Täuffelen

History

Täuffelen is first mentioned in 1228 as Choufalli. In 1280 it was mentioned as Tofallie. During the Middle Ages Täuffelen village was initially probably part of the Barony of Walperswil. In 1247 it was inherited by the Count of Neuchâtel-Nidau. The Counts held it for about a century and a half, until 1398, when Bern acquired the entire Inselgau, including Täuffelen. Under Bernese rule, Täuffelen, Gerolfingen, Hagneck and Epsach were combined into the Epsachviertel (Epsach Quarter) of the Bailiwick of Nidau. Following the 1798 French invasion, Sutz-Lattrigen became part of the Helvetic Republic district of Seeland. With the 1803 Act of Mediation it became part of the district of Nidau. The village church of St. Peter and Paul was first mentioned in 1228. However, it was probably built on the ruins of an earlier Roman era settlement. The nave is built in an earlier Romanesque style. The church's Barbara Altar became the center of a regional religious fraternity. In 1528 Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation as did all of its lands, including Täuffelen. Today the parish includes the villages of Epsach, Hagneck, Hermrigen and Mörigen. The local Catholic church was built in 1971-72. Gerolfingen village had a harbor on the lake and was a local trading and fishing center. The residents of Täuffelen grew crops, cared for vineyards on the hill below the church and fished in the lake. The first industrial factory opened in Täuffelen in 1846 and began to change the character of the village. This first factory, which manufactured watch and clock parts, was followed by several other factories. The Jura water correction projects and the construction of the Aarberg-Hagneck Canal between 1868 and 1880 opened up new land around the villages and…

Geography

Täuffelen has an area of . As of 2012, a total of or 59.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 10.7% is forested. The rest of the municipality is or 23.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 4.3% is unproductive land. During the same year, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 14.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.4%. A total of 9.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.6% is used for growing crops and 8.6% is pasturage, while 7.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 1.6% is in rivers and streams.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  8,377
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  5,780
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  5,687
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,425
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,378
• European hare

  Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 · Mammalia
  4,225
• Brimstone

  Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,082
• Small Tortoiseshell

  Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,010

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