Unterlangenegg

Unterlangenegg
Coat of arms
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Location of Unterlangenegg
Coordinates: 46°47′N 7°43′E / 46.783°N 7.717°E / 46.783; 7.717Coordinates: 46°47′N 7°43′E / 46.783°N 7.717°E / 46.783; 7.717
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Thun
Government
• Mayor	Rudolf Reusser
Area
• Total	6.81 km2 (2.63 sq mi)
Elevation	831 m (2,726 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	934
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Postal code	3614
SFOS number	0945
Surrounded by	Buchholterberg, Fahrni, Homberg, Horrenbach-Buchen, Oberlangenegg, Wachseldorn
Website	www.unterlangenegg.ch SFSO statistics

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

Unterlangenegg is first mentioned in 1308 as Langonegga.

During the Middle Ages the land and scattered farms were part of the Herrschaft of Heimberg. By the 13th century, the Counts of Kyburg owned the Herrschaft. On 11 November 1382, Rudolf II of Kyburg attempted an unsuccessful raid on Solothurn. The attack started the Burgdorferkrieg with the Old Swiss Confederacy. During the war, Bern captured many of the Kyburg lands and forced them to make an unfavorable peace. As part of the peace treaty, in 1384 Bern acquired Heimberg lands including Unterlangenegg. It was assigned to the Bernese Steffisburg court in the Thun District.

The municipality was originally part of the parish of Steffisburg. In the 17th century Anabaptists began settling in the Zulg valley. Their faith threatened the Swiss Reformed faith of Bern, so in 1693 they built a large parish church in the village of Schwarzenegg and spread the new parish over the valley. The church helped Schwarzenegg grow into a local center, however it never became a municipality and today is divided between Unterlangenegg and Oberlangenegg.

In 1950 a secondary school was built in the municipality which provides an education for students from five surrounding municipalities.

Unterlangenegg has an area of 6.81 km² (2.63 sq mi). As of the 2004/06 survey, a total of 4.81 km² (1.86 sq mi) or 70.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.34 km² (0.52 sq mi) or 19.7% is forested. Of rest of the municipality 0.59 km² (0.23 sq mi) or 8.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km² (12 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.