Pohlern

Pohlern
The Farm House in Rohrmoos, a Swiss Heritage Site
Coat of arms
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Location of Pohlern
Coordinates: 46°43′N 7°32′E / 46.717°N 7.533°E / 46.717; 7.533Coordinates: 46°43′N 7°32′E / 46.717°N 7.533°E / 46.717; 7.533
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Thun
Government
• Mayor	Bruno Minder
Area
• Total	9.89 km2 (3.82 sq mi)
Elevation	710 m (2,330 ft)
Population (Dec 2016)
• Total	257
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Postal code	3638
SFOS number	0936
Surrounded by	Därstetten, , Höfen, Übeschi, and Blumenstein.
Website	www.pohlern.ch SFSO statistics

Pohlern is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Pohlern is first mentioned in 1389 as in der Polleren.

Until the Late Middle Ages Pohlern was virtually uninhabited forest in the Herrschaft of Strättligen. During the 14th century it was gradually settled under the rule of the Freiherr von Burgistein. By 1417 the Barfüsser (Franciscan mendicant) monastery in Bern owned some land and rights in the village. In 1459 it was combined with Uebeschi to form the Herrschaft of Pohlern. In 1499 and further in 1516 the Bernese patrician May family acquired parts of the village. In 1528 Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation and suppressed all the monasteries, including the Barfüssers. Bern took over Pohlern and dissolved the Herrschaft. Pohlern became part of the court of Amsoldingen in the Thun District, where it remained until the district was dissolved in 2009. Today most residents either work in agriculture or commute to jobs outside the municipality.

For most of its history, the village was part of the parish of Thierachern. In 1922 it was assigned to the nearby parish of Blumenstein, with which it also shares a school house.

Pohlern has an area of 9.89 km² (3.82 sq mi). As of the 2004 survey, a total of 3.7 km² (1.4 sq mi) or 37.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.48 km² (1.73 sq mi) or 45.3% is forested. Of rest of the municipality 0.19 km² (0.073 sq mi) or 1.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.15 km² (37 acres) or 1.5% is either rivers or lakes and 1.42 km² (0.55 sq mi) or 14.4% is unproductive land.