Kerzers

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Kerzers
Kerzers coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of FriborgCanton of Friborg Freiburg (FR)
District : lakew
BFS no. : 2265i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 3210
UN / LOCODE : CH KEZ
Coordinates : 581 525  /  202811 coordinates: 46 ° 58 '34 "  N , 7 ° 11' 45"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and eighty-one thousand five hundred and twenty-five  /  202811
Height : 450  m above sea level M.
Height range : 431-542 m above sea level M.
Area : 12.28  km²
Residents: 4970 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 405 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.kerzers.ch
Kerzers

Kerzers

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Kerzers ( Bern German Cheerzers [χeːrtsərs] ; French Chiètres; Friborg Patois Tyétre ? / I ) is a political municipality in the lake district of the western Swiss canton of Friborg . The community is located on the eastern edge of the Grosse Moos , the largest vegetable growing area in Switzerland . Audio file / audio sample

history

Aerial photo (1949)

Kerzers was at the time of the Romans on the important road from Aventicum ( Avenches ) to Salodurum ( Solothurn ). The historical evidence in Cartris Villa (926), Kercers (1153), Chiertri (1228), Kertzerz (1276) and Chiertres (1285) allow a Latin name ad Carcerem or ad Carcares to be reconstructed, which means, among other things, «in the fencing» at the dungeon »means.

The early Burgundian Queen Bertha donated the church to Payerne Abbey in 961 . On May 16, 1382, Freiburg bought the Inselgau (today's Seeland) with all the villages up to Bellmund and Port including Kerzers (see also Aarberg ) for 1050 guilders . After minor wars and arbitration negotiations, Freiburg lost almost the entire area in the course of time, first to Savoy, then to Bern, except for those areas of the Zealand that still belong to Freiburg today. During the Laupenkriegs in 1339 Kerzers was reduced to rubble and ashes.

Kerzers was subject to the Counts of Savoy until the Murten region was conquered by the Bernese and Freiburg residents in 1475 . Subsequently, it was ruled as common rule (joint property) by Freiburg im Üechtland and Bern , and both alternately provided the bailiff for five years each. When Charles the Bold's troops besieged Murten in 1476 , the village was again destroyed in a conflagration.

On May 15, 1479 Kerzers received a new letter of freedom, which was very similar to that of Murten: When the two cities met for the annual accounts for Murten and Eschallens, "and our treasury, which Kerzers deserved, came for us and gave us an old letter for her Those who contain freedoms with a humble pleading, who because the same has given something in writings and symbols, to videmire the same and to have it renewed at their own expense. " This was not considered unreasonable, since these freedoms had been confirmed to them earlier by the Savoy rule in letters that were lost in the Burgundian Wars. Among other things, those of Kerzers are granted in this new letter of freedom to have their own "meat bowl" and bath room as well as their own Weibel and Bannwart . In the following it is also mentioned that nobody is allowed to graze on the Kerzers soil for more than three days, unless he wants to winter in the rule of Murten.

In 1528 the Council of Bern decided to carry out the Reformation in its sphere of influence. This approach led in the Murten area to disputes with the Catholic Freiburg, which demanded a survey of the population in order to solve the problem. Bern had to respond to this request, but delayed the immediate vote in Kerzers and appointed reform preachers. The required vote did not take place until 1530, after which the Reformation was introduced in Kerzers at the third attempt thanks to a narrow majority.

Legend has it that Bern did not want to rebuild the burned down church in Kerzers, but Freiburg followed the request of the local residents to rebuild it: As a result, Bern and Freiburg agreed as follows: Freiburg built a new church in Kerzers and at its own expense Bern took over the payment of the pastors forever. The regulation is still valid today and was incorporated into the relevant State Treaty between Bern and Freiburg from 1889.

With the invasion of Switzerland by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798, common rule ended, and in 1803, after the end of the Helvetic Republic , Kerzers was finally assigned to the canton of Friborg. (See also under Murten .)

The first Jura water correction was built between 1868 and 1888 . As a result of the associated amelioration and urbanization of the Grosse Moos , more intensive vegetable cultivation became possible from 1900 onwards. Since 1996, the Grosses Moos biotope association has been working with agriculture to upgrade the landscape as a habitat for flora and fauna.

economy

Today there are 48 farms in Kerzers. While there were over 50 milk suppliers in the middle of the 20th century, their number has fallen to less than 5. The farms have specialized in vegetable growing and supply the local vegetable trading companies that have settled in the industrial and commercial zone. The favorable traffic situation has meant that various transport companies and suppliers have set up shop. The proximity to Bern also means that the community has a high commuter balance.

politics

After the municipal council elections in March 2016, the seven-member council consists of members of the FDP (2), SVP (3), CVP (1) and SP (1). Nicole Schwab (SVP) has been mayor since 2016.

traffic

Rail cross: right with train to Murten ( Broyelinie ), left to Bern ( railway line Bern – Neuchâtel )

Kerzers has good transport links. The traffic was significantly increased by the following events:

In addition, Kerzers has the only standard-gauge cross-rail of main tracks in Switzerland. The Broyelinie and the Bern – Neuchâtel line intersect. The rail cross is clearly visible from the nearby rebuilt pedestrian walkway that crosses the entire station. Your historic signal box is on the opposite side of the rail cross.

Papiliorama

The Papiliorama special zoo is located in Kerzers . He specializes in keeping butterflies and moths, but also owns other exhibitions.

Attractions

  • reformed church and rectory

Sports

Every year in March, runners from home and abroad meet for the Kerzerslauf . The running route is 15 km long.

Personalities

literature

  • Anne-Marie Dubler : Kerzers. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • Dieter Knapke: The Kerzers Choir Court. A contribution to the history of the village. Kerzers 1984.
  • Gottlieb Schwab: Kerzers around 1900. Memories of village life at the turn of the century. Offset printing by Aerni-Leuch, Bern 1972.
  • Franz Vollendender: Kerzers. The story of a village community. Verlag Buchdruckerei E. Sprich, Kerzers 1951.

Web links

Commons : Kerzers  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Lexicon of Swiss Community Names , ed. from the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol, Neuchâtel 2005, p. 479.
  3. ↑ Homepage of the Passerelle Kerzers Association: Passerelle Kerzers
  4. ^ Association of signal box Kerzers: Signal box Kerzers
  5. ↑ Hermann Schöpfer: Kerzers. Church and rectory (= Swiss Art Guide, No. 520). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1992, ISBN 978-3-85782-520-0 .