Trub

Trub village

Coat of arms

Trub

Location of Trub

Coordinates: 46°56′N 7°53′E / 46.933°N 7.883°ECoordinates: 46°56′N 7°53′E / 46.933°N 7.883°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Peter Aeschlimann

Area

• Total

62.03 km² (23.95 sq mi)

Elevation

790 m (2,590 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,347

• Density

22/km² (56/sq mi)

Postal code

3556

SFOS number

0908

Surrounded by

Eggiwil, Escholzmatt (LU), Hergiswil bei Willisau (LU), Langnau im Emmental, Luthern (LU), Marbach (LU), Romoos (LU), Sumiswald, Trubschachen

Website

www.trub.ch
SFSO statistics

Trub is one of the largest municipalities of Switzerland (62 km²) in size, but not in population. It is located in the Emmental region of the canton of Bern in the administrative district of Emmental.

Trub is first mentioned in 1139 as Truoba. Around 1258 it was mentioned as Trouba.

Much of the early history of Trub is tied to the Benedictine Trub Abbey, which ruled over much of the modern municipality. The inhabitants of the village were ruled from the Abbey and were partly under ecclesiastical law, though the high court was under the secular Kyburgs. In 1408 Bern acquired the remaining Kyburg lands including the high court rights in Trub. During the early 15th century the population of the village dropped and many of the outlying farms were abandoned. As the population recovered in the second half of that century, many alpine meadows and small settlements were once opened up.

In 1528, Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation and secularized all monasteries, including Trub. The land and lower courts in Trub came under Bernese control. The monastery church has always been the village church. It was converted into a Protestant church and the patronage rights passed to Bern. The original church was probably a Romanesque building. It was replaced with the current building in 1641-45, though some of the walls come from the earlier building.

Following the Protestant Reformation, a number of Anabaptists settled in Trub, which caused problems with the government in Bern. In 1532, the village was ordered to drive out all its Anabaptists, though many remained. Over the following centuries, until 1742 when it was finally no longer illegal, Anabaptist hunters would occasionally visit Trub to attempt to capture them. Several homes in the community, including the house at Hintere Hütte nr. 239, had special hidden rooms that the Anabaptists could hide in to avoid the hunters.

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