Herzogenbuchsee

Herzogenbuchsee is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The population is 7055, counting the villages within the Oberaargau. The traditional name turned into Buchsi. Herzogenbuchsee is built on a moraine of the Rhone Glacier. The place has been settled for at the least 10,000 years, with historic settlements around the Inkwilersee and Burgaschisee. There is also evidence of Roman buildings from approximately two hundred CE close to the modern Reformed Church. You can come here and explore this place.

The first documented use of the name puhsa said Buchsa, in Latin buxum, that means "container" is determined within the writings of Saint Gallus in 886 CE. In 1220 it was stated as Buchse and to distinguish it from Munchenbuchsee, in 1301 it changed into first stated as Herzogenbuchze. It become ruled by way of Burgundy, the Zahringer, the Kyburger, and eventually, added beneath the Altberni sovereignty. On January 1, 2008, the municipality of Oberonz became part of the municipality of Herzogenbuchsee. Before the merger, Herzogenbuchsee had an area of 6.8 km2. Of this place, 35.1 consistent with cent is used for agricultural functions, while 35 according to cent is forested. The rest of the land, is settled.