Rüschegg

Also known as Rüschegg BE, Ruschegg, Rueschegg

Rüschegg is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is also a Swiss Reformed Church parish.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Rüschegg
Swiss town.image_photo: Rüschegg 1660.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type: Municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Rüschegg COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Rüschegg Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Bern-Mittelland
Swiss town.postal_code: 3153, 3154
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0853
Swiss town.area: 57.4
Swiss town.elevation: 890

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Rüschegg is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is also a Swiss Reformed Church parish.

==History== thumb|left|Gantrisch Ropes Course Rüschegg is first mentioned around 1417-28 as Ruesseg. Until 1860 Rüschegg was part of Guggisberg. The village church was built in 1813. In 1860, when it became an independent municipality, it also became its own parish. Until the early-20th century it was known as the poorest municipality in the Canton of Bern. With Federal and Cantonal support and rising tourism the local economy improved. Today there are several hotels, hiking trails and ski slopes in the municipality as well as a ropes course in the hamlet of Längeneybad. However, in 2000 about two-thirds of the working population commuted to jobs in Bern and surrounding cities.