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44-581: Münsingen ( Highest Alemannic : Münsige ) is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Trimstein merged into Münsingen, and on 1 January 2017 the former municipality of Tägertschi also merged. The village lies on the River Aare between the cities of Bern and Thun . Münsingen developed from

88-528: A Celtic village first settled in around 400 BC. The origin of the name is unclear, though attributed to the Alamanni . During the early and middle La Tene era the residents of the village built about 220 tombs along the Aare river. Some of the men were buried with their weapons and the women and children were buried with jewelry. A total of 1,200 items were discovered from the village. The rich collection of artifacts and

132-411: A total of 4,274 apartments (93.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 210 apartments (4.6%) were seasonally occupied and 78 apartments (1.7%) were empty. As of 2010, the construction rate of new housing units was 3.4 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2011, was 1.08%. The historical population is given in the following chart: The Münsingen Clinic Building,

176-479: A total of 5,778 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 48 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 1,485 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 91 businesses in this sector. 4,245 people were employed in the tertiary sector , with 398 businesses in this sector. There were 5,729 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.4% of

220-465: 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 . D During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 1,341 students attending classes in Münsingen. There were 10 kindergarten classes with a total of 177 students in

264-540: Is joined by its first major tributary, the Gamderwasser. Less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) later the river carves through a limestone ridge in the Aare Gorge ( German : Aareschlucht ). It is here that the Aare proves itself to be more than just a river, as it attracts thousands of tourists annually to the causeways through the gorge. A little past Meiringen , near Brienz , the river expands into Lake Brienz . Near

308-404: Is the lack of hiatus diphthongization , for instance [ˈʃniː.ə(n)] 'to snow', [ˈb̥uː.ə(n)] 'to build' vs. High Alemannic [ˈʃnei̯jə] , [ˈb̥ou̯wə] . Many High Alemannic dialects have different verbal plural endings for all three persons, for instance wir singe(n) 'we sing', ir singet 'you (plural) sing', si singent 'they sing'. Almost all other German dialects use the same ending for

352-769: Is the main source of water for the Grimselsee (Lake of Grimsel). The Oberaargletscher (Upper Aar Glacier) feeds the Oberaarsee , which also flows into the Grimselsee. The Aare leaves the Grimselsee just to the east to the Grimsel Hospiz, below the Grimsel Pass , and then flows northwest through the Haslital , forming on the way the magnificent Handegg Waterfall, 46 m (151 ft), past Guttannen . Right after Innertkirchen it

396-548: Is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.45 km (0.56 sq mi) or 17.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.98 km (1.15 sq mi) or 35.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.12 km (30 acres) or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 20.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.3%. Out of

440-627: The La Tène period , and it is attested as Nantaror "Aare valley" in the Berne zinc tablet . The name was Latinized as Arula / Arola / Araris . The Aare rises in the great Aargletschers (Aare Glaciers) of the Bernese Alps , in the canton of Bern and west of the Grimsel Pass . The Finsteraargletscher and Lauteraargletscher come together to form the Unteraargletscher (Lower Aar Glacier), which

484-583: The North Sea after crossing into the Netherlands . On May 26, 2022, Indonesia West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil 's eldest child, Emmeril Kahn Mumtadz, was declared missing after being swept away by the river current. Chronologically, Eril was swimming in the river with his sister and friends. When he wanted to rise to the surface, Eril was dragged by a fairly swift current of the river which had previously received help from his friend. The search efforts involving

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528-518: The Peasants' War , and in the ensuing process of democratization, Münsingen played a major part in the history of the canton of Bern. Originally, the town was ruled from a castle located on the heights above the Müli valley. However, this building fell into ruin and little is known about it. By the 12th century another castle was built in Münsingen town. The Senn family ruled the town from this castle. However, it

572-538: The Rhine comprises about 295 kilometres (183 mi), during which distance it descends 1,565 m (5,135 ft), draining an area of 17,779 km (6,865 sq mi), almost entirely within Switzerland, and accounting for close to half the area of the country, including all of Central Switzerland . There are more than 40 hydroelectric plants along the course of the Aare. The river's name dates to at least

616-517: The Roman era there was a country estate or very small settlement near where the village church stands today. Scattered fragments of a wall and a bath house have been discovered. The bath house floor was decorated with mosaics depicting fishes and the god Oceanus . The bath house is probably from the 2nd century AD. Münsingen is first mentioned between 993 and 1010 as Munisingam when King Rudolph III of Burgundy granted it to Count Kuno. It passed through

660-655: The Simme , by the Lake of Thun. Lake Thun marks the head of navigation . On flowing out of the lake it passes through Thun , and then flows through the city of Bern , passing beneath eighteen bridges and around the steeply-flanked peninsula on which the Old City is located. To the south of the Old City peninsula is the Mattenschwelle  [ de ] , a weir which provides water for

704-582: The 20th century. This article about Germanic languages is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Aare River The Aare ( Swiss Standard German: [ˈaːrɛ] ) or Aar ( Swiss Standard German: [aːr] ) is the main tributary of the High Rhine (its discharge even exceeds that of the latter at their confluence ) and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland . Its total length from its source to its junction with

748-595: The Alps, and the former swamps have become fruitful plains: they are known as the "vegetable garden of Switzerland". From here the Aare flows northeast for a long distance, past the ambassador town Solothurn (below which the Grosse Emme flows in on the right), Aarburg (where it is joined by the Wigger ), Olten , Aarau , near which is the junction with the Suhre , and Wildegg, where

792-570: The Schultheiss Johannes Steiger. It was purchased in 1877 by the Canton of Bern and converted into a cantonal psychiatric clinic. The clinic played an important role in the 1930s in introducing the somatic therapies in psychiatry. Münsingen has an area of 15.77 km (6.09 sq mi). Before the 2017 merger, the area of the municipality was 12.11 km (4.68 sq mi). Of this area, 3.97 km (1.53 sq mi) or 46.8%

836-647: The Seetal Aabach falls in on the right. A short distance further, below Brugg , it receives first the Reuss , its major tributary, and shortly afterwards the Limmat , its second strongest tributary. It now turns due north, and soon becomes itself a tributary of the Rhine , which it even surpasses in volume when the two rivers unite downstream from Koblenz (Switzerland) , opposite Waldshut in Germany. The Rhine, in turn, empties into

880-920: The West, the South and the South-East, they are surrounded by Romance languages ; in the North, by High Alemannic dialects. In the Swiss canton of Graubünden (Grisons) only the Walser exclaves in the Romansh part and the Prättigau , Schanfigg and Davos are Highest Alemannic; the Rhine Valley with Chur and Engadin are High Alemannic. The distinctive feature of the Highest Alemannic dialects

924-448: The canton's psychiatric clinic. On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Konolfingen, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Chief and a Pale Argent. Münsingen has a population (as of December 2020) of 12,966. As of 2010, 9.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over

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968-409: The clear stratigraphic layers at Münsingen have helped archeologists to develop a model for dating isolated graves from Germany to Romania to Italy. The relatively small number of individuals combined with the rich grave goods indicate that the settlement at Münsingen was home to Celtic nobility. Two of the graves contain skulls that show evidence of trepanation or holes bored into the skull. During

1012-525: The first and third persons in the plural. There are High Alemannic dialects that have preserved the ending -n which has been dropped in most Upper German dialects. The Highest Alemannic dialects are considered to be the most conservative dialects of German. The dialect of the Lötschental , for instance, preserved the three distinct classes of weak verbs (as in Old High German ) until the beginning of

1056-448: The forested land, 15.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 38.1% is used for growing crops and 6.6% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Aare valley and includes the village of Münsingen, and

1100-625: The hands of the Kyburgs and the Zähringens . Then, in the 13th and 14th centuries Münsingen came under the lordship of the Senn knights from whom the present arms of the municipality are derived. In 1377, the last member of the family sold the town to a wealthy family in Bern . It passed through several families before the city of Bern gradually acquired all the rights to the town. As an important gathering-place during

1144-407: The last 10 years (2001-2011) the population has changed at a rate of 0.1%. Migration accounted for -0.1%, while births and deaths accounted for 0.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (10,164 or 92.9%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (160 or 1.5%) and French is the third (117 or 1.1%). There are 9 people who speak Romansh . As of 2008, the population

1188-510: The municipality and 3,464 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 31.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 38.1% used a private car. Educational provision in Münsingen covers all levels from primary school, through middle and secondary schools (Realschule and Sekundarschule), up to senior-level education (Vorgymnasium). In Münsingen about 4,747 or (43.4%) of

1232-727: The municipality. FC Münsingen is the town's football club. Münsingen is twinned with: Highest Alemannic German Highest Alemannic dialects are spoken in alpine regions of Switzerland : the Bernese Oberland , in the German-speaking parts of the Canton of Fribourg and Valais , and in the Walser settlements (mostly in Switzerland, but also in Italy and in Austria ; see Walser German ). In

1276-429: The municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 14.1% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 19.8% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 34 primary classes and 682 students. Of the primary students, 11.6% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 16.7% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During

1320-635: The police search and rescue team, maritime police, fire department, and authority of the city of Bern. One week after declared missing, Emmeril Kahn Mumtadz was declared dead in absentia at the age of 22. Although on June 9, 2022, Eril's body was located. The funeral procession of Emmeril “Eril” Kahn Mumtadz took place in the family's burial ground located in Cimaung, Bandung regency, West Java. Soon after news about Eril's body brought back to his home, Indonesian netizens review bombed Aare River's Google listing, leaving negative comments and one-star ratings as if

1364-464: The population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education , and 1,504 or (13.8%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). Of the 1,504 who completed tertiary schooling, 73.5% were Swiss men, 19.5% were Swiss women, 4.8% were non-Swiss men and 2.2% were non-Swiss women. The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten , followed by six years of Primary school. This

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1408-571: The population) who were Islamic . There were 21 individuals who were Buddhist , 88 individuals who were Hindu and 4 individuals who belonged to another church. 687 (or about 6.28% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist , and 271 individuals (or about 2.48% of the population) did not answer the question. Münsingen's most important enterprise is the firm of USM ( Ulrich Schaerer Münsingen ), internationally known producers of office furniture. As of  2011, Münsingen had an unemployment rate of 1.8%. As of 2008, there were

1452-490: The population, there were 57 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.52% of the population), there were 7 individuals (or about 0.06% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church , and there were 1,181 individuals (or about 10.80% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 6 individuals (or about 0.05% of the population) who were Jewish , and 261 (or about 2.39% of

1496-427: The population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 21.2%. As of 2000, there were 4,580 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 5,256 married individuals, 571 widows or widowers and 530 individuals who are divorced. As of 2000, there were 1,386 households that consist of only one person and 249 households with five or more people. In 2000,

1540-635: The river, which had previously rendered the countryside north of Bern a swampland through frequent flooding, was diverted by the Aare-Hagneck Canal into the Lac de Bienne . From the upper end of the lake, at Nidau , the river issues through the Nidau-Büren Canal , also called the Aare Canal, and then runs east to Büren . The lake absorbs huge amounts of eroded gravel and snowmelt that the river brings from

1584-439: The same year, there were 23 lower secondary classes with a total of 454 students. There were 8.4% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 9.9% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The remainder of the students attend a private or special school. As of 2000, there were 204 students in Münsingen who came from another municipality, while 355 residents attended schools outside

1628-555: The small Matte hydroelectric power plant . River swimming in the Aare is popular in Bern, and the river is sometimes full of bathers on summer days. The river soon changes its northwesterly flow for a due westerly direction, but after receiving the Saane or La Sarine it turns north until it nears Aarberg . There, in one of the major Swiss engineering feats of the 19th century, the Jura water correction ,

1672-477: The tertiary sector; 756 or 23.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 56 or 1.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 153 or 4.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 63 or 1.9% were in the information industry, 113 or 3.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 188 or 5.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 400 or 12.3% were in education and 1,175 or 36.1% were in health care. In 2000, there were 3,211 workers who commuted into

1716-583: The village rectory and the USM factory and corporate offices are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance . The facility and grounds around Münsingen Clinic are part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites . Münsingen is administered by a seven-member council and a 30-seat municipal assembly. In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 21.4% of

1760-660: The vote. The next three most popular parties were the Social Democratic Party (SP) (19.1%), the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP) (16.7%) and the Green Party (12.8%). In the federal election, a total of 4,488 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.3%. From the 2000 census, 7,464 or 68.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church , while 1,472 or 13.5% were Roman Catholic . Of the rest of

1804-549: The west end of the lake it indirectly receives its first important tributary , the Lütschine , by the Lake of Brienz. It then runs across the swampy plain of the Bödeli (Swiss German diminutive for ground) between Interlaken and Unterseen before flowing into Lake Thun . Near the west end of Lake Thun, the river indirectly receives the waters of the Kander , which has just been joined by

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1848-401: The workforce. In 2008 there were a total of 4,680 full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 37, of which 36 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,386 of which 1,042 or (75.2%) were in manufacturing and 327 (23.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 3,257. In

1892-557: Was 47.8% male and 52.2% female. The population was made up of 4,644 Swiss men (42.8% of the population) and 535 (4.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 5,203 Swiss women (48.0%) and 463 (4.3%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 2,660 or about 24.3% were born in Münsingen and lived there in 2000. There were 4,905 or 44.8% who were born in the same canton, while 1,714 or 15.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,167 or 10.7% were born outside of Switzerland. As of 2011, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.4% of

1936-481: Was demolished by Bern in 1311. A wooden outbuilding was built on the castle lands three years later, in 1314. In 1550 the Schultheiss Hans Franz Nägeli rebuilt the castle building into Münsingen Castle . It was renovated and repaired in 1749–53. In 1977 the municipality acquired the castle and converted it into a municipal museum. The wooden outbuilding was rebuilt in 1570 into a country estate house by

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