Amsoldingen

Amsoldingen is a municipality in the Thun administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

The college of canons at the church ruled over the village during the Middle Ages, but gradually lost power as Bern expanded into the region.

[3] Following the 1798 French invasion, Amsoldingen became part of the Helvetic Republic district of Oberseftigen.

Following the collapse of the Republic and 1803 Act of Mediation it was assigned to the Thun District.

Several new residential areas, including Riedli and Galgacher, were built in 1985 to house the slowly growing population.

The municipality includes the village of Amsoldingen on the Amsoldingersee and scattered farm houses and hamlets.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Thun.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (741 or 96.6%) as their first language, both French and Albanian have 5 native speakers.

In 2012, single family homes made up 49.8% of the total housing in the municipality.

In the tertiary sector; 1 was in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 12.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 7 or 17.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 15.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 10.0% were in education and 11 or 27.5% were in health care.

[22] The former collegiate Church of St Mauritius and adjacent Amsoldingen Castle are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.

The heritage site includes the church, the refectory, sexton's house and the castle.

[24] From the 2000 census[update], 638 or 83.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 51 or 6.6% were Roman Catholic.

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.

[25] During the 2012–13 school year, there were a total of 95 students attending classes in Amsoldingen.

There were a total of 26 students in the German language kindergarten classes in the municipality.

The municipality's primary school had 69 students in German language classes.

Interior of Amsoldingen Church
Amsoldingen village and the surrounding mountains
Aerial view (1952)
Amsoldingen Church and rectory
Former collegiate church of Amsoldingen