Place:Münsingen, Bern, Switzerland

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NameMünsingen
Alt namesMünsingensource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates46.883°N 7.567°E
Located inBern, Switzerland
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Münsingen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

The village lies on the River Aar between the cities of Bern and Thun.

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History

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Münsingen developed from a Celtic village first settled in around 400 BC. The origin of the name is unclear, though attributed to the Alamanni. Münsingen is first mentioned between 993 and 1010 as Munisingam.[1] When it belonged to the royal court of Upper Burgundy. In the 13th and 14th centuries Münsingen came under the lordship of the Senn knights from whom the present arms of the municipality are derived. As an important gathering-place during the Peasants' War, and in the ensuing process of democratization, Münsingen played a major part in the history of the canton of Bern.

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