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Encyclopedia > Ostermundigen

Coordinates: 46°57′N 7°29′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Ostermundigen
Canton Bern
District Bern
Coordinates  46°57′N 7°29′E
Population 15,282   (January 2005)
Area 6.00 km²
Elevation 585 m
Postal code 3072
SFOS number 0363
Website www.ostermundigen.ch

Ostermundigen is a municipality in the district of Bern, in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... The Swiss canton of (help· info) is bilingual (German: Kanton Bern; French Canton de Berne) and has a population of about 947,000. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Here are postal codes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Zone 1 1000s are found in Lausanne, Lavaux and parts of Morges, 1100s in parts of Morges, 1200s are in Geneva and parts of La Côte, Vaud, 1300s in La Vallée, 1500s are found in Clavaleyres, the 1700s are found... The Official Munipality Key, formerly also known as the Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number, is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or municipality-free areas. ... Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland. ... The Swiss canton of (help· info) is bilingual (German: Kanton Bern; French Canton de Berne) and has a population of about 947,000. ...



Coat of Arms of the Canton of Bern
Municipalities in the district of Bern, Switzerland

Berne | Bolligen | Bremgarten | Ittigen | Kirchlindach | Köniz | Muri | Oberbalm | Ostermundigen | Stettlen | Vechigen | Wohlen | Zollikofen Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Location within Switzerland The city of Berne (Bernese German Bärn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna , from the Celtic Berna Gap, referring to the geology of where the city is situated), is the Bundesstadt (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after... Bremgarten bei Bern is a commune in Switzerland (Schlafgemeinde) that is a suburb of the capital of Berne, approximately 4 km north of the city. ... Köniz is a municipality in the canton of Berne, Switzerland, lying to the south of the city of Berne. ... Zollikofen is a municipality in the canton of Berne, Switzerland, a suburb of the capital of Berne. ...


Canton of Bern | Districts of Canton Bern | Municipalities of the canton of Berne The Swiss canton of (help· info) is bilingual (German: Kanton Bern; French Canton de Berne) and has a population of about 947,000. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... There 398 municipalities in the canton of Berne, Switzerland (as of April 2004): Berne is the canton with the most municipalities. ...

 

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Ostermundigen’s written tests have many supporters, as language competence among Switzerland’s foreign community is a big issue.
Many other towns are keen to follow Ostermundigen’s example, but, immigration specialist Stefanie Gass says waiting until someone applies for nationality before checking their language skills is not the right way.
But critics say towns like Ostermundigen must first commit time and money to real integration projects from the moment the immigrants arrive, before introducing tests on their suitability to be Swiss.
Stone quarries at Ostermundigen (450 words)
At the time the Ostermundigen sandstone quarry was the largest in Switzerland, with shipments sent far beyond the country’s borders.
The project of a museum dedicated to Paul Klee and its construction in the immediate vicinity of the Ostermundigen community had an integrating effect on existing yet widely differing efforts surrounding the stone quarries.
The idea of rescuing Ostermundigen's landmark from oblivion, a landmark that had once even been famous abroad, then began to take shape as did the plan to develop the Zentrum Paul Klee in an attractive way.
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