page_title: Scheuren
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Scheuren / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Bridge over the Nidau-Büren-Canal between Orpund and Scheuren, canton of Bern, Switzerland Esperanto: Potno trans Nidau-Büren-Kanalo inter Orpund kaj Scheuren, Kantono Berno, Svislando Deutsch: Brücke über den Nidau-Büren-Kanal zwischen Orpund und Scheuren, Kanton Bern, Schweiz
context_page_description: Scheuren is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Scheuren is first mentioned in 1398 as Schüren.
  The village of Scheuren was given around 1255 to Gottstatt Abbey by the Counts of Neuchâtel-Nidau.  Around the end of the 14th century the village was acquired by the city of Bern.  Under Bernese rule it was incorporated into the bailiwick of Nidau and was the seat of a low court that had jurisdiction over several neighboring villages.  Originally it was part of the parish of Büttenberg, but after the Protestant Reformation of 1528 it became part of the new parish of Gottstatt.
  The village was built along the Zihl/Thielle river, which periodically flooded, damaging buildings or fields.  Most of the residents made their living from farming or fishing in the river.  The diversion of the river and the construction of the Nidau-Büren Canal, in 1868-75, removed the flood risk and opened up additional farm land.  In 1925 a bridge connected Scheuren with the neighboring municipality of Orpund.  Today, despite Biel's proximity, Scheuren has remained largely an agricultural village, with a couple of small factories and businesses.  In 1970 the second tennis center in Switzerland was built in Scheuren.
caption: Bridge over the Nidau-Büren Canal, between Scheuren and Orpund
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