Rüegsau
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Rüegsau is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the Swiss canton of Bern.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Rüegsau
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Holzbrücke von Hasle-Rüegsau 02 09.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Covered wood bridge of Hasle-Rüegsau.
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Rüegsau COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Rüegsau Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Emmental
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3417
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0956
- Swiss town.area
- 15.1
- Swiss town.elevation
- 589
- Swiss town.population
- 3087
- Swiss town.populationof
- Dec 2012
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2012
- Swiss town.website
- www.ruegsau.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Fritz Rüfenacht
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Rüegsau
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Trachselwald District
- Official language
- German
- Population
- 3260
- Area
- 15.06
- Elevation
- 589
- Body of water
- Emme
- Official website
- www.ruegsau.ch
- Image
- Holzbrücke von Hasle-Rüegsau 02 09.jpg
- Dialing code
- 034
- Licence plate code
- BE
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- Commons category
- Rüegsau
- postal code
- 3417
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/956
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Economy
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Tourism
- Transportation
- Politics
- Religion
- Education
- References
- External links
Rüegsau is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the Swiss canton of Bern.
==History== thumb|left|Wooden bridge at Rüegsau Rüegsau is first mentioned in 1139 as Ruxow. In 1229 it was mentioned as Ruchisowe. The name comes from ruggere aue, in modern German ruhe Aue, meaning calm floodplain. From the late 13th century until 1528 it was the location of Rüegsau Priory, a Benedictine nunnery.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rüegsau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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