Fraubrunnen

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Fraubrunnen

Location of Fraubrunnen

Coordinates: 47°5′N 7°32′E / 47.083°N 7.533°ECoordinates: 47°5′N 7°32′E / 47.083°N 7.533°E

Country

Area

• Total

31.97 km² (12.34 sq mi)

Elevation

495 m (1,624 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

4,889

• Density

150/km² (400/sq mi)

Postal code

3312

SFOS number

0538

Surrounded by

Aefligen, Bätterkinden, Büren zum Hof, Etzelkofen, Grafenried, Kernenried, Limpach, Lyssach, Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh, Schalunen, Zauggenried

Website

www.fraubrunnen.ch
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Fraubrunnen is a 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.

Fraubrunnen is first mentioned in 1267 as Frouwenbrunnen. There are Hallstatt era tumuli (burial mounds) in the Rüdtligenwald and Binelwald near Fraubrunnen. In the middle of the 13th Century, Fraubrunnen Abbey was founded by Cistercian nuns. For a time the Abbey was a powerful landholder in the area that is now the District of Fraubrunnen. However, in 1528 the Abbey was secularization during the Protestant Reformation.

In 1798, Napoleon's troops invaded Switzerland. In response, Bern sent an army northward towards the French. On 5 March 1798 Bernese troops encountered the French near Fraubrunnen. The battle between 35,000 French soldier and 20,000 Bernese soldiers ended in a decisive victory for the French. This defeat, lead to the capitulation of the Bernese Ancien Régime.

Fraubrunnen has an area of 31.97 km² (12.34 sq mi). Before the merger, 4.06 km² (1.57 sq mi) or 52.8% was used for agricultural purposes, while 2.97 km² (1.15 sq mi) or 38.6% was forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.59 km² (0.23 sq mi) or 7.7% was settled (buildings or roads), 0.07 km² (17 acres) or 0.9% was either rivers or lakes.

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