Büren zum Hof was a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Bern-Mittelland (administrative district), Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Bern, Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Büren zum Hof, Etzelkofen, Grafenried, Switzerland, Grafenried, Limpach, Switzerland, Limpach, Mülchi, Schalunen and Zauggenried merged into the municipality of Fraubrunnen.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 13 December 2014

History

Büren zum Hof is first mentioned in 1249 as ''Burron''. There is a Hallstatt culture, Hallstatt era Tumulus, burial mound in the municipality which indicates that the area was inhabited much earlier. In the earliest mention of the village, the major land holder is listed as the Knight von Schüpfen. In 1255 some of the land was given to the nearby Fraubrunnen Abbey. Over the following century, the Abbey grew to hold most of the farms in the village and the right to dispense the low justice (day to day, minor crimes and trials). Following the Secularization of the monasteries (1528), it became part of the ''Vogt (Switzerland), Landvogtei'' of Fraubrunnen.

Geography

Before the merger, Büren zum Hof had a total area of . Of this area, or 73.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 18.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 65.5% is used for growing crops and 7.6% is pastures. It is located on the east end of the Rapperswil, Bern, Rapperswil Plateau and includes the village of Büren zum Hof, and the house clusters of Kapf, Speichhüsli and Neu Dorzenmatten. On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Fraubrunnen, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Azure a Lion Paw issuant from chief sinister holding a Sickle Argent handled of the second.'' The lions paw refers to the lion in the coat of arms of the Fraubrunnen district.

Demographics

Büren zum Hof had a population (as of 2011) of 467. , 2.7% 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 5.3%, while births and deaths accounted for 5.3%.
accessed 21 December 2012 Most of the population () speaks German language, German (421 or 97.7%) as their first language, French language, French is the second most common (3 or 0.7%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (3 or 0.7%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian language, Italian. , the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female. The population was made up of 220 Swiss men (46.4% of the population) and 8 (1.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 241 Swiss women (50.8%) and 5 (1.1%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 128 or about 29.7% were born in Büren zum Hof and lived there in 2000. There were 190 or 44.1% who were born in the same canton, while 82 or 19.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 21 or 4.9% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 55.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16%. , there were 179 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 208 married individuals, 31 widows or widowers and 13 individuals who are divorced.STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000
accessed 2 February 2011 , there were 47 households that consist of only one person and 18 households with five or more people. , a total of 166 apartments (87.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 22 apartments (11.6%) were seasonally occupied and one apartment was empty.Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen
accessed 28 January 2011 The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.03%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1020 height:210 PlotArea = top:10 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:460 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:90 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:18 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1764 from:start till:203 text:"203" bar:1850 from:start till:457 text:"457" bar:1860 from:start till:385 text:"385" bar:1870 from:start till:348 text:"348" bar:1880 from:start till:350 text:"350" bar:1888 from:start till:304 text:"304" bar:1900 from:start till:319 text:"319" bar:1910 from:start till:297 text:"297" bar:1920 from:start till:282 text:"282" bar:1930 from:start till:323 text:"323" bar:1941 from:start till:333 text:"333" bar:1950 from:start till:339 text:"339" bar:1960 from:start till:320 text:"320" bar:1970 from:start till:345 text:"345" bar:1980 from:start till:378 text:"378" bar:1990 from:start till:380 text:"380" bar:2000 from:start till:431 text:"431"

Sights

The entire village of Büren zum Hof is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

Politics

In the 2011 Swiss federal election, 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party, Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 32.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland, Conservative Democratic Party (BDP) (18.9%), the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, Social Democratic Party (SP) (17%) and the Green Party of Switzerland, Green Party (14.8%). In the federal election, a total of 217 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 63.8%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2011 Election
accessed 8 May 2012

Economy

, Büren zum Hof had an unemployment rate of 0.65%. , there were a total of 88 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 53 people employed in the Primary sector of the economy, primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 7 people were employed in the Secondary sector of the economy, secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 28 people were employed in the Tertiary sector of the economy, tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector. There were 241 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.7% of the workforce. there were a total of 66 full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 35, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 7 of which 6 or (85.7%) were in manufacturing and 1 was in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 24. In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 12.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 20.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 16.7% were in education. , there were 16 workers who commuted into the municipality and 189 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 11.8 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 24.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 51.5% used a private car.

Religion

From the , 44 or 10.2% were Roman Catholic, while 327 or 75.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 34 individuals (or about 7.89% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 4 (or about 0.93% of the population) who were Islamic. 30 (or about 6.96% of the population) belonged to no church, are Agnosticism, agnostic or Atheism, atheist, and 8 individuals (or about 1.86% of the population) did not answer the question.

Education

In Büren zum Hof about 180 or (41.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory Education in Switzerland#Secondary, upper secondary education, and 81 or (18.8%) have completed additional higher education (either List of universities in Switzerland, university or a ''Fachhochschule''). Of the 81 who completed tertiary schooling, 66.7% were Swiss men, 28.4% 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 53 students attending classes in Büren zum Hof. There was one kindergarten class with a total of 20 students in the municipality. The municipality had 2 primary classes and 33 students. Of the primary students, and 6.1% have a different mother language than the classroom language.Schuljahr 2010/11 pdf document
accessed 4 January 2012 , there were 2 students in Büren zum Hof who came from another municipality, while 45 residents attended schools outside the municipality.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buren Zum Hof Former municipalities of the canton of Bern