Diesse

History

Diesse is first mentioned in 1178 as Diesse. In German it was known as Tess though this name is no longer commonly used. The parish church of Diesse was first mentioned in 1185. Beginning in 1530 the Protestant Reformation gradually gained power until the parish switched to the new faith in 1554. Until 1798, Diesse was the capital of the district of Tessenberg. Following the 1798 French invasion, Diesse became part of France and remained so until the Congress of Vienna returned it to Bern. The village school was built in 1850-56. The village's population slowly declined until the 1980s, when commuters to the surrounding towns began to move into Diesse.

Geography

Before the merger, Diesse had a total area of . During the same year, housing and buildings made up 1.5%, and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 43.0% of the total land area is heavily forested, and 4.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 21.9% is used for growing crops, 10.5% is pastureland, and 15.2% is used for alpine pasture.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  6,592
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  5,830
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,676
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,516
• Small Tortoiseshell

  Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,503
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  4,386
• European hare

  Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 · Mammalia
  4,288
• Yellow-legged Gull

  Larus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
  4,113

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 4.4 — 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
• M 3.1 — 2018-05-04
  2 km W of Schliengen, Germany