Münchringen

Münchringen
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
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Location of Münchringen
Coordinates: 47°3′N 7°31′E / 47.050°N 7.517°E / 47.050; 7.517Coordinates: 47°3′N 7°31′E / 47.050°N 7.517°E / 47.050; 7.517
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Bern-Mittelland
Area
• Total	2.4 km2 (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation	522 m (1,713 ft)
Population (Dec 2011)
• Total	596
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Postal code	3303
SFOS number	0547
Surrounded by	Hindelbank, Jegenstorf, Kernenried, Mattstetten, Zauggenried
Website	SFSO statistics

Münchringen is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Münchringen and Scheunen merged into the municipality of Jegenstorf.

Münchringen is first mentioned around 1261-63 as Munderchingen. The Holzmühle settlement was first mentioned in 1271.

The oldest trace of a settlement in the area is a cluster of Hallstatt era grave mounds at Hursch and Waldäcker. By the 13th century Münchringen and Holzmühle were both owned by the Counts of Kyburg and were part of the Kyburg low court in Alchenflüh. After the extinction of the Kyburg line, the villages came under Bern's control. In 1518 the villages successfully requested that they would henceforth be administered from Kernenried. Following the Act of Mediation, Münchringen became part of the Fraubrunnen district. In 1844-45, the formerly independent hamlet of Holzmühle became part of the political municipality of Münchringen. However, Holzmühle remained part of the parish of Jegenstorf.

In 1944-46, levees and canals helped control the Urtenen river and prevent periodic flooding. The completion of a highway on the municipal border in 1965 encouraged population and industrial growth in Münchringen. The formerly agricultural village is now commuter town with almost four fifths of the working population traveling to the region around Bern for work.