Englisberg is a commune of Bern, Switzerland. Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland. ... Location within Switzerland The city of Bern, English traditionally Berne (Bernese German Bärn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna ), is the Bundesstadt (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Zürich, Geneva and Basel). ...
The Englisberg family belonged to the lesser aristocracy and were installed in that region by Duke Berchthold of Zähringen in the early 1100's.
During the administrative turnovers of Fribourg, often a member of the Englisberg family became the administrator of the district.
The seat of the administration was Grasburg castle (today a ruin) within which is located a so-called "Englisberg Hall", in reference to one of the previous occupant families.
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