Jens

Jens may refer to:

See also

Jens (given name)

Jens is a male given name and a Danish, Swedish, Faroese and Frisian derivative of Johannes.

List of people with the given name Jens

Jens, Switzerland

Jens is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

History

Jens is first mentioned in 1229-30 as Gens. In 1335 it was mentioned as Jensse.

The village was originally part of the Herrschaft of Nidau. In 1335, the owner of the Herrschaft, the Knight Ulrich von Sutz, sold his land to the Counts of Neuchâtel-Nidau. The Counts held the land until 1398 when it was acquired by the city of Bern. Under Bernese rule Jens became part of the Bailiwick of Nidau. Jens and Worben formed a court in the Bailiwick and it was part of the parish of Bürglen. During the Jura water correction projects of 1868-91, a canal was built in Jens and the nearby marsh was drained. The majority of the new farmland was planted with sugar beets for the sugar beet factory in Aarberg. As the population grew, the housing developments of Tannacker and Weieried were built in the late 1970s. Today about two-thirds of the workers commute to jobs outside the municipality.