Zielebach

Geschichte

Zielebach is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.HistoryZielebach is first mentioned in 1320 as Zielebach.During the Middle Ages, the village was owned by the Counts of Kyburg. At some time before 1331, Johann von Aarburg acquired rights to the land and the Zwing und Bann rights. However, a decade later, in 1341 he gave the village and all rights to St. Urban's Abbey. The city of Bern gained rights in the village, until in 1514, they incorporated the village into the Bernese bailiwick of Landshut. It remained part of the bailiwick, until the Act of Mediation in 1803 dissolved all the old bailiwicks and Zielebach became part of the new District of Fraubrunnen.During the 19th century an iron works opened in the nearby village of Gerlafingen. In 1813, the Emme canal connected the municipalities and Zielebach began to support the factory at Gerlafingen.GeographyZielebach has an area of. Of this area, 0.77km2 or 40.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.93km2 or 48.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.17km2 or 8.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02km2 or 1.0% is unproductive land.