Bätterkinden

Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Fraubrunnen
municipality_name = Fraubrunnen
municipality_type = municipality
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languages = German
canton = Berne
iso-code-region = CH-BE
district = Fraubrunnen
lat_d=47|lat_m=8|lat_NS=N|long_d=7|long_m=32|long_EW=E
postal_code = 3315
municipality_code = 0533
area = 10.19
elevation = 473|elevation_description=
population = 2780|populationof = January 2005 | popofyear = 2005
website = www.baetterkinden.ch
mayor = Rosmarie Habegger-Scheidegger|mayor_asof=2008|mayor_party=SVP
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neighboring_municipalities= Aefligen, Fraubrunnen, Limpach, Schalunen, Utzenstorf, Wiler bei Utzenstorf, and Zielebach in the Canton of Bern; Aetingen, Biberist, Gerlafingen, Küttigkofen, Kyburg-Buchegg, Lohn-Ammannsegg, and Lüterkofen in the Canton of Solothurn
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Bätterkinden is a municipality in the district of Fraubrunnen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is about 20 km north of Bern.

Bätterkinden lies in the lower section of the Fraubrunnen district, west of the Emme and Urtenen, and on the Limpach. It consists of the settlement areas of Bätterkinden and Kräiligen, the Weilern Alp, Holzhäusern Berchtoldshof, Aussenhöfen Berchtoldshof, Buuchi, Studenacher, upper and lower Löffelhof, Neumatt, Niedermatt and Rütti. The municipality is runs about 7.4 km north to south.

Politics

The municipal assembly, which consists of all Swiss residents aged 18 and older living in the municipality for at least 3 months, forms the legislature.

The municipal council is the executive, and consists of seven members chosen by proportional representation. In the current term (2004-2007), there are three members from the Swiss People's Party (SVP), three from the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SPS), and one from the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland (FDP). The mayor, Rosmarie Habegger-Scheidegger, is in the SVP.

Transportation

The city is a stop on the Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn (RBS), which runs on a synchronized timetable, generally every half-hour. The time required to reach Solothurn is 12 minutes and Bern 26. There are also bus connections.

In Bätterkinden two canton roads cross, the T12 Solothurn-Bern (north-south) and the Lyss-Utzenstorf-Koppigen/Burgdorf road (east-west). There is also the canton road which connects Bätterkinden to Bucheggberg via Kyburg.

The A1 entrances Kirchberg (in the direction of Bern) and Kriegstetten (in the direction of Basel and Zurich can each be reached in about a 10 minutes' drive.

History

The first historical mention of the town was in 1261.

Notable people

* Florian Ast (born 1975 in Solothurn), rock musician
* Jeremias Lorza (born 1757 in Silvaplana, died 1837 in Bätterkinden), theologian
* Benedictus Aretius (born 1522 in Bätterkinden, died 1574 in Bern), theologian, teacher, geographer, and reformer

External links

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* [http://baetterkinden.kibs.ch/ Website of the Bätterkinden School] De icon