Kernenried

Kernenried
Coat of arms
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Location of Kernenried
Coordinates: 47°4′N 7°33′E / 47.067°N 7.550°E / 47.067; 7.550Coordinates: 47°4′N 7°33′E / 47.067°N 7.550°E / 47.067; 7.550
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Emmental
Area
• Total	3.33 km2 (1.29 sq mi)
Elevation	506 m (1,660 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	527
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Postal code	3309
SFOS number	0411
Surrounded by	Fraubrunnen, Hindelbank, Lyssach, Münchringen, Zauggenried
Website	http://www.kernenried.ch SFSO statistics

Kernenried is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Kernenried was first mentioned around 1261-63 as Reide, in 1318 it was mentioned as Kerrenriet.

The earliest trace of a settlement in the area is a Hallstatt grave mound near Oberholz-Schulwald. A horde of Roman era coins was discovered near the border with Zauggenried. During the Middle Ages the Herrschaft of Kernenried was owned by the Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) family of Kerro, who were in the service of the Counts of Kyburg. The Kerro family ruled Kernenried from their water castle in Mösli. However, the castle was destroyed by Bern in 1318 and the Kerro lands were acquired by Bern. In the following years, the Bernese patrician von Erlach family received the village as part of a dowry. In 1579 the village was given to the obere Spital in Bern to help support this hospital. After the Act of Mediation in 1803, the village was assigned to Burgdorf district.

The village chapel was supported by the Kirchberg parish. After the Protestant Reformation the chapel was abandoned and eventually demolished. The village remains part of the Kirchberg parish.

Even though the proximity of a highway has encouraged some commuters to move into the village, it has retained its agricultural and small business character. Together with the nearby municipality of Zauggenried, they form a school district.