Zwieselberg

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

[3] The oldest trace of a settlement in the area are a Bronze Age ruin at Bürgli and a grave at Bühl.

In 1466 the Bernese Lords of Bubenberg acquired the Strättligen lands, including Zwieselberg.

Toward the end of the 15th century, the Bubenbergs sold or gave Zwieselberg and the surrounding lands to the city of Bern.

Under Bernese rule it was part of the bailiwick of Wimmis, the military levy of Seftigen and the religious parish of Amsoldingen.

Following the 1798 French invasion and 1803 Act of Mediation it joined the newly created Thun District.

[3] In 1815 the Simmentalstrasse connected the old horse stations of Hani and Glütsch in Zwieselberg to the rest of the canton.

[3] In 2008 Zwieselberg, Reutigen, Oberstocken and Niederstocken formed the Stockental School District.

Of rest of the municipality 0.24 km2 (0.093 sq mi) or 9.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.

[5] The municipality is located in the Zwieselburg hills between the Reutigmoos and the Glütschbach Valley.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Castle Argent on a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert and in Chief a Mullet Or between two Roses of the second barbed and seeded proper.

The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 9; 2 in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was a technical professional or scientist and 2 were in education.

[21] In 2011 a total of 1.8% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.

[23] From the 2000 census[update], 203 or 86.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 11 or 4.7% 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.

Houses of Zwieselberg
The hills of Zwieselberg