   burgdorf () is the largest city in the emmental in the canton of bern in switzerland. it was the capital of the district of the same name until 2010, when it became part of the new emmental district. ==history== thumb|the burgdorf castle, first built in 1175, now contains a museum founded in 1886. thumb|burgdorf castle in 1895 thumb|kronenplatz in burgdorf, part of the old city scattered archeological finds indicate that the area around burgdorf was inhabited during the neolithic era, the late bronze age and the hallstatt. during the high middle ages the land that would become burgdorf was owned by the kingdom of burgundy and then after 1080 by the dukes of zÃ¤hringen. either the kings or the dukes built a castle on the left bank of the emme river. burgdorf is first mentioned in 1236 as in oppido burchtorff, while burgdorf castle is mentioned in 1080 as castellum berto
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