Twann-Tüscherz
Twann-Tüscherz or Douanne-Daucher in French is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Tüscherz-Alfermée and Twann merged into the municipality of Twann-Tüscherz.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Twann-Tüscherz
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Twann am Bielersee mit Petersinsel.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Twann village with Lake Biel/Bienne and St. Peter's Island in background
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Twann-Tüscherz COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Twann-Tüscherz Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Biel/Bienne
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 2558
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0756
- Swiss town.area
- 12.4
Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Twann
- Tüscherz-Alfermée
- Geography
- Demographics
- Historic Population
- World Heritage Site
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- References
- External links
Twann-Tüscherz or Douanne-Daucher in French is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Tüscherz-Alfermée and Twann merged into the municipality of Twann-Tüscherz.
==History== thumb|left|Aerial view (1954) Twann is first mentioned in 1185 as Duana and again in 1225 as Tuanna. Tüscherz is first mentioned around 1230 as Tusschiers and in 1267 as Tuschers while Alfermée was first mentioned in 1276 Alphermme.