Tägertschi

Tägertschi is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[2] For most of their history, the village of Tägertschi along with the settlements of Stalden and Ämligen were part of the parish and municipality of Münsingen.

Eventually Ämligen and Stalden im Emmental (now part of Konolfingen) formed an independent political municipality.

However, in 1923, Ämligen (which at that time had about 35 residents) voted to separate themselves from Stalden and form a new municipality with Tägertschi.

It consists of the village of Tägertschi, the neighborhoods of Station and Ämligen as well as scattered farm houses.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.

[5] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Chief and a Pale Argent between a Vine Grape slipped Or in dexter and Corn Ear of the last in sinister.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (331 or 98.5%) as their first language, English is the second most common (2 or 0.6%) and Albanian is the third (2 or 0.6%).

[8] There were 202 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.6% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 6 or 35.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 11.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 23.5% were in education and 4 or 23.5% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 281 or 83.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 24 or 7.1% 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.

[17] During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 36 students attending classes in Tägertschi.