Niederösch

Also known as Niederösch BE, Niederosch

Niederösch is a former municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016, the former municipalities of Oberösch and Niederösch merged into Ersigen.

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Place details

Locality: Niederösch
Region: Bern/Berne
Country: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
Population: 0

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Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Niederösch
Swiss town.municipality_type: former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Niederösch COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Niederösch Flag.svg
Swiss town.image_photo: Niederösch Stöckli.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Stöckli house in Niederösch village
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Emmental
Swiss town.postal_code: 3424
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0417
Swiss town.area: 4.6
Swiss town.elevation: 485
Swiss town.population: 237
Swiss town.populationof: Dec 2014
Swiss town.popofyear: 2014
Swiss town.website: www.ersigen.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Alchenstorf, Koppigen, Oberösch, Rumendingen, Utzenstorf

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==History== thumb|Aerial view from 300 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1930) Niederösch is first mentioned in 886 as Osse and is mentioned in 1310 as villa Öschge inferioris. The municipality was originally part of the village of Ösch, but eventually the two halves of the village became independent of each other.

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