Burgergemeinde Bern

LC control no.	n 2015047129
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Burgergemeinde Bern *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Bern (Switzerland : Bürgergemeinde)
Found in	Von Bernern & Burgern, 2015: Bd. 1, t.p. (Burgergemeinde) p. 17 (Burgergemeinde Bern) Burgergemeinde Bern website, viewed 15 Oct. 2015 (Burgergemeinde Bern; no territorial jurisdiction and no tax power) German Wikipedia, 15 Oct. 2015 (Burgergemeinde Bern; a statutory corporation in public law guaranteed by constitution of Canton Bern; 17,300 members of the 13 societies and guilds and others) Wikipedia, 15 Oct. 2015 (The Bürgergemeinde (known by other names in indidividual cantons: e.g., Burgergemeinde, Ortsbürgergemeinde, Tagwen, bourgeoisie, commune bourgeoise, etc.) is a statutory corporation in public law in Switzerland. Known as Burgergemeinde in Bern and Valais. It includes all individuals who are citizens of the Bürgergemeinde, regardless of where they were born or where they may currently live. Instead of the place of birth, Swiss legal documents contain the Bürgerort (place of citizenship). The political communes or municipalities, the parish and the Bürgergemeinde often include the same area but have different focuses; in Switzerland there are nearly 2000 Bürgergemeinden and corporations)