Worb

Worb is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district of the canton of Bern in Switzerland, in the upper Worblen valley. It consists of the villages and hamlets of Worb, Rüfenacht, Vielbringen, Enggistein, Richigen, Ried, Wattenwil and Bangerten. The village is first mentioned around 1130 to 1146 as Worw, and a lord, the Freiherr de Worvo, is recorded in 1127. Traces of settlement include Neolithic artifacts, Hallstatt grave mounds, a La Tène cemetery and a Roman estate of the second and third centuries. By the second half of the thirteenth century the Freiherr von Kien had inherited the village, its lands and Worb Castle, and the family ruled the Worb lordship until 1336. The municipality covers 21.08 square kilometres, mostly farmland and forest, and had 11,621 residents in December 2020.