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The Münster in Bern, Switzerland, built in 1421.
Complete Bern Münster Photo Gallery (247 photos)
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torre dell'orologio (Zytglogge).
("L'orologio, che fu installato nel 1530, ricorda l'Orologio Astronomico che si trova nella città vecchia di Praga" - Lonely Planet Svizzera)
Mehrzweckhalle (Giswil), 14.05.23, U15-Trophy, 1/2-Final, Zürich - Bern, Benjamin Lüthi (U15 Bern)
Severin Binkert
The Münster in Bern, Switzerland, built in 1421.
Complete Bern Münster Photo Gallery (247 photos)
Ebenfalls eine Baustelle ist die Spitalgasse bis zum Bärenplatz. Da Tramgleise und Werkleitungen erneuert werden, beschränkt sich der gesamte Fussgängerverkehr auf die Lauben. Die Gasse kann jedoch auf Brücken überquert werden.
Baustelle Bahnhofplatz Bern, aufgenommen am 05.09.2007.
Bern is very famous for its bears, and you can visit them too. It is said that the bear was the first animal captured by founder of Bern, Berchtold V. von Zähringen, leaving Bern with its name and symbol.
On weekdays, the station is packed...you won't see the floor..
It is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Berne. The first train running on the account of the Swiss Confederation ran during the night of New Year's Day in 1901 from Zurich via Berne to Geneva. January 1,1902 is regarded as the official birth date of the Swiss Federal Railways. The trains are run by the Swiss Confederation on behalf of the private companies.
Berne is on the main line of the Swiss Federal Railway between Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich and is served twice per hour by express (Inter-City) trains from the airports of each of these cities. Hourly express trains take you into all directions, including Basel, Fribourg, Lucerne, Brig and Interlaken.
The Pfeiferbrunnen (Piper) is a fountain near Spitalgasse 21 in Bern, Switzerland. It is one of the Old City of Bern's 16th Century fountains and is part of the list of Swiss heritage sites of national significance. The Pfeiferbrunnen was built in 1545/46 by the Swiss Renaissance sculptor Hans Gieng. (Wikipedia)
Wankdorf (Bern), 23.02.2019, Unihockey Herren Cupfinal, Unihockey Tigers Langnau - GC Unihockey; Moritz Mock (Nr. 8, GC Unihockey) schneller als Stefan Siegenthaler (Nr. 17, Unihockey Tigers Langnau).
(Claudio Thoma, unihockey-fotos.ch)
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Bern's Kramgasse, a main thoroughfare through town filled with sandstone buildings. It's a city center that's recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site--a well-deserved designation. Bern's clock tower is standing tall in the background.
The Postcard
A postally unused carte postale published by Ernst Selhofer of Bern.
The Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen
The Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen is a fountain in the Old City of Bern, Switzerland. The fountain was constructed in 1543
It is the only Bernese fountain to retain all original design elements, and is listed as a cultural heritage of national significance.
The iconic figure was copied throughout Switzerland up until the middle of the 17th century. The statue is a copy of the original, which was largely destroyed by vandals in 1986.
The fountain consists of an octagonal main basin and two smaller spillover basins. The main basin, made out of unadorned limestone plates held together with an iron ring, bears the date of one of the renovations, MDCCCXLV.
In the centre of the main basin, bronze tubes emerge from the central pedestal, which was replaced in 1949. Atop it stands a narrow, festooned stone pillar decorated by an acanthus frieze.
The life-sized statue on the pillar is 'Lady Justice', the personification of justice. She is portrayed holding her traditional attributes—sword of justice in her right hand, a balance in her left hand and a blindfold over her eyes.
Her costume is fashioned in an antique manner, with sandaled feet, one knee bared, wearing a decorative golden suit of armour adorned with bas-relief arabesques over her blue robes.
At the feet of Justice, four smaller busts crowd the pedestal: a Pope, an Emperor, a Sultan and a Schultheiss, whose golden chain of office is believed to have originally borne the Bernese arms. All figures have closed their eyes as in submission.
Past Renovations to the Fountain
Early renovations took place in 1584, 1589, 1668 and 1687.
The sword and balance were removed, allegedly by the invading French, in 1798 and disappeared for many years; they and the figures' other paraphernalia have frequently been replaced.
Later Renovations to the Fountain
The figure was repainted in 1890 by Christian Bühler, and in 1925 by Victor Surbek. In 1949, parts of the pedestal were replaced.
The 1986 Attack on the Statue
After having stood in place for 443 years, the statue was torn down after midnight on the 13th. October 1986 by means of a rope and tackle. It was largely destroyed by the fall.
The act was not claimed by anyone, but was generally attributed to the Groupe Bélier, a militant youth organisation advocating Jurassic separatism. At that time, the Béliers frequently engaged in acts of vandalism to express the Jurassian separatists' outrage over allegations of irregularities in the plebiscites of 1974–75 that caused the Bernese Jura to not join the canton of Jura.
Only one person was ever implicated in the destruction of the statue. Pascal Hêche, a 29-year-old mechanic and Bélier, retracted his initial confession and pleaded not guilty to having participated in the attack.
The Bernese courts sentenced him to 22 months' confinement and to the payment of CHF 200,000 in damages.
Since the attack, the damaged statue has been in the process of restoration at the city's historical museum. The statue in place since 1988 is a copy.
The Münster in Bern, Switzerland, built in 1421.
Complete Bern Münster Photo Gallery (247 photos)
FEI Vaulting World Championship for Seniors and European Championships for Juniors and Young Vaulters, Bern 2024, Switzerland
Team MONTMIRAIL of Switzerland performs to finish silver in Junior Squads during FEI Vaulting Championships in Bern, Switzerland, July 21, 2024.
Copyright © FEI/Martin Dokoupil
The city of Bern or Berne is the Bundesstadt (federal city, de facto capital) of Switzerland, and, with (as of December 2009) a population of 123,466, the fourth most populous city in Switzerland.
In 1983 the historic old town in the center of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and Bern is ranked among the world’s top ten cities for the best quality of life.
Enjoyed the evening and the reflection from the sun in this city.
Schweiz, Bern: Forum cinfo 2014: Die Messe zu "Arbeiten in der internationalen Zusammenarbeit." Laufbahn gestalten - Personal finden - Trends erkennen. Fr, 31.10.2014 im Stade de Suisse, Bern. Foto: Marcel Kaufmann, Ebikon, marcel@marcelkaufmann.ch. www.marcelkaufmann.ch. Kontakt: www.cinfo.ch