Neuenegg
Neuenegg is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.Initially the court was held in the church yard, then it moved to the village pub.In 1339, during the Battle of Laupen, the Bernese and Swiss Confederation forces deployed on the Bramberg hill near Neuenegg.[3] The village parish church of St. John was first mentioned in 1227 when Emperor Frederick II granted it to the Teutonic Knights.Under the command of Johann Rudolf von Graffenried the Bernese triumphed over numerically superior French troops under Brigadier General Pigeon on 5 March 1798.However, after the Bernese defeat that same day at the Battle of Grauholz, the collapse of the Ancien Régime could no longer be avoided.In 1470 Fribourg built a bridge across the Sense river at Neuenegg and brought the road directly through the town.In 1927 the Bernese company Wander AG acquired the factory to produce Ovaltine.In 2002 Associated British Foods acquired the company and the factory, which is still one of the largest employers in the municipality[needs update].Of the rest of the land, 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi) or 9.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.15 km2 (37 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes[needs update].[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Mullet Or on a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.In the tertiary sector; 183 or 30.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 61 or 10.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 44 or 7.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 22 or 3.6% were in the information industry, 11 or 1.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 26 or 4.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 62 or 10.3% were in education and 58 or 9.6% were in health care.[20] The municipality is accessible by the A12, with the Swiss Federal Railways line at Neuenegg, and by bus (Neuenegg-Thörishaus Dorf)[needs update].This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.[21] During the 2011–12 school year[needs update], there were a total of 579 students attending classes in Neuenegg.
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