Büren zum Hof
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
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| Coordinates: 47°6′N 7°31′E / 47.100°N 7.517°ECoordinates: 47°6′N 7°31′E / 47.100°N 7.517°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Bern | |
| District | Bern-Mittelland | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 510 m (1,670 ft) | |
| Population (December 2011) | ||
| • Total | 467 | |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 3313 | |
| SFOS number | 0534 | |
| Surrounded by | Etzelkofen, Fraubrunnen, Limpach, Mülchi, Schalunen | |
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Büren zum Hof is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Büren zum Hof, Etzelkofen, Grafenried, Limpach, Mülchi, Schalunen and Zauggenried merged into the municipality of Fraubrunnen.
Büren zum Hof is first mentioned in 1249 as Burron. There is a Hallstatt era burial mound in the municipality which indicates that the area was inhabited much earlier. In the earliest mention of the village, the major land holder is listed as the Knight von Schüpfen. In 1255 some of the land was given to the nearby Fraubrunnen Abbey. Over the following century, the Abbey grew to hold most of the farms in the village and the right to dispense the low justice (day to day, minor crimes and trials). Following the Secularization of the monasteries (1528), it became part of the Landvogtei of Fraubrunnen.
Before the merger, Büren zum Hof had a total area of 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi). Of this area, 2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi) or 73.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.64 km2 (0.25 sq mi) or 18.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.3 km2 (0.12 sq mi) or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 65.5% is used for growing crops and 7.6% is pastures.
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