page_title: Wald, Bern
section_title: Englisberg
hierarchical_section_title: Wald, Bern / History / Englisberg
caption_attribution_description: This is an image of a cultural property of regional significance in Switzerland with KGS number 1005
context_page_description: Wald is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Englisberg first appears in a historic record with the Kyburg Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) family of Englisberg. By the 15th century Bernese patrician families owned the village and surrounding Herrschaft. The right to hold court in the Herrschaft was sold to the villagers in 1570 and then split into 70 shares. This situation remained until the 18th century, when Bernese patricians bought the majority of the shares back. It was originally part of the parish of Belp, but in 1699 became an independent parish.
  The village economy always relied on agriculture. However, by 1900 fewer workers were needed on the farms and the population began to decline. A poorhouse opened in 1890 and eventually became the Kühlewil nursing home, which is now a major employer in the village.
caption: Granary in Englisberg
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