272" bar:1960 from:start till:1500 text:"1,500" bar:1970 from:start till:1761 text:"1,761" bar:1980 from:start till:1939 text:"1,939" bar:1990 from:start till:2443 text:"2,443" bar:2000 from:start till:2437 text:"2,437" bar:2010 from:start till:2589 text:"2,589"


Politics

In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 33% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Social Democratic Party (SP) (18.9%), the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP) (17.8%) and the
FDP.The Liberals FDP.The Liberals (, , , ) is a liberal political party in Switzerland. The party was formed on 1 January 2009, after two parties, the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) and the smaller Liberal Party (LPS/PLS), united. In Vaud and Valais, the parti ...
(10.2%). In the federal election, a total of 946 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 is typically either the percentage of Voter registration, registered voters, Suffrage, eligible voters, or all Voti ...
was 46.4%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2011 Election
accessed 8 May 2012


Transport

Motorway entrances: 10 km to Brügg, 15 km to Kerzers, 12 km to Lyss Airport: 48 min. By car to Bern-Belpmoos, 93 min. By car to Zurich-Kloten Public transport: Biel-Täuffelen-Ins railway line (asm / Aare Seeland mobil AG), WETA bus Aarberg-Täuffelen (see links) Approval for access to the lake: In contrast to other lakeside communities, Täuffelen-Gerolfingen is only looking for gentle tourism. Access to the lake for motor vehicles requires a permit. Residents receive a permit for CHF 10.00, which is valid for two years and allows parking in the official parking lot by the lake.


Economy

, Täuffelen had an unemployment rate of 1.46%. , there were a total of 1,039 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 72 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 584 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 constructi ...
and there were 32 businesses in this sector. 383 people were employed in the
tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...
, with 64 businesses in this sector. There were 1,352 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.5% of the workforce. there were a total of 893
full-time equivalent Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit of measurement that indicates the workload of an employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts. FTE is often use ...
jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 51, of which 47 were in agriculture and 4 were in fishing or fisheries. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 551 of which 498 or (90.4%) were in manufacturing and 51 (9.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 291. In the tertiary sector; 70 or 24.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 55 or 18.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 19 or 6.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 26 or 8.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 25 or 8.6% were in education and 51 or 17.5% were in health care. , there were 497 workers who commuted into the municipality and 846 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. A total of 505 workers (50.4% of the 1,002 total workers in the municipality) both lived and worked in Täuffelen.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb
accessed 24 June 2010
Of the working population, 16.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 51.1% used a private car. In 2011 the average local and cantonal tax rate on a married resident, with two children, of Täuffelen making 150,000 CHF was 11.7%, while an unmarried resident's rate was 17.2%. For comparison, the average rate for the entire canton in the same year, was 14.2% and 22.0%, while the nationwide average was 12.3% and 21.1% respectively. In 2009 there were a total of 1,226 tax payers in the municipality. Of that total, 472 made over 75,000 CHF per year. There were 7 people who made between 15,000 and 20,000 per year. The average income of the over 75,000 CHF group in Täuffelen was 119,026 CHF, while the average across all of Switzerland was 130,478 CHF. In 2011 a total of 2.0% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.


Religion

From the , 1,779 or 73.0% belonged to the
Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...
, while 338 or 13.9% were
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. Of the rest of the population, there were 7 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.29% of the population), there were 2 individuals (or about 0.08% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 29 individuals (or about 1.19% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 individuals (or about 0.12% of the population) who were
Jewish Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...
, and 54 (or about 2.22% of the population) who were
Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...
ic. There were 5 individuals who were
Buddhist Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...
, 1 person who was
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and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 171 (or about 7.02% of the population) belonged to no church, are
agnostic Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, the divine, or the supernatural is either unknowable in principle or unknown in fact. (page 56 in 1967 edition) It can also mean an apathy towards such religious belief and refer to ...
or
atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...
, and 47 individuals (or about 1.93% of the population) did not answer the question.


Education

In Täuffelen about 59.2% of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 21.5% have completed additional higher education (either
university A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...
or a ''
Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...
''). Of the 350 who had completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census, 74.9% were Swiss men, 18.6% were Swiss women, 4.9% were non-Swiss men and 1.7% 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 cen ...
, 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 potential new practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study. Apprenticeships may also enable practitioners to gain a license to practice in a regulat ...
. During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 389 students attending classes in Täuffelen. There were 2 kindergarten classes with a total of 39 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 7.7% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens). The municipality had 9 primary classes and 181 students. Of the primary students, 2.8% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 2.8% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During the same year, there were 9 lower secondary classes with a total of 169 students. There were 4.1% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 10.1% have a different mother language than the classroom language.Schuljahr 2011/12 pdf document
accessed 9 May 2013
, there were a total of 383 students attending any school in the municipality. Of those, 260 both lived and attended school in the municipality, while 123 students came from another municipality. During the same year, 70 residents attended schools outside the municipality. Täuffelen is home to the ''Gemeindebibliothek Täuffelen-Gerolfingen'' (municipal library of Täuffelen) which is located in the local schoolhouse. The library has () 3,000 books or other media, and loaned out 7,190 items in the same year. It was open a total of 133 days with average of 6 hours per week during that year.
accessed 14 May 2010
The schoolhouse also has rooms and infrastructure that are important for culture, clubs and leisure activities in the region: indoor
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,
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,
kitchen A kitchen is a room (architecture), room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation in a dwelling or in a commercial establishment. A modern middle-class residential kitchen is typically equipped with a Kitchen stove, stove, a sink ...
, multi-purpose hall,
emergency shelter An emergency shelter is a place for people to live temporarily when they cannot live in their previous residence, similar to homeless shelters. The main difference is that an emergency shelter typically specializes in people fleeing a specific ...
and
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field.


References

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