Hagneck

Hagneck
Hagneck Canal near Hagneck
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Location of Hagneck
Coordinates: 47°3′N 7°11′E / 47.050°N 7.183°E / 47.050; 7.183Coordinates: 47°3′N 7°11′E / 47.050°N 7.183°E / 47.050; 7.183
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Seeland
Area
• Total	1.83 km2 (0.71 sq mi)
Elevation	441 m (1,447 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	410
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Postal code	2575
SFOS number	0736
Surrounded by	Ligerz, Lüscherz, Siselen, Täuffelen, Twann, Walperswil
Website	website missing SFSO statistics

Hagneck is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Traces of early and late Bronze Age settlements have been found in the Hagneck marshland, which is part of the Grand Marais. Construction on a hill that separated the marshes from the lake resulted in the destruction of what appeared to be a 200 m (660 ft) Roman era drainage pipe. A portion of the Roman road between Vinelz and Täuffelen is still visible near village. Scattered medieval artifacts have been found near the marsh and the remains of a medieval castle were destroyed during construction of the Hagnek channel.

Hagneck is first mentioned in 1353 as Hagneg.

The small village of Hagnek was part of the parish of Täuffelen and the land was owned by the Counts of Neuchâtel-Nidau. Many of their estates, including Hagneck, were acquired by Bern in 1398. Under Bernese rule, the village was part of the Epsach quarter of the Vogtei of Nidau. Hagneck was quite small and in 1783 was listed as a farm with four houses. The Bernese patrician families of von Erlach and von May owned the fields and farms. Between 1873 and 1878 the Hagneck channel was built as part of the Jura water correction. The new channel began a process of draining the marshes and swamps near the village. In 1899 the Hagneck power station was built along with a canal to provide water for the station. A third project, between 1925 and 1937, drained many of the remaining marshes outside the village. The drainage projects opened up extensive farmland in the rich soil of the former marshes.