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16-629: The Thielle results from the merging of the Orbe and Talent , northeast of the little city of Orbe in the Swiss canton of Vaud . It flows as a channel northeastwards through an intensively cultivated plain called " Plaine de l'Orbe " and flows after only 9 km into the Lake of Neuchâtel at Yverdon-les-Bains . The natural course of the river was considerably modified during the Jura water correction . Between

32-582: A river in Switzerland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Seeland (Switzerland) Seeland (lit.: Lakeland , also German : Drei-Seen-Land , French : Pays des trois lacs ) is a region in Switzerland , at the south-eastern foot of the mountain range of the Jura Mountains containing the 3 Lakes of Morat , Neuchâtel , and Bienne (Biel) . In previous eras, it

48-621: A very significant impact on the European commercial transportation system. This Canton of Bern location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Switzerland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Orbe (river) The Orbe ( French pronunciation: [ɔʁb] ) is a river of the Rhine basin . It starts in France and flows to Switzerland where it forms

64-625: The Middle Ages vineyards were added on the slopes of the Jura Mountains above the lakes. In contrast, the plains and the Grosses Moos swamp were crossed by meandering rivers like the Aare and Thielle which frequently flooded making the land hostile to settlements. The villages on the edges of the swamp, used the swamp mainly for grazing. However, following the Jura water correction projects

80-469: The linguistic boundary region between French- and German-speaking Switzerland . The Bernese Seeland is one of five administrative divisions ( regions ) in the canton of Bern with a population of 76,052 (as of 2020) in 46 municipalities. During the Ancien Régime Bern acquired the rural bailiwicks or counties of Aarberg , Büren an der Aare , Erlach and Nidau from the estates of

96-582: The Amts of Bern and Burgdorf. Between 1850 and 1918 it formed a National Council of Switzerland constituency, made up of Laupen and Biel. From 1869 to 1921 it was again a Grand Council of Bern election district made up of the Amts of Biel, Aarberg, Laupen and the northern portion of Bern. In 2010, the Seeland region was created with the Districts of Biel and Seeland. The new Seeland district ( Verwaltungskreise )

112-635: The Lakes of Neuchâtel and Biel/Bienne it was converted into a dug-out channel. However, the previous natural bed of La Thielle still exists in some parts. The river flows out of the lake in Biel/Bienne and after 2 km merges directly into the Nidau-Büren channel , which was also dug out during the Jura water correction, ensuring the outflow of the Aare, just before the regulating dam in Port which

128-576: The Lords of Aarberg-Valangin, Strassberg-Büren, Nidau and the Counts of Neuchâtel. Between 1595 and 1628 they were combined militarily into the so-called Seefähnchen . However, they were politically separate. It was not until 1783-84 that Johann Friedrich von Ryhiner's administrative compendium of the Bernese State presented the four counties as a united region. The Bernese Seeland expanded in 1815 when

144-447: The bogs were drained and the formerly useless swamps became excellent farming land. With the improved transport infrastructure of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Seeland began to develop into an industrialized region. The town of Biel/Bienne rose to be the economic center of the Seeland, along with the business and industrial centers of Brügg , Lyss and Ins . The region became known for specializing in watches, precision machinery and

160-629: The city of Biel/Bienne and the surrounding lands of the Prince-Bishop of Basel were given to the Canton of Bern. During the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803), the borders of the Seeland shrunk to the Amt of Erlach and portions of the Amts of Nidau and Aarberg. Between 1803 and 1815 it was a Grand Council of Bern election district with the Amts of Fraubrunnen and Wangen and portions of

176-624: The levels of the three lakes of Seeland . The Orbe and Thielle drain all the waters from the Canton of Vaud to the Rhine, with the exception of the river Venoge , divided by the Mormont , watershed between the former and the Rhone basins . See Jura water correction . This article related to a river in France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to

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192-513: The river Thielle at its confluence with the river Talent . Not to be mistaken with the Orbe , which is a tributary of the Arrats . The Orbe has its source near Rousses , forms the lac des Rousses before flowing down to lac de Joux in canton of Vaud , Switzerland . It disappears naturally underground for a stretch of 4 km, to reappear in Vallorbe - where a special ecotourism site

208-624: Was commissioned in 1939. Before, La Thielle used to flow into the Aare 7 km further downstream in the vicinity of Büren an der Aare . In the seventeenth century, a grand project was formed to establish a waterway transport system connecting the rivers Rhône and Rhine via the Lake of Geneva - the Venoge - and the Canal d’Entreroches - La Thielle - Aare . It unfortunately remained unfinished. A commercial waterway of this nature would have had

224-656: Was created, the Vallorbe Caves (note, to re-edit - http://www.grottesdevallorbe.ch/ ). Soon after, in Orbe , the river merges with the Talent and takes the name of Thielle . Flowing through Yverdon-les-Bains , it joins the lac de Neuchâtel . It flows out of it through the Thielle channel to the Nidau-Büren channel in Nidau , just before the regulating dam Port established between Port and Brügg that controls

240-539: Was made up of all or part of the former districts of Aarberg , Büren , Erlach and Nidau The Bernese Seeland consists of two differing landscapes. The lake shore areas were occupied as far back as the Neolithic , such as the UNESCO World Heritage Site pile dwellings at Twann from about 3800 BC. The lake shore areas were easily settled and fishing dominated the local economies. During

256-514: Was the floodplain of the Aare and was thus swampy. After the huge hydrological works Jura water correction , the area drained out and could support more cultivation. Seeland is one of the most important regions in Switzerland for growing vegetables, particularly in the Grand Marais (lit.: Large Marshland , German : Grosses Moos ). The region is at the boundary of the cantons of Bern , Fribourg , Neuchâtel , and Vaud , forming part of

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