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Deichmann is committed to the professional integration of disadvantaged children and young people. The Sponsorship Award, [ 30 ] which was launched by Heinrich Deichmann in 2005, rewards initiatives that develop creative, sustainable efforts to integrate people with an immigrant background into professional life and society.
This is an alphabetical list of towns or cities (these English terms can be used interchangeably, as there is no official differentiation), which follows the FSO's definition (German: Statistische Städte 2012, French: Villes statistiques 2012), as well as places with historic town rights (h) and/or market towns (m).
A shopping centre on the city's periphery contributes to the disintegration of the city centre and leads to a “loss of values,” he says. [ 3 ] Defenders of Westside, such as Swiss architect Barbara Holzer, argue that Bern's urban centre is not under threat and that the shopping centre instead offers “new urban spaces.”
Furthermore, there is a Training Center Fitness- & Wellnessclub with over 2'000 square meters. Switzerland's largest children's playground in a shopping center has an area of 1,500 square metres. One side of the mall contains a Pathé Multiplex movie theater with 12 screens. The mall also contains 17 restaurants. [8] [1]
It is situated to the west of the city center and consists of the Quartiere (quarters) Bümpliz, Oberbottigen, Stöckacker, Bethlehem and Brünnen. As the most recently developed district of Bern, Bümpliz-Oberbottigen is an amalgamation of Bümpliz, a formerly independent suburban municipality, with rural hamlets such as Oberbottigen and ...
Over centuries, the city developed following an exceptionally coherent planning concept, thus retaining its original character. The medieval city saw the introduction of water fountains in the 16th century and the renovation and rebuilding of older buildings in the 18th century. [4] Convent of St Gall: St. Gallen: 1983 268; ii, iv (cultural)
Polycentricity and metropolitan governance in Switzerland, Vienna University of Economics and Business; Metropolitan governance and the "democratic deficit", Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
There were 2,195 or 15.9% who were born in the same canton, while 2,780 or 20.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,797 or 13.0% were born outside of Switzerland. [ 14 ] As of 2000 [update] , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.3% and seniors (over 64 ...