Sumiswald
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{{Infobox Swiss town
| subject_name = Sumiswald
| municipality_name = Sumiswald
| municipality_type = municipality
| imagepath_coa = Sumiswald-coat of arms.svg|pixel_coa=
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| 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=
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| neighboring_municipalities= [[Affoltern im Emmental]], [[Dürrenroth]], [[Eriswil]], [[Langnau im Emmental]], [[Luthern]] (LU), [[Lützelflüh]], [[Rüegsau]], [[Trachselwald]], [[Trub]], [[Wyssachen]]
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'''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==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sumiswald.ch/ Official website] {{de icon}}
*[http://www.swisscastles.ch/Bern/spittel.html website about the castle] {{fr icon}}
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