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Reichenbach im Kandertal

December 02, 2023

Reichenbach im Kandertal is a village and municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Until 1957 it was known as Reichenbach bei Frutigen. Besides the village of Reichenbach, the municipality includes several other settlements, including Aris, Faltsche, Griesalp, Kien, Kiental, Ramslauenen, Reudlen, Scharnachtal, Schwandi and Wengi. Additionally, the village of Mülenen is shared between Reichenbach and Aeschi bei Spiez municipalities.[3]

Reichenbach im Kandertal
Municipality
Reichenbach im Kandertal village
Coat of arms
Location of Reichenbach im Kandertal
Reichenbach im Kandertal
Reichenbach im Kandertal
Coordinates: 46°35′N 7°39′E / 46.583°N 7.650°E / 46.583; 7.650
CountrySwitzerland
CantonBern
DistrictFrutigen-Niedersimmental
Area
[1]
 • Total125.8 km2 (48.6 sq mi)
Elevation
700 m (2,300 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total3,608
 • Density29/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
3713
SFOS number0567
LocalitiesGriesalp, Kiental, Reichenbach
Surrounded byAeschi bei Spiez, Diemtigen, Frutigen, Kandergrund, Kandersteg, Lauterbrunnen, Wimmis
Websitewww.reichenbach.ch
SFSO statistics

The area played a notable role in world history when the Kienthal Conference was held at Kiental (then known as Kienthal) in 1916.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Bear Paw issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.[4]

History edit

 
View of the Letzi Mülenen wall
 
Aerial view (1952)

Reichenbach im Kandertal is first mentioned about 1320 as Richenbach. During the Middle Ages, the village occupied a strategic location on the trade route into the Canton of Valais. Two castles, Mülenen Castle, with the Letzi Mülenen wall, and Aris ob Kien Castle, were built during the Middle Ages to guard the road. A third castle, Faltschen Castle, may also be medieval, but this is not definitively known. The village was part of the Herrschaft of Mülenen. In 1352, Bern acquired the Herrschaft and with it the village.[5]

Originally Reichenbach was part of the parish of Aeschi bei Spiez. During the 15th century the chapel of St. Nicholas was built in the village. The chapel was first mentioned in 1453 and rebuilt in 1484. During the 18th and 19th centuries it was renovated and expanded. After Bern accepted the Protestant Reformation, Reichenbach converted to the new faith in 1529 and created its own parish. A filial church was established in the village of Kiental in 1929, while Wengi and Schwandi are still part of the Frutigen parish.[5]

Traditionally the villages lived from farming and seasonal alpine herding as well as some trade over the mountain pass. Beginning in the 16th century, the local farmers began raising cattle for export. In 1865 a match stick factory opened in the area.[5]

The post carriage began operating between Reichenbach and Thun in 1814. In 1901 a railroad was completed that linked the municipality with Spiez. This was followed by the Niesen train in 1910 and the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway in 1913. The new transportation links quickly changed Reichenbach into a tourist destination. The population grew and many vacation homes were built in the municipality. A military airport was built in the valley, but in 1994 it switched to a completely civilian airport. A secondary school was built in 1959-60.[5]

The Kienthal Conference was held in Kiental between 24 and 30 April 1916. The conference was a follow-on from the Zimmerwald Conference of the previous year, which Vladimir Lenin described as the "first step" in the development of an international movement against World War I. The manifesto drawn up by the Kienthal Conference was an advance on the Zimmerwald Manifesto and helped to crystallize the internationalist elements of whom the Communist Third International was subsequently formed.[6][7]

On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Frutigen, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental.[8]

Geography edit

 
The village of Kiental and the valley of the Chiene river.

The village of Reichenbach im Kandertal lies in the valley of the Kander river, and the municipality includes a 4.5 km (2.8 mi) long section of this valley and the slopes on either side. However it also extends some 16.5 km (10.3 mi) up the valley of the Chiene river, from its confluence with the Kander to its source below the Schilthorn and the Blüemlisalp massif. From the upper part of the Chiene valley, rough tracks cross the Sefinafurgga and Hohtürli passes towards Lauterbrunnen and Kandersteg respectively, forming part of the Alpine Pass Route, a long-distance hiking trail across Switzerland between Sargans and Montreux.[3][9]

The settlements of Aris, Faltsche, Mülenen, Reichenbach, Reudlen, Schwandi and Wengi all lie in or on the slopes of the Kander valley, whilst Griesalp, Kien, Kiental, Ramslauenen and Scharnachtal lie in the Chiene valley. The peaks of the Ärmighorn, Bütlasse, Drättehorn, Dreispitz, Drunengalm, Dündenhorn, Fromberghorn, Gspaltenhorn, Hundshorn, Morgenhorn, Niesen, Schwalmere, Wätterlatte and Wildi Frau are all within, or on, the municipal boundary.[3]

The municipality has an area of 125.77 km2 (48.56 sq mi).[10] Of this area, 49.41 km2 (19.08 sq mi) or 39.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.83 km2 (11.90 sq mi) or 24.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.84 km2 (1.10 sq mi) or 2.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 1.42 km2 (0.55 sq mi) or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes and 41.25 km2 (15.93 sq mi) or 32.8% is unproductive land.[11]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Out of the forested land, 20.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 9.6% is pastures and 29.4% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 8.9% is unproductive vegetation, 21.7% is too rocky for vegetation and 2.3% of the land is covered by glaciers.[11]

Demographics edit

Reichenbach im Kandertal has a population (as of December 2020) of 3,638.[12] As of 2010, 3.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[13] Between 2000 and 2010, the population increased at a rate of 6.3%. Migration accounted for 2.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 1.4%.[14]

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (3,230 or 97.1%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (26 or 0.8%) and French is the third (17 or 0.5%). There are 6 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh.[15]

As of 2008, the population was 49.1% male and 50.9% female. The population was made up of 1,621 Swiss men (47.2% of the population) and 65 (1.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,677 Swiss women (48.8%) and 70 (2.0%) non-Swiss women.[13] Of the population in the municipality, 1,690 or about 50.8% were born in Reichenbach im Kandertal and lived there in 2000. There were 1,089 or 32.8% who were born in the same canton, while 257 or 7.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 140 or 4.2% were born outside of Switzerland.[15]

As of 2010, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 22.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 19.7%.[14]

As of 2000, there were 1,377 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,642 married individuals, 222 widows or widowers and 84 individuals who are divorced.[15]

As of 2000, there were 359 households that consist of only one person and 136 households with five or more people. In 2000, a total of 1,221 apartments (71.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 351 apartments (20.7%) were seasonally occupied and 126 apartments (7.4%) were empty.[16] As of 2010, the construction rate of new housing units was 7.9 new units per 1000 residents.[14] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2011, was 0.6%.

The historical population is given in the following chart:[12][5][17]

Sights edit

Since 1910, the nearby mountain of Niesen (altitude 2,362 m [7,749 ft]) can be ascended at gradients of up to 68% via the Niesenbahn, which with a length of 3,499 m (11,480 ft) is the longest funicular railway in Europe.

In summer, Griesalp and the Kiental valley is known for its mountain hikes and high altitude treks, with some 250 kilometres (160 mi) of hiking trails, flower meadows, forests, streams and waterfalls. In winter, the same area becomes a skiing area. The upper stretch of the valley is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch World Heritage Site.[18]

Heritage sites of national significance edit

 
Gasthof Bären

The Gasthof Bären, the Letzi Mülenen (a medieval fortified wall) and the Notar-Sieber-House are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.[19]

The Letzi Mülenen was a castle and wall built in the 12th and 13th century by the Freiherr von Kien to control access to the alpine pass into the Canton of Valais. The castle passed to the Freiherr von Wädenswil and the Lord of Turn who became indebted fighting against Bern. After passing through several other owners, it was sold in 1352 to Bern. Under Bernese rule it was the home of a castellan who managed the military and the high and low courts. However, by about 1400, the castellan moved to Frutigen and abandoned Mülenen. The castle and wall were demolished and used as a source of construction materials.[20]

Politics edit

In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 48.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP) (14.8%), the Social Democratic Party (SP) (8.9%) and the Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland (EDU) (7%). In the federal election, a total of 1,411 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.4%.[21]

Economy edit

As of  2011, Reichenbach im Kandertal had an unemployment rate of 0.75%. As of 2008, there were a total of 1,290 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 361 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 136 businesses involved in this sector. 421 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 64 businesses in this sector. 508 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 89 businesses in this sector.[14] There were 1,659 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.5% of the workforce.

In 2008 there were a total of 943 full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 200, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 378 of which 201 or (53.2%) were in manufacturing, 1 was in mining and 176 (46.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 365. In the tertiary sector; 120 or 32.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 19 or 5.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 101 or 27.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 11 or 3.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 32 or 8.8% were in education and 54 or 14.8% were in health care.[22]

In 2000, there were 321 workers who commuted into the municipality and 877 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[23] Of the working population, 12.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 57.6% used a private car.[14]

Transport edit

The municipality of Reichenbach im Kandertal is served by two railway stations, Reichenbach im Kandertal station and Mülenen station. Both of these are on the Lötschberg line and are served by hourly RegioExpress Lötschberger trains to Bern, Thun, Spiez and Brig.[3][24]

The municipality is also served by PostAuto bus services from the Reichenbach railway station up the valley of the Kander river to Reudlen, Wengi and Frutigen, and up the valley of the Chiene river to Scharnachtal, Kiental and Griesalp. The latter service is advertised by PostAuto as the steepest post bus service in Europe.[25][26][27]

The Niesenbahn funicular links Mülenen station with the summit of the Niesen, and a chair lift links Kiental with Ramslauenen.[3]

Religion edit

From the 2000 census, 129 or 3.9% were Roman Catholic, while 2,710 or 81.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 8 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.24% of the population), and there were 332 individuals (or about 9.98% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish, and 20 (or about 0.60% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 3 individuals who were Buddhist, 5 individuals who were Hindu and 5 individuals who belonged to another church. 117 (or about 3.52% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 159 individuals (or about 4.78% of the population) did not answer the question.[15]

Education edit

In Reichenbach im Kandertal about 1,291 or (38.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 211 or (6.3%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 211 who completed tertiary schooling, 76.8% were Swiss men, 15.2% were Swiss women, 4.7% were non-Swiss men and 3.3% were non-Swiss women.[15]

The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.[28]

During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 382 students attending classes in Reichenbach im Kandertal. There were 4 kindergarten classes with a total of 62 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 3.2% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 3.2% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 12 primary classes and 211 students. Of the primary students, 5.2% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 5.7% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During the same year, there were 6 lower secondary classes with a total of 109 students. There were 1.8% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 2.8% have a different mother language than the classroom language.[29]

As of 2000, there were 18 students in Reichenbach im Kandertal who came from another municipality, while 93 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[23]

Reichenbach im Kandertal is home to the Dorfbibliothek Reichenbach library. The library has (as of 2008) 7,898 books or other media, and loaned out 13,817 items in the same year. It was open a total of 300 days with average of 14 hours per week during that year.[30]

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reichenbach, kandertal, village, municipality, frutigen, niedersimmental, administrative, district, canton, bern, switzerland, until, 1957, known, reichenbach, frutigen, besides, village, reichenbach, municipality, includes, several, other, settlements, includ. Reichenbach im Kandertal is a village and municipality in the Frutigen Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland Until 1957 it was known as Reichenbach bei Frutigen Besides the village of Reichenbach the municipality includes several other settlements including Aris Faltsche Griesalp Kien Kiental Ramslauenen Reudlen Scharnachtal Schwandi and Wengi Additionally the village of Mulenen is shared between Reichenbach and Aeschi bei Spiez municipalities 3 Reichenbach im KandertalMunicipalityReichenbach im Kandertal villageCoat of armsLocation of Reichenbach im KandertalReichenbach im KandertalShow map of SwitzerlandReichenbach im KandertalShow map of Canton of BernCoordinates 46 35 N 7 39 E 46 583 N 7 650 E 46 583 7 650CountrySwitzerlandCantonBernDistrictFrutigen NiedersimmentalArea 1 Total125 8 km2 48 6 sq mi Elevation700 m 2 300 ft Population 31 December 2018 2 Total3 608 Density29 km2 74 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 Central European Time Summer DST UTC 02 00 Central European Summer Time Postal code s 3713SFOS number0567LocalitiesGriesalp Kiental ReichenbachSurrounded byAeschi bei Spiez Diemtigen Frutigen Kandergrund Kandersteg Lauterbrunnen WimmisWebsitewww wbr reichenbach wbr ch SFSO statisticsThe area played a notable role in world history when the Kienthal Conference was held at Kiental then known as Kienthal in 1916 The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Bear Paw issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert 4 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 Sights 5 Heritage sites of national significance 6 Politics 7 Economy 8 Transport 9 Religion 10 Education 11 ReferencesHistory edit nbsp View of the Letzi Mulenen wall nbsp Aerial view 1952 Reichenbach im Kandertal is first mentioned about 1320 as Richenbach During the Middle Ages the village occupied a strategic location on the trade route into the Canton of Valais Two castles Mulenen Castle with the Letzi Mulenen wall and Aris ob Kien Castle were built during the Middle Ages to guard the road A third castle Faltschen Castle may also be medieval but this is not definitively known The village was part of the Herrschaft of Mulenen In 1352 Bern acquired the Herrschaft and with it the village 5 Originally Reichenbach was part of the parish of Aeschi bei Spiez During the 15th century the chapel of St Nicholas was built in the village The chapel was first mentioned in 1453 and rebuilt in 1484 During the 18th and 19th centuries it was renovated and expanded After Bern accepted the Protestant Reformation Reichenbach converted to the new faith in 1529 and created its own parish A filial church was established in the village of Kiental in 1929 while Wengi and Schwandi are still part of the Frutigen parish 5 Traditionally the villages lived from farming and seasonal alpine herding as well as some trade over the mountain pass Beginning in the 16th century the local farmers began raising cattle for export In 1865 a match stick factory opened in the area 5 The post carriage began operating between Reichenbach and Thun in 1814 In 1901 a railroad was completed that linked the municipality with Spiez This was followed by the Niesen train in 1910 and the Bern Lotschberg Simplon Railway in 1913 The new transportation links quickly changed Reichenbach into a tourist destination The population grew and many vacation homes were built in the municipality A military airport was built in the valley but in 1994 it switched to a completely civilian airport A secondary school was built in 1959 60 5 The Kienthal Conference was held in Kiental between 24 and 30 April 1916 The conference was a follow on from the Zimmerwald Conference of the previous year which Vladimir Lenin described as the first step in the development of an international movement against World War I The manifesto drawn up by the Kienthal Conference was an advance on the Zimmerwald Manifesto and helped to crystallize the internationalist elements of whom the Communist Third International was subsequently formed 6 7 On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Frutigen the municipality s former district was dissolved On the following day 1 January 2010 it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Frutigen Niedersimmental 8 Geography edit nbsp The village of Kiental and the valley of the Chiene river The village of Reichenbach im Kandertal lies in the valley of the Kander river and the municipality includes a 4 5 km 2 8 mi long section of this valley and the slopes on either side However it also extends some 16 5 km 10 3 mi up the valley of the Chiene river from its confluence with the Kander to its source below the Schilthorn and the Bluemlisalp massif From the upper part of the Chiene valley rough tracks cross the Sefinafurgga and Hohturli passes towards Lauterbrunnen and Kandersteg respectively forming part of the Alpine Pass Route a long distance hiking trail across Switzerland between Sargans and Montreux 3 9 The settlements of Aris Faltsche Mulenen Reichenbach Reudlen Schwandi and Wengi all lie in or on the slopes of the Kander valley whilst Griesalp Kien Kiental Ramslauenen and Scharnachtal lie in the Chiene valley The peaks of the Armighorn Butlasse Drattehorn Dreispitz Drunengalm Dundenhorn Fromberghorn Gspaltenhorn Hundshorn Morgenhorn Niesen Schwalmere Watterlatte and Wildi Frau are all within or on the municipal boundary 3 The municipality has an area of 125 77 km2 48 56 sq mi 10 Of this area 49 41 km2 19 08 sq mi or 39 3 is used for agricultural purposes while 30 83 km2 11 90 sq mi or 24 5 is forested Of the rest of the land 2 84 km2 1 10 sq mi or 2 3 is settled buildings or roads 1 42 km2 0 55 sq mi or 1 1 is either rivers or lakes and 41 25 km2 15 93 sq mi or 32 8 is unproductive land 11 Of the built up area housing and buildings made up 1 0 and transportation infrastructure made up 1 0 Out of the forested land 20 8 of the total land area is heavily forested and 2 7 is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees Of the agricultural land 9 6 is pastures and 29 4 is used for alpine pastures All the water in the municipality is flowing water Of the unproductive areas 8 9 is unproductive vegetation 21 7 is too rocky for vegetation and 2 3 of the land is covered by glaciers 11 Demographics editReichenbach im Kandertal has a population as of December 2020 update of 3 638 12 As of 2010 update 3 9 of the population are resident foreign nationals 13 Between 2000 and 2010 the population increased at a rate of 6 3 Migration accounted for 2 7 while births and deaths accounted for 1 4 14 Most of the population as of 2000 update speaks German 3 230 or 97 1 as their first language Albanian is the second most common 26 or 0 8 and French is the third 17 or 0 5 There are 6 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh 15 As of 2008 update the population was 49 1 male and 50 9 female The population was made up of 1 621 Swiss men 47 2 of the population and 65 1 9 non Swiss men There were 1 677 Swiss women 48 8 and 70 2 0 non Swiss women 13 Of the population in the municipality 1 690 or about 50 8 were born in Reichenbach im Kandertal and lived there in 2000 There were 1 089 or 32 8 who were born in the same canton while 257 or 7 7 were born somewhere else in Switzerland and 140 or 4 2 were born outside of Switzerland 15 As of 2010 update children and teenagers 0 19 years old make up 22 2 of the population while adults 20 64 years old make up 58 1 and seniors over 64 years old make up 19 7 14 As of 2000 update there were 1 377 people who were single and never married in the municipality There were 1 642 married individuals 222 widows or widowers and 84 individuals who are divorced 15 As of 2000 update there were 359 households that consist of only one person and 136 households with five or more people In 2000 update a total of 1 221 apartments 71 9 of the total were permanently occupied while 351 apartments 20 7 were seasonally occupied and 126 apartments 7 4 were empty 16 As of 2010 update the construction rate of new housing units was 7 9 new units per 1000 residents 14 The vacancy rate for the municipality in 2011 update was 0 6 The historical population is given in the following chart 12 5 17 Sights editSince 1910 the nearby mountain of Niesen altitude 2 362 m 7 749 ft can be ascended at gradients of up to 68 via the Niesenbahn which with a length of 3 499 m 11 480 ft is the longest funicular railway in Europe In summer Griesalp and the Kiental valley is known for its mountain hikes and high altitude treks with some 250 kilometres 160 mi of hiking trails flower meadows forests streams and waterfalls In winter the same area becomes a skiing area The upper stretch of the valley is part of the Jungfrau Aletsch World Heritage Site 18 Heritage sites of national significance edit nbsp Gasthof BarenThe Gasthof Baren the Letzi Mulenen a medieval fortified wall and the Notar Sieber House are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance 19 The Letzi Mulenen was a castle and wall built in the 12th and 13th century by the Freiherr von Kien to control access to the alpine pass into the Canton of Valais The castle passed to the Freiherr von Wadenswil and the Lord of Turn who became indebted fighting against Bern After passing through several other owners it was sold in 1352 to Bern Under Bernese rule it was the home of a castellan who managed the military and the high and low courts However by about 1400 the castellan moved to Frutigen and abandoned Mulenen The castle and wall were demolished and used as a source of construction materials 20 Politics editIn the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People s Party SVP which received 48 7 of the vote The next three most popular parties were the Conservative Democratic Party BDP 14 8 the Social Democratic Party SP 8 9 and the Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland EDU 7 In the federal election a total of 1 411 votes were cast and the voter turnout was 52 4 21 Economy editAs of 2011 update Reichenbach im Kandertal had an unemployment rate of 0 75 As of 2008 update there were a total of 1 290 people employed in the municipality Of these there were 361 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 136 businesses involved in this sector 421 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 64 businesses in this sector 508 people were employed in the tertiary sector with 89 businesses in this sector 14 There were 1 659 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity of which females made up 41 5 of the workforce In 2008 update there were a total of 943 full time equivalent jobs The number of jobs in the primary sector was 200 all of which were in agriculture The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 378 of which 201 or 53 2 were in manufacturing 1 was in mining and 176 46 6 were in construction The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 365 In the tertiary sector 120 or 32 9 were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles 19 or 5 2 were in the movement and storage of goods 101 or 27 7 were in a hotel or restaurant 11 or 3 0 were technical professionals or scientists 32 or 8 8 were in education and 54 or 14 8 were in health care 22 In 2000 update there were 321 workers who commuted into the municipality and 877 workers who commuted away The municipality is a net exporter of workers with about 2 7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering 23 Of the working population 12 9 used public transportation to get to work and 57 6 used a private car 14 Transport editThe municipality of Reichenbach im Kandertal is served by two railway stations Reichenbach im Kandertal station and Mulenen station Both of these are on the Lotschberg line and are served by hourly RegioExpress Lotschberger trains to Bern Thun Spiez and Brig 3 24 The municipality is also served by PostAuto bus services from the Reichenbach railway station up the valley of the Kander river to Reudlen Wengi and Frutigen and up the valley of the Chiene river to Scharnachtal Kiental and Griesalp The latter service is advertised by PostAuto as the steepest post bus service in Europe 25 26 27 The Niesenbahn funicular links Mulenen station with the summit of the Niesen and a chair lift links Kiental with Ramslauenen 3 Religion editFrom the 2000 census update 129 or 3 9 were Roman Catholic while 2 710 or 81 5 belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church Of the rest of the population there were 8 members of an Orthodox church or about 0 24 of the population and there were 332 individuals or about 9 98 of the population who belonged to another Christian church There was 1 individual who was Jewish and 20 or about 0 60 of the population who were Islamic There were 3 individuals who were Buddhist 5 individuals who were Hindu and 5 individuals who belonged to another church 117 or about 3 52 of the population belonged to no church are agnostic or atheist and 159 individuals or about 4 78 of the population did not answer the question 15 Education editIn Reichenbach im Kandertal about 1 291 or 38 8 of the population have completed non mandatory upper secondary education and 211 or 6 3 have completed additional higher education either university or a Fachhochschule Of the 211 who completed tertiary schooling 76 8 were Swiss men 15 2 were Swiss women 4 7 were non Swiss men and 3 3 were non Swiss women 15 The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non obligatory Kindergarten followed by six years of Primary school This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship 28 During the 2010 11 school year there were a total of 382 students attending classes in Reichenbach im Kandertal There were 4 kindergarten classes with a total of 62 students in the municipality Of the kindergarten students 3 2 were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland not citizens and 3 2 have a different mother language than the classroom language The municipality had 12 primary classes and 211 students Of the primary students 5 2 were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland not citizens and 5 7 have a different mother language than the classroom language During the same year there were 6 lower secondary classes with a total of 109 students There were 1 8 who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland not citizens and 2 8 have a different mother language than the classroom language 29 As of 2000 update there were 18 students in Reichenbach im Kandertal who came from another municipality while 93 residents attended schools outside the municipality 23 Reichenbach im Kandertal is home to the Dorfbibliothek Reichenbach library The library has as of 2008 update 7 898 books or other media and loaned out 13 817 items in the same year It was open a total of 300 days with average of 14 hours per week during that 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