Konolfingen

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Konolfingen

Location of Konolfingen

Coordinates: 46°53′N 7°37′E / 46.883°N 7.617°ECoordinates: 46°53′N 7°37′E / 46.883°N 7.617°E

Country

Area

• Total

12.79 km² (4.94 sq mi)

Elevation

658 m (2,159 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

5,225

• Density

410/km² (1,100/sq mi)

Postal code

3510

SFOS number

0612

Surrounded by

Freimettigen, Grosshöchstetten, Häutligen, Mirchel, Münsingen, Niederhünigen, Schlosswil, Tägertschi, Trimstein

Website

www.konolfingen.ch
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Konolfingen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Konolfingen village is first mentioned in 1148 as Chonolfingen. It is a relatively new municipality, having been formed from the union of Gysenstein and Stalden in 1933.

While the current municipality is relatively new, Konolfingen village was an important local administrative center. Under the Counts of Kyburg and later the city of Bern, Konolfingen was the center of a district, the home of the high court and the execution grounds. Originally the town was owned by the Lords of Krauchtal, but in either 1397 or 1424, they donated Konolfingen to Thorberg Abbey. In 1528, Bern adopted the Protestant Reformation and secularized all the Abbey's lands. It became part of the bailiwick of Thorberg and was combined with Walkringen to form a single court. However, the village remained an administrative center until the creation of the Helvetic Republic in 1798. In 1814, due to the lack of suitable buildings in Konolfingen, Schlosswil became the administrative center and court for the district of Konolfingen.

Throughout most of its history it was part of the parish of Münsingen. A filial church was built in Konolfingen in 1898 and in 1911, the villages broke away to form the parish of Stalden. The Stalden name only remained for a year, in 1912 it was renamed Konolfingen parish. A Catholic church was built in the municipality in 1967.

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