Hermrigen

Hermrigen
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Location of Hermrigen
Coordinates: 47°5′N 7°15′E / 47.083°N 7.250°E / 47.083; 7.250Coordinates: 47°5′N 7°15′E / 47.083°N 7.250°E / 47.083; 7.250
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Seeland
Area
• Total	3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Elevation	513 m (1,683 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	303
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Postal code	3274
SFOS number	0737
Surrounded by	Bellmund, Bühl, Epsach, Kappelen, Merzligen, Mörigen, Sutz-Lattrigen
Website	http://www.hermrigen.ch SFSO statistics

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

Hermrigen is first mentioned in 1249 as Hermeringen.

The oldest trace of a settlement in the area are scattered Stone Age (probably Mesolithic) items which were found at Schönbrünnefeld. A Hallstatt era grave mound has been found in the Hermrigenmoos-Holehölzli. A few Roman era artifacts were also found around the municipality. During the Middle Ages a number of Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) or knightly families owned land or rights in the village along with Frienisberg Abbey. In 1335 the Knight Ulrich von Sutz sold his land in Hermrigen to the Count of Neuchâtel-Nidau. In 1398, the city of Bern acquired the lands of the Counts, including Hermeigen. Under Bernese rule it was combined with the village of Merzligen-Niklaus to form the court of Hermrigen. That organization remained until the reorganization following the 1798 French invasion.

The village is part of the parish of Täuffelen.

The Jura water correction projects of 1868 to 1891 helped drain many of the marshes outside the village. Drainage projects in 1925-33 and 1977-89 helped open up additional farmland. A primary school was built in 1971 and is shared with the municipality of Merzligen. Today about two-thirds of the working population commutes to jobs in nearby towns and cities.