Sumiswald 4998877 162990695 2007-10-08T01:34:01Z SieBot 4005189 robot Adding: [[vo:Sumiswald]] {{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Sumiswald | municipality_name = Sumiswald | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = Sumiswald-coat of arms.svg|pixel_coa= | map = | languages = German | canton = Berne | iso-code-region = CH-BE | district = [[Trachselwald (district)|Trachselwald]] | lat_d=47|lat_m=2|lat_NS=N|long_d=7|long_m=43|long_EW=E | postal_code = 3454 | municipality_code = 0957 | area = 59.4 | elevation = 702|elevation_description= | population = 5179|populationof=2004 | website = www.sumiswald.ch | mayor = Hans Haslebacher-Frick|mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Affoltern im Emmental]], [[Dürrenroth]], [[Eriswil]], [[Langnau im Emmental]], [[Luthern]] (LU), [[Lützelflüh]], [[Rüegsau]], [[Trachselwald]], [[Trub]], [[Wyssachen]] | twintowns = |}} '''Sumiswald''' is a [[municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the [[Districts of Switzerland|district]] of [[Trachselwald (district)|Trachselwald]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Berne (canton)|Berne]], [[Switzerland]]. ==Geography== Sumiswald consists of three localities (Sumiswald, Grünen and Wasen) in the lower [[Emmental]]. It is one of the largest municipalities in the canton with an area of 5933 ha. The town has a population of around 5,000. ==History== The name Sumiswald is first mentioned in [[1130]]. The name either comes from the Germanic settler "Suomolt", the [[Latin]] term ''summa vallis'' ("bank over the valley") or the designation "Zum Oswald" ("to Oswald"), because in the [[Middle Ages]] there was a chapel in Sumiswald dedicated to [[Oswald of Northumbria]]. From [[1225]], Sumiswald was a [[commandery]] of the [[Teutonic Knights]] of the "Ballei" [[Swabia-Alsace-Burgundy]]. In [[1525]], the town bought its way out of [[serfdom]], but stayed a part of the Teutonic Knights even after the [[Protestant Reformation]] was introduced in [[1528]]; Sumiswald was sold to the city of [[Berne]] for 36,000 Reichs[[thaler]] in [[1698]]. [[Image:Karte Gemeinde Sumiswald.png|thumb|right|300px|Location of Sumiswald in the district Trachselwald]] [[Hans Haslibacher]], who was [[decapitation|decapitated]] on [[October 20]], [[1571]] in Berne because of his [[Anabaptist]] conviction came from Sumiswald; his decapitation was the last execution of an Anabaptist in Berne. ==Attractions== The [[glass]] windows of the church Mariekirche depict benefactors with their [[patron saint]]s. The old Teutonic Knight castle is somewhat outside of Sumiswald. It was endowed in [[1225]] with the condition that a hospital be housed in it, therefore the castle's name is ''[[Spittel]]''. It is said that all the men in Sumiswald could have taken a seat at the large table in the inn "Bären" after the [[Black Death|plague]] in [[1434]]. ==Economy== The [[clock]] manufacturer [[Mobatime]] can be found in Sumiswald. ==References== *{{de}} ==External links== *[http://www.sumiswald.ch/ Official website] {{de icon}} *[http://www.swisscastles.ch/Bern/spittel.html website about the castle] {{fr icon}} {{Municipalities of the district of Trachselwald}} [[Category:Municipalities of Berne]] [[de:Sumiswald]] [[es:Sumiswald]] [[fr:Sumiswald]] [[it:Sumiswald]] [[nl:Sumiswald]] [[ru:Зумисвальд]] [[sv:Sumiswald (kommun, CH-BE)]] [[vo:Sumiswald]]