Hasle bei Burgdorf

The settlements Uetigen (Utingun), Gomerkinden (Comirichingun), Bigel (Pigiluna) and further hamlets were first mentioned as soon as 894 in a bestowment to the Abbey of St. Gall. Hasel, however, was only mentioned in 1225 as Hasela. The village has since been called Hasle (1261), Hassly (1531), and Hassle (1574). The name can be traced back to the Old High German word hasal, meaning hazel bush. In the Middle Ages, Hasle was part of the Grafschaft Kyburg. From 1384, it was ruled by Bern. In 1525, the village became part of the office of a village mayor Burgdorf. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime in 1798, during the Helvetic Republic, Hasle became a part of the district (Distrikt) of Burgdorf; from 1803, it was part of the Oberamt of Burgdorf, which became a district (Amtsbezirk) in 1831. ==Geography==

(1923) Hasle bei Burgdorf has an area of . Of this area, or 58.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 32.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.0% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Out of the forested land, 30.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 22.5% is used for growing crops and 34.1% is pastures, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. ==Coat of arms==

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Sable and Argent overall a Cross of four Hazle Leaves counterchanged. The hazel leaf () makes this an example of canting arms. ==Demographics==

Hasle bei Burgdorf has a population () of . , 5.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000-2010) the population has changed at a rate of 4.4%. Migration accounted for 2.9%, while births and deaths accounted for 1.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (2,827 or 95.9%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian is the second most common (24 or 0.8%) and Albanian is the third (13 or 0.4%). There are 7 people who speak French, 9 people who speak Italian. , there were 347 households that consist of only one person and 119 households with five or more people. , a total of 1,142 apartments (88.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 90 apartments (6.9%) were seasonally occupied and 63 apartments (4.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 8.4 new units per 1000 residents. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1020 height:210 PlotArea = top:10 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:3000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:600 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:120 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1764 from:start till:1411 text:"1,411" bar:1850 from:start till:2253 text:"2,253" bar:1860 from:start till:2172 text:"2,172" bar:1870 from:start till:2309 text:"2,309" bar:1880 from:start till:2461 text:"2,461" bar:1888 from:start till:2438 text:"2,438" bar:1900 from:start till:2390 text:"2,390" bar:1910 from:start till:2492 text:"2,492" bar:1920 from:start till:2530 text:"2,530" bar:1930 from:start till:2596 text:"2,596" bar:1941 from:start till:2709 text:"2,709" bar:1950 from:start till:2831 text:"2,831" bar:1960 from:start till:2881 text:"2,881" bar:1970 from:start till:2944 text:"2,944" bar:1980 from:start till:2682 text:"2,682" bar:1990 from:start till:2871 text:"2,871" bar:2000 from:start till:2948 text:"2,948" ==Attractions==

The Protestant church in Hasle dates back to Medieval construction, but was reconstructed from 1678 to 1680 in Baroque style. Frescoes from the Late Gothic were, however, conserved. Heritage sites of national significance The wooden bridge of Hasle-Rüegsau is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The village of Goldbach and the hamlet of Bigel are both part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. ==Politics==

In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 34.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP) (20.3%), the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) (13.1%) and the Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland (EVP) (7.4%). In the federal election, a total of 1,099 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.6%. ==Economy==

Until the second half of the 19th century Hasle bei Burgdorf was primarily an agricultural village. However, trade and industry developed very early in the municipality. In the course of the 19th century a hat factory, a weaving mill, and a brewery were founded here. Nonetheless, Hasle bei Burgdorf still primarily lives from agriculture, especially dairy and animal husbandry; but there is also tillage and fruit-growing. , Hasle bei Burgdorf had an unemployment rate of 1.81%. , there were a total of 1,115 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 291 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 97 businesses involved in this sector. 352 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 37 businesses in this sector. 472 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 68 businesses in this sector. , there were 516 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,054 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 15% used public transportation to get to work, and 53.1% used a private car. ==Religion==

From the , 118 or 4.0% were Roman Catholic, while 2,411 or 81.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 28 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.95% of the population), and there were 201 individuals (or about 6.82% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 individuals (or about 0.10% of the population) who were Jewish, and 59 (or about 2.00% of the population) who were Islamic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist and 47 individuals who were Hindu. 96 (or about 3.26% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 84 individuals (or about 2.85% of the population) did not answer the question. ==Education==

In Hasle bei Burgdorf about 1,215 or (41.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 258 or (8.8%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 258 who completed tertiary schooling, 71.3% were Swiss men, 22.9% were Swiss women, 4.3% were non-Swiss men. During the 2009-10 school year, there were a total of 270 students attending classes in Hasle bei Burgdorf. There were 3 kindergarten classes with a total of 58 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 5.2% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 8.6% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 10 primary classes and 180 students. Of the primary students, 3.9% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 7.8% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During the same year, there were 2 lower secondary classes with a total of 32 students. There were 3.1% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 9.4% have a different mother language than the classroom language. , there were 133 students in Hasle bei Burgdorf who came from another municipality, while 123 residents attended schools outside the municipality. ==Transportation==

The municipality has two railway stations, and . The former is located at the junction of the Burgdorf–Thun and Solothurn–Langnau lines, with regular service to , , , , and . ==References==