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[[Image:Hornussen bock.jpg|thumb|250px|The hornuss on the bock]]
[[Image:Hornussen schindeln.jpg|thumb|250px|A schindel (shingle)]]
'''Hornussen''' is an indigenous [[Switzerland|Swiss]] sport. The sport gets its name from the [[Hockey puck|puck]] which is known as a "Hornuss" (hornet) or "Nouss". When hit, it can whizz through the air at up to 300 km/h and create a buzzing sound.<ref>http://www.myswitzerland.com/en-us/hornussen-where-the-nouss-flies-from-the-ramp-and-into-the-playing-field.html</ref><ref>http://www.lebendigetraditionen.ch/traditionen/00069/index.html?lang=en</ref>
==History==
The sport probably developed in the seventeenth century. The earliest reference to Hornuss is found in the records of 1625 of the [[Consistory (Protestantism)#Reformed usage|consistory]] of [[Lauperswil]], [[Canton of Bern|canton Bern]], in a complaint about the breaking of the [[Sabbath in Christianity|Sabbath]]. Two men were fined the sum of 20 francs for playing Hornussen on Sunday. In the 19th century this amateur sport was very popular in the [[Emmental]] and in [[Entlebuch]].
In 1902, the federal Hornussen association was founded, which organises a competition every three years. In 1988 there were 232 clubs in the association, with around 6,900 members. During the season inter-association and inter-cantonal events are held, as well as group and elite events.
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