Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh

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Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh

Location of Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh

Coordinates: 47°5′N 7°35′E / 47.083°N 7.583°ECoordinates: 47°5′N 7°35′E / 47.083°N 7.583°E

Country

Area

• Total

2.73 km² (1.05 sq mi)

Elevation

505 m (1,657 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

2,435

• Density

890/km² (2,300/sq mi)

Postal code

3422

SFOS number

0420

Surrounded by

Aefligen, Fraubrunnen, Kirchberg, Lyssach, Utzenstorf

Website

www.ruedtligen-alchenflueh.ch
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Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Alchenflüh is first mentioned in 1409 as Alchenfluo. Rüdtligen is first mentioned in 1241 as Ruetilingin. In 1833 Rüdtligen and Alchenflüh merged into a single municipality.

Alchenflüh was part of the neighboring villages for the Burgundian royal fortress of Kirchberg. It passed over to Selz Abbey in 994 together with Kirchberg.

During the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period Rüdtligen was part of the low court of Alchenflüh. Until 1528, Fraubrunnen Abbey was the largest landholder in Rüdtligen. In 1640, Rüdtligen and Alchenflüh worked together in the construction of the Kirchberg bridge.

The inhabitants of both villages were part of the parish of Kirchberg. In the 17th century, Aefligen, Lyssach, Ruti, Rüdtligen and Alchenflüh formed a school district with a school house in Alchenflüh. In 1730 the school district split and Aefligen, Rüdtligen and Alchenflüh formed a district.

During the 19th century, the farms began to change from growing grain to raising dairy cattle. By 1856 there were enough dairy farmers for a dairy to open in Alchenflüh. A warehouse was built two years later in 1858. The Burgdorf-Solothurn railroad opened a station in the municipality in 1876. The municipality grew slowly until 1965, when the A1 motorway was built between the two villages. The motorway brought new businesses and commuters to the municipality. Three new housing developments were built to house to growing population. New school buildings were built in 1969-70, 1989 and in 2006 and a kindergarten opened in 1987-88. Before the 1960s there was some industry in the municipality, including a gravel quarry and a printing factory. These were joined after 1969 by a machine factory, a distribution center for Emmi Käse AG, a regional potato storage station, and the Conforama and Pfister furniture factories. The Lyssach-Alchenflüh shopping center was built along the motorway and is shared between the two communities. A proposed merger with Kirchberg was rejected by the latter in a vote in 1973.

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