Biberist

History

Biberist is first mentioned in 762 as Biberussa. In 1300 Ober- and Unterbiberist were mentioned as ze beiden Biberschon. During the Helvetic Republic it was the capital of the Biberist district.

Geography

Biberist has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 26.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.2% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 32.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.3% is used for growing crops and 8.9% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. File:ETH-BIB-Biberist-LBS H1-027013.tif|Aerial view (1967) File:Biberist hochhaus emmenpark 027.JPG|Modern high-rise apartment building File:Biberistbauernhof001.JPG|Homes on the edge of Biberist File:Biberist stapfacker hasenmatt.jpg|Homes in the Stapfacker section of Biberist File:Biberist schloesschen bleichenberg 046.JPG|Biberist Castle File:Panorama biberist.jpg|Biberist St. Urs restaurant completely burnt down

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  14,546
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  8,851
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,936
• European badger

  Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  3,070
• Eurasian beaver

  Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  2,902
• Alcon Blue

  Maculinea alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1776 · Insecta
  2,837
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  2,492
• common frog

  Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 · Amphibia
  2,129

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 4.1 — 2021-12-24
  2 km WSW of Blamont, France