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Thun District
Thun District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital is the municipality of Thun. On 1 January 2010, the district's administrative functions were transferred to the newly established and enlarged Thun (administrative district), though Thun itself remained the administrative centre. Since 2010, it has continued to be a fully recognized district under the law and Constitution (Art.3 al.2) of the Canton of Berne. The district covers an area of 285 km² and comprises 27 municipalities 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' ...: References Former districts of the canton of Bern {{Berne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heimberg, Switzerland
Heimberg is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Thun (administrative district), Thun in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Heimberg is first mentioned in 1146 as ''Heimberc''. The oldest trace of a settlement in the area are the Switzerland in the Roman era, Roman settlement ruins near Bühlacker. By the Middle Ages the village existed and was ruled by the Freiherr von Heimberg. Very little is known about the family. They appear in historical records from 1146 until 1175 and then vanish. By 1191 the House of Zähringen, Zähringens owned the village. It was later divided and inherited by the Counts of Kyburg and the Counts of Buchegg Castle, Buchegg. In 1259 Buchegg donated their portion to Interlaken Monastery but the Kyburgs retained their half ownership and, apparently, full control over the village. After a failed raid on Solothurn on 11 November 1382 and the resulting Burgdorferkrieg, the Kybu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uebeschi
Uebeschi is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Uebeschi is first mentioned in 1233 as ''Ibisshe''. The oldest traces of settlements in the area come from scattered neolithic and Bronze Age artifacts. Part of a wall, ceramic floor tiles, a stone path and coins have been found from the Roman era, indicating that there was a small settlement in the area. During the Middle Ages the village was part of the court and parish of Thierachern in the Strättligen ''Herrschaft''. While there is a Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) family von Uebeschi, there are no records that connect them to the village. In 1417 the village was donated to the mendicant Franciscan friars in Bern. In 1528 Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation and secularized all the property of the friars. Under Bernese rule, Uebeschi became part of the low court of Amsoldingen in the district of Thun. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thierachern
Thierachern is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Thierachern is first mentioned in 1250 as ''Tierachern''. The area around Thierachern was occupied during the Neolithic era, the Bronze Age and the La Tène era. The remains of a Roman era settlement and graves were discovered under the village church. Additional Roman or early medieval stone lined cists were found near Egg. Other graves, of an indeterminate age, have been found in Oberen Hasliholz, by Halterain and by Wahlen. All the prehistoric artifacts indicate that the area has had a long history of human habitation. The village first appears in historic records as a part of the ''Herrschaft'' of Strättligen. The village church of St. Martin was first mentioned in 1228 as one of the 12 Lake Thun churches in the Strättliger Chronicle. The current church dates to 1706-08 when Abraham Dünz the Younger rebuilt the old building. When the Strättligen fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teuffenthal
Teuffenthal is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Teuffenthal is first mentioned in 1344 as ''Toeffental''. The land around the modern village and what ever settlements were there belonged to the ''Herrschaft'' of Heimberg in the 13th century. The Heimberg's were under the authority of the Counts of Kyburg. On 11 November 1382, Rudolf II von Kyburg, attempted unsuccessfully to attack Solothurn. His attack started the '' Burgdorferkrieg'' (also ''Kyburgerkrieg'') with the Old Swiss Confederacy. Bern used the war to expand north into the Aargau and south into the Oberland. After the Kyburg defeat, as part of the peace treaty, Bern bought the city of Thun and all its surrounding lands including Teuffenthal. Under Bernese rule, the small farming village was part of the distant parish of Hilterfingen until 1928 when it joined the parish of Buchen. In 1935 Teuffenthal became an independent parish. In 1989 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steffisburg
Steffisburg is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Schwendibach merged into the municipality of Steffisburg. History Steffisburg is first mentioned in 1133 as ''Stevensburc''. The municipality was formerly known by its French name ''Steffisbourg''. The area around Steffisburg has been inhabited since the Neolithic era and remained occupied during the Bronze Age. Traces of a Roman site were discovered in Schwäbis. Early medieval graves have been discovered at Zelgmatte and Klosterhubel. By the High Middle Ages the entire Zulgtal, including Steffisburg, was owned by the local Freiherr von Heimberg family. Under the Zähringer family, the Grafschaft of Thun expanded to include the village. When they died out in 1218 it passed to the Kyburgs, who made Steffisburg a fief for several different Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) families. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigriswil
Sigriswil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Thun (administrative district), Thun in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. History Sigriswil is first mentioned in 1222-23 as ''Sigriswile''. Archeological remains dating from the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age show that the area around Sigriswil has been inhabited as early as 5000 years ago. It's thought that the first modern inhabitants can be traced back to Alamanni tribesmen who settled on the banks of Thun lake around the 5th Century A.D., later moving on up into the higher elevations around the modern village of Sigriswil between the 8-10th century. The village church of Saint Gall, St. Gallus was first mentioned in 1222-23 in the Strättliger Chronicle as one of the twelve churches around Lake Thun. However, it was probably built during the 10th to 12th centuries. The Jus patronatus, patronage rights over the church and the Justistal settle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwendibach
Schwendibach is a former municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Schwendibach merged into the municipality of Steffisburg. History Schwendibach is first mentioned in 1388 as ''Swendibach''. The area was gradually settled as small farms cleared the land during the Late Middle Ages. The land was originally owned by the Count of Kyburg. After the defeat of the Austrian backed Kyburgs in the Burgdorferkrieg, in 1384 the Kyburg lands were acquired by the city of Bern. Throughout its history it formed a chapelry with Goldiwil (now a village in Thun) in the parish of Thun. Traditionally the residents farmed, raised dairy cattle, produced cheese or cut timber. Today about two-thirds of the residents commute to jobs in nearby cities, while the remainder generally work on small farms. By 2004 the community no longer had a school. The kindergarten moved to Buchen and the primary school we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pohlern
Pohlern is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Thun (administrative district), Thun in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. History Pohlern is first mentioned in 1389 as ''in der Polleren''. Until the Late Middle Ages Pohlern was virtually uninhabited forest in the ''Herrschaft (territory), Herrschaft'' of Strättligen. During the 14th century it was gradually settled under the rule of the Freiherr von Burgistein. By 1417 the ''Barfüsser'' (Franciscan mendicant) monastery in Bern owned some land and rights in the village. In 1459 it was combined with Uebeschi to form the ''Herrschaft'' of Pohlern. In 1499 and further in 1516 the Bernese Patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician May family acquired parts of the village. In 1528 Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation and suppressed all the monasteries, including the ''Barfüssers''. Bern took over Pohlern and dissolved the ''Herrs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberlangenegg
Oberlangenegg is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Thun (administrative district), Thun in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. History Oberlangenegg is first mentioned in 1308 as ''Langonegga''. The oldest trace of a settlement in the area is a Bronze Age dagger which was discovered in the Lindenmoos. For most of its history Oberlangenegg and Unterlangenegg were combined into a single municipality and Oberlangenegg was the sparsely populated, heavily wooded part. The village of Schwarzenegg, located on the border with Unterlangenegg, was more densely populated and was an economic and religious center of the Zulg valley. Schwarzenegg was located on the Steffisburg-Oberemmental road and in 1693 a large parish church was built to help curb the growing popularity of the Anabaptist faith in the region. Today the municipality is still mostly agrarian and rural with over half of the local jobs in agri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberhofen Am Thunersee
Oberhofen am Thunersee is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Thun (administrative district), Thun in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. History Oberhofen am Thunersee is first mentioned in 1133 as ''Obrenhoven''. The oldest trace of a settlement in the area are scattered Bronze Age artifacts which were discovered in the Längenschachen area. The area remained inhabited through the Early Middle Ages and into High Middle Ages, when the Freiherr von Oberhofen built a castle on a hill above the village. About 1130 the Freiherr founded Interlaken Monastery and donated part of his lands to the monastery. A few years later he donated another part of the village to the college (canon law), college of canon (priest), canons of Amsoldingen Castle, Amsoldingen. In 1200, a daughter of the family, Ita, married into the von Eschenbach family and gave this family the castle and village. In the 13th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horrenbach-Buchen
Horrenbach-Buchen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Thun (administrative district), Thun in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. History Originally the small farming villages that make up Horrenbach-Buchen were part of the ''Herrschaft (territory), Herrschaft'' of Heimberg, Switzerland, Heimberg under the House of Kyburg. After a failed raid on Solothurn on 11 November 1382 and the resulting Burgdorferkrieg, the Kyburgs lost most of their lands, including Horrenbach-Buchen, to Bern in 1384. Under Bernese rule it was part of the Steffisburg court under the Thun District. Religiously it was part of the parish of Steffisburg until 1693 when it joined the Schwarzenegg parish. A church was built in Buchen in 1928, which became a parish church in 1935. Traditionally the farmers of the villages practiced Alpine transhumance, seasonal alpine herding with limited farming on the high valley floor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
