NiederöschNiederösch is a former municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016, the former municipalities of Oberösch and Niederösch merged into Ersigen. Niederösch is first mentioned in 886 as Osse and is mentioned in 1310 as villa Öschge inferioris. The municipality was originally part of the village of Ösch, but eventually the two halves of the village became independent of each other. The oldest trace of a settlement in the area is a late-Bronze Age grave in Bühlen.
OberöschOberösch is a former municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016, the former municipalities of Oberösch and Niederösch merged into Ersigen. Oberösch is first mentioned in 886 as Osse. It is mentioned again in 1310 as Oeschge superioris. The municipality was originally part of the village of Ösch, but eventually the two halves of the village became independent of each other. In 1423, Burgdorf acquired one half of the low court of Oberösch from Verena von Rohrmoos.
RumendingenRumendingen is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Rumendingen is first mentioned in 886 as Rumaningun. For much of its history Rumendingen was part of the jurisdiction and municipality of Niederösch. It shared fields with Wynigen on the border between the two villages. In 1660, the shared land became a source of conflict between them. Over a century later, in 1777, the fields were finally divided between the communities.
BerthoudBerthoud, appelée Burgdorf en allemand, est une ville et une commune suisse du canton de Berne, située dans l'arrondissement administratif de l'Emmental. vignette|Photo aérienne par Walter Mittelholzer (1925) La ville de Berthoud mesure ^CH-BE^CH-BE. Elle est située à l’entrée de la vallée de l’Emmental, berceau du fromage du même nom. Berthoud possède au . Sa densité de population atteint . La ville doit probablement sa fondation au duc Conrad de Zähringen qui érigea au une forteresse, le Château de Berthoud, destinée à contrôler l'entrée de l'Emmental.
