Fahrni

Geschichte

Fahrni is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.HistoryFahrni is first mentioned in 1299 as Varne.The scattered villages that make up Fahrni were originally part of the Kyburg Herrschaft of Heimberg. In 1384 they were forced to sell most of their lands, including Fahrni, to the city of Bern. Under Bernese rule it became part of the court of Steffisburg in the Thun District.Fahrni has always been part of the parish of Steffisburg, though a filial church was built in 1951 in Rachholtern.The local economy has always been dependent on dairy farming and raising cattle. In 1975 the Schwarzenegg-Thun road opened and connected Fahrni to nearby cities. Today about half of the workforce commutes to jobs in those cities. The Obere Mürggen neighborhood was built to house the slowly growing population, but much of the community is unchanged.GeographyFahrni has an area of. As of 2012, a total of 4.46km2 or 66.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.78km2 or 26.7% is forested. The rest of the municipality is 0.34km2 or 5.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.08km2 or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.1% is unproductive land.During the same year, housing and buildings made up 3.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. All of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 23.4% is used for growing crops and 40.8% is pasturage, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.