Meaning of the word bil. Biel Old Town

In the central part of the Jura Mountains, already in the territory of the canton of Bern, lies another most picturesque city- Biel (Biel, Bienne).

Biel is the only officially bilingual city in Switzerland - all streets, road signs, documents, stops public transport and public information must be presented here in both German and French. And the city itself is often called Biel Bienne (since 2005 it has been officially called Biel / Bienne), and locals they simply order a French breakfast in German and vice versa - they read German newspapers in French. In fact, it lies on the notorious "röstigraben" (röstigraben, the colloquial name for the border between the German-speaking and French-speaking parts of the country, one of the symbols of cultural contradictions between different parts of Switzerland), and therefore even cultivates its "bilingualism", turning it into a kind of business card and tourist tagline.

Attractions Biel

Biel is alive and modern city, whose old district, several small museums and walks along the river Aare (Aar) attract thousands of tourists here.

From the station along the main commercial streets of the city - Bahnhofstrasse / Rue de la Gare and so on Nidaugasse / Rue de Nidau you can climb to the cobbled quarters Old Town (Altstadt). Then, along the Burggasse, curving north, pass the old Zeughaus(Arsenal, now converted into a city theater) to an impressive complex town hall(1676, now the headquarters of the police) with its pointed spire and then go out into the open Burgplatz / Place de Bourg with the Fountain of Justice (1714) near castle. Then you can continue the ascent towards the picturesque Ring quarter, which is the core of the Old City. And then it's worth going east along Arcade Obergasse / Rue Haute and then go back down Untergasse / Rue Basse- thus literally in half an hour you can see all the most colorful buildings of the city.

It is also worth paying attention to the Gothic Church of Saint-Gervais(1451), wells Vennerbrunnen(1401), Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen(1535) and Engelsbrunnen(1563), clock tower, visit Theater Biel Solothurn(the smallest in the country, besides it is the only bilingual theater in Switzerland), not bad Archaeological Museum Schwab, Müller Mechanical Engineering Museum, Museum of Culture and Economics Neuhaus, urban contemporary art center CentrePasquart in the Faubourg du Lac (faubourg du Lac, 71), excellent Optical Museum and one of the best in the country watch museums owned by Omega.

Biel is generally considered one of the centers of Swiss watchmaking - the headquarters of the Swiss Watch Industry Federation are located here, as well as the head offices and enterprises of such well-known manufacturers as the Swatch Group (the famous Omega is part of this corporation), Rolex and Glycine.

In addition, it is one of the "most sporting" cities in the country - more than fifty clubs of all kinds are registered here, and there are no less competitions - for example, the popular Bilsk night ultramarathon (100 km) and the chess festival gather thousands of participants every year.

Around Biel

It is connected by a canal to the lakes of Neuchâtel and Murtensee, so from Biel you can go on a long (on average 3-4 hours one way) boat cruise along all these picturesque reservoirs with a visit to the St. Petersinsel peninsula, the cities of Neuchatel (Neuchatel) , Estavayer, Yverdon and Murten, as well as numerous coastal villages. It is also possible to take an excursion along the peaceful river Aare (Aar) to Solothurn (Solothurn, 2 hours 40 minutes round trip). However, most of these trips are possible only in summer season(June - September).

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The city lies at the foot of the first mountain range in the territory of the Jura massif, and also passes through the only safe route to this massif on the northeastern shores of Lake Biel, connecting the eastern end of the lake with its sister city, Nidau. The cities of Neuchâtel, Solothurn and Bern (the de facto capital of Switzerland) lie respectively to the west, east and southeast of Biel. They can be reached from the city by train or car in about 30 minutes.

The population of the city is about 55 thousand people (2017), the agglomeration - almost 106 thousand (2014). Since the 19th century, Biel has been a major industrial center of the country, including watchmaking.

Geography

Biel is the second largest city in the canton of Bern. Located at an altitude of 434 meters above sea level. Area (together with Lakeside) - 2162.7 hectares. Middle level water in Lake Biel 429.23 meters.

Located on the linguistic border (also called Röstigraben or Röshti ditch) between German-speaking and French-speaking parts of Switzerland. Both languages ​​are widely used in the city. German (55.4%) dominates quantitatively over French (28.1%). All official documents, street names, announcements of bus stops and so on must be drawn up in two languages. In official documents since January 1, 2005, the names Biel and Bienne are written with a slash: Biel/Bienne.

History

The settlement on the site of Biel was founded by the Celts and was called Belenus, in honor of the Celtic deity; both modern variants are derived from this name. In the 11th century, a city was built, which received a charter in 1275. Since 1352, in eternal union with Bern (although under the control of the Bishop of Basel), in 1798-1814 it was occupied by the French. Since 1815 the city has been part of the canton of Bern.

Biel is the largest bilingual city in Switzerland. The city is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains. The basis of the city is made up of 14 quarters:

• Fingelz
• Rebberg-Beaumont
• Interestsengeminschaft (IG) Film
• Neumarktstrasse (Oberer Kwai)
• Stadtpark
• Tsukunft / Congresshouse
• Bahnhof
• Mühlefeld
• Möösli
• Linden
• Ostkvartir
• Bötzingen
• Altstadt

The city's mayor is Eric Fehr, a representative of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland. The previous mayor, also a Social Democrat, Hans Stöckli, resigned at the end of 2010 after 20 years as mayor.

Ethnic composition of the city

Total (according to the 2007 census) 50,857 people;

• 27.6% of city residents are foreigners from 130 countries of the world;
• Italians - 3904 people;
• countries of the former Yugoslavia - 1345 people;
• Spaniards - 1258 people;
• Turks - 807 people;
• 1022 people from various Asian countries;

Over 70 languages ​​are spoken in the "bilingual city".

Attractions

Vennerbrunnen well in the ring (1401), Gothic church (1451), town hall (1534), old town (Altstadt) and all buildings of the old town: buildings of the lower and upper alleys, gates, clock tower, Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen justice well on Burgplatz (1535) , theater, office (1530-1591), Engelsbrunnen well in the upper lane (1563). Every year the city hosts a chess festival.

Economy

The city of Biel is the world center of the watch industry. Here are located:

• Headquarters of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry
• headquarters of the Swatch Group (as well as its divisions Swatch and Omega)
• Rolex manufacturing center
• headquarters and production of Glycine watches

Also located in Biel is the allied communications department BAKOM (Bundesamt für Kommunikation) dealing with telecommunications, radio and television.

culture

Museums

• The Schwab Museum is an archaeological museum.
• The Müller Museum is a museum of mechanical engineering: more than 150 machines built between 1880 and 1940 are exhibited in the reconstructed workshops of the early 20th century.
• Museum "Neuhaus" - culture, industry, economy of the XIX-XX centuries. Exhibitions of the Impressionists.
• "Watch Museum" of the watch factory "Omega"
• CentrePasquArt is an urban center for contemporary art created by several partners (Kunsthaus, Photoforum, Filmpodium, Visarte, Kunstverein).
• The Optical Museum is a collection of about 300 objects created over four centuries of the history of optics. Here are monocles, glasses, telescopes, binoculars, barometers and other exhibits.

Symphony Orchestra

• Orchestergesellschaft Biel OGB - Biel Symphony Orchestra. Founded in 1969. Conductors: Jost Meier, Ivan Anguélov, Grzegorz Nowak, Marc Tardue and Hans Urbanek. At the conductor's stand of the Biel Symphony Orchestra, while on tour, there were such famous conductors as Marcello Viotti, Armin Jordan, Heinz Holliger, Milan Horvat, Michel Corboz, Jun Märkl and Fabrizio Ventura.
• In summer, traditional free symphony and chamber concerts are held under open sky(open air)

Theaters

• City Theater Biel-Solothurn (German Theater Biel-Solothurn, French Bienne-Soleur) is the smallest and only bilingual theater in Switzerland. Plays have been played here since the 17th-18th centuries.
• "Theater für die Chlyne" - theater for kids. Theater of puppets and marionettes.

Annual events

Tourism

The Biel region has a developed tourist infrastructure, including for cycling, rollerblading, equestrianism, water sports and skydiving.

The lake and river fleet is represented by several vessels. One of the most famous boats for tourists is the Siesta.

St. Petersinsel (Saint Peter's Island). This peninsula is a landmark of the region. AT Western Europe became famous thanks to the descriptions of Jean Jacques Rousseau (J.-J. Rousseaus)

Kitchen

The cuisine of the region is very diverse, as the Biel region is home to a huge number of representatives of various ethnic groups from different continents. Swiss German, French, Italian, Turkish cuisine, Japanese, Iranian, Chinese, Mexican, Spanish, Russian, African cuisines and so on.

Sport

There are about 60 registered clubs in Biel.

Some of the sports clubs in the city:

• Swim Team Biel/Bienne - swimming;
• EHC Biel/Bienne - hockey club;
• Karate-Do Biel/Bienne - karate-do;
• Triathlon Club Seeland - triathlon;
• Artistic Gymnastics Club Bötzingen;
• Women's Artistic Gymnastics Club Madretsch;
• Yachtclub Bielersee - Yacht club;
• USZ Bielersee - Diving club;
• several tennis clubs: Tennisclub Biel/Bienne, Tennisclub Schlossmatte;
• aikido club Biel/Bienne - aikido;
• kashiva kan karatedo Biel-Bienne - karate-do club;
• Damen Eishokey Club Biel - Biel's women's hockey club;
• 8 football clubs: (AC Azzurri Bienne, FC AURORE - Bienne, FC Mett and others);
• Biel-Bienne Bikers - cyclists' club;
• Fechtclub Biel - fencing club;
• Gym Biel/Bienne - women's rhythmic gymnastics club. It is also a dance club (Hip-Hop and other dances);
• Handballsport Biel - handball (men's and women's teams);
• AFC Bienna Jets - American football club;
• FSG Bienne Romande - aerobics and tai chi;
• HotWhells - inlineclub (videos);
• VCB Biel-Bienne - women's volleyball club;
• Schachklub Biel - Biel chess club;
• Leichtathletikclub Biel - athletics;
• Schachgeselschaft Biel - Biel chess society;
• SAC Biel - Swiss climbing club, Biel section.

• Along with the "night" 100-kilometer Biel ultramarathon, various competitions are held in running for various distances: the classic "night" marathon (42.195 km), "half marathon", mountain running, 100-kilometer army marathon and so on. Running for men, women and children at various distances.

The following races are held here:

• Cross at La Heutte (schoolchildren);
• Kerzerslauf (children);
• Half marathon in Nidau;
• Classic'Aar (13.3 km);

Bielski days of running:

• Les Traces de Dinosaure: Péru-La-Heutte;
• Grenchenberglauf (12 km / 880 height) - "mountain run";
• Biel city rollerblading Inline-Rennen
• Running and march around Bielskoye Lake (RUBI, 45 km) with 20 km hike and 15 km run;
• Aarbärger Stadlilouf (4.7 km);
• Galser Mooslauf (13.1 km);
• Villeret-Chasseral-Villeret (VC);
• Bure-Louf (11.5 km);
• Mountain run Biel/Magglingen with Bike-Rennen (7.7 km);
• International Biel Cross with Junior Cross and Plausch-Américaine;
• Neuenstadt: Course des pavés (city run).

Records of the Biel 100-kilometer (civilian) run.

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Meaning of the word bil

bill in the crossword dictionary

Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Vladimir Dal

bill

and. arch. clean, bare moss swamp; mokhovina; Vologda dry moss tussock, with rare alder and pine forests.

Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1998

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BIEL (German: Biel, French: Bienne) is a city in northwestern Switzerland. 51 thousand inhabitants (1987, with suburbs 83 thousand inhabitants). Watch production, jewelry, printing industry, mechanical engineering. Tourism.

Biel

(German Biel; French Bienne), a city in the S.-W. Switzerland, in the canton of Bern. Located on the shores of Lake Bielskoe at the confluence of the river. Suz ( new town) and at the foot of the Jura mountain range (the medieval part of Byelorussia). 66.8 thousand inhabitants (1968, with suburbs 89 thousand). Large railway knot, pier on the lake, near the beginning of the Aar Canal. A significant center of watch and jewelry production. Auto assembly, machine tool building, bicycle and wire industry. Technical school, watchmaking school. Archaeological Museum. Tourism center. cable cars B. is connected with the surrounding mountains.

Wikipedia

Biel

Biel- ambiguous term:

• Biel is a city in Switzerland.
• Biel is a district in Switzerland.
• Biel is an annual tournament in this city.
• Biel is the personification of time in Scandinavian mythology.
• Biel is a Swiss ice hockey club from the city of the same name.
• Biel, Wolfdieter (born 1937) - Austrian historian, specialist in Eastern Europe and Ukraine.
• Biel, Gabriel (d. 1495) - medieval scholastic philosopher.
• Biel, Ulrich (1907-1996) - German politician

Biel (city)

Biel , Bien- a city in Switzerland, in the canton of Bern, located on the shores of the lake of the same name.

Biel (chess tournament)

"Bil" is a chess tournament held in the city of Biel (Switzerland) since 1968. The first grandmaster tournament has been held since 1977.

Biel (hockey club)

Hockey club "Bil" (EHC Biel) - professional hockey club representing the same name Swiss town. Plays in the Swiss National League. The home arena, the Eisstadion Biel, has a capacity of 7,000 spectators.

Examples of the use of the word bil in the literature.

Biel, madam, was a groom and followed two well-known piebald mares who drove a Bristol ambulance and only under one song and agreed to run - about the south wind and cloudy sky - it was the conductor who played without a break every time they were harnessed .

Russian language teacher Bilevich, curled and perfumed, in complete contrast to all other teachers, was the subject of ridicule for his panache.

The surviving top gunner, in turn, said: - My machine failed, otherwise we would be far away now bill.

Biel fell to his knees and crawled, as if he intended to fly out of the engine room on all fours, and Mr. Rout slowly turned his head with fixed, sunken eyes and a dropped jaw.

Mr. Routh closed his mouth, Jax blinked, and the little Biel hastily got to his feet.

The name of one of most beautiful cities Switzerland sounds like German as Biel, and in French as Bien. It attracts lovers active rest, offering an interesting pastime in the mountains and near the water, on the shores of Lake Bern.

Biel belongs to and is the second largest city on its territory. The first settlement, called Belenus, was founded on this site by the Celts. A full-fledged city was built only in the eleventh century.

Interesting: multinational Biel is the world center of watchmaking, the headquarters of famous companies and even the central production department of Rolex are located here.

Attractions and museums

Important: Biel lies at the intersection of the French and German parts of the country, and therefore official bilingualism is his main character, a kind of business card. In addition, the city is multinational: it is home to people from one hundred and thirty countries of the world who speak seventy different languages.

Sports and cuisine of the region

In Biel and its environs, sports are respected. The traveler will be able to enjoy cycling, horseback riding, water sports sports, skydiving. Here, in total, over 60 sports clubs are registered, specializing in swimming, hockey, karate, chess, volleyball, athletics, etc. The popular 100-kilometer ultramarathon and other running competitions are held annually. No less excitement is caused by the local chess festival, which gathers thousands of participants and interested spectators.

Tourists are waiting for a varied cuisine: from German, Italian and French to colorful Mexican, Spanish and Japanese.

Come to these parts to get to fun festivals and fairs. For example, in June, Braderie has been held for 70 years now - Biel's largest festival with lotteries, concerts and its own market.