Balerna

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Balerna
Balerna coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Mendrisio districtw
Circle : Balerna
BFS no. : 5242i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 6828
UN / LOCODE : CH BLA
Coordinates : 721608  /  78364 coordinates: 45 ° 50 '46 "  N , 9 ° 0' 14"  O ; CH1903:  721608  /  78364
Height : 350  m above sea level M.
Height range : 235–346 m above sea level M.
Area : 2.53  km²
Residents: 3267 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 1291 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.balerna.ch
Location of the municipality
Luganersee Comer See Italien Bezirk Lugano Balerna Castel San Pietro TI Chiasso Morbio Inferiore Breggia TI Vacallo Coldrerio Mendrisio Riva San Vitale Novazzano StabioMap of Balerna
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San Vittore Collegiate Church
San Vittore Collegiate Church, interior view
San Vittore Collegiate Church, fresco
Pontegana castle ruins

Balerna (German obsolete: Balern ) is a municipality in the Balerna district in the Mendrisio district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

The neighboring municipalities of Balerna are Chiasso , Morbio Inferiore , Castel San Pietro , Coldrerio and Novazzano . It is a suburb of Chiasso. The Chiasso freight yard is partly on the municipal area.

history

Aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1946

In 865 the village and the neighboring Castel San Pietro formed a concilium (neighborhood). In the 12th century clerical tithe lords (decimani) and the monastery of Sant'Abbondio in Como had basic rights in Balerna. The community, first mentioned in 1115 as Barerna , consists of the settlements Caslaccio, Mercole, Sant'Antonio, Bisio, Pontegana and Passeggiata. In the 13th century Balerna was initially dependent on the city of Como (Quartier Porta Sala), later on that of the bishop. With Como, Balerna came under the rule of the Milanese Visconti in 1335, followed by Franchino Rusca .

The Milanese were followed in 1512 by the Confederates, who united it with Mendrisio to form a bailiwick in which Balerna could maintain its repeatedly confirmed privileges. Until 1573 the Vogt had a court in Balerna, to which Balerna two plebani and Mendrisio two reggenti. In 1798 Balerna was supposed to be added to the Cisalpine Republic , but in a vote Balerna voted to remain with Switzerland. In the decree of Aarau of May 30, 1798, Balerna was attached to the Helvetic Republic together with Mendrisio .

population

Population development
year 1652 1696 1723 1801 1850 1900 1950 1970 1990 2000 2010 2012 2014 2017
Residents 341 367 422 518 889 1612 2625 3885 3418 3415 3349 3303 3396 3345

economy

6% of the population work in agriculture, 20% in industry and 78% in the tertiary sector (as of 1990). The family company "ECSA Centonze Gruppe", founded in 1913 and active in the chemical and mineral oil trade, and the Valcambi affinerie are based here. The coffee processor Caffè Chicco d'Oro also produces in Balerna .

Attractions

  • The complex of the Collegiate Church of San Vittore dates from the 17th century, but its apses probably date from the 13th century; it contains frescoes attributed to Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli called Morazzone ; the facade dates from 1709 according to a plan by Agostino Silva; the church tower was built in 1658–1661.
  • Church of San Giovanni Battista e della Vergine
  • Villa vescovile called Belvedere
  • Archpriest house and old nunziatura; the episcopal palace was built by Bishop Francesco Bonesana († 1709) according to the plan of Carlo Silva.
  • Ruins of Pontegana Castle in Castellazzo near Pontegana, of which traces of a tower still stand. The castle, which is said to date back to the Gauls, was probably restored around 1350 by Bonifazio Quadri, the bishop of Como; it still existed in 1403.

Culture

  • Museo del Caffè (Chicco d'Oro)
  • Associazione dei Librai della Svizzera Italiana (ALSI)
  • Associazione Cultura Popolare

Sports

SC Balerna is a football club that played in the 2nd division of the Federazione Ticinese di Calcio in 2015 .

Personalities

literature

  • Stefania Bianchi: Balerna. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 8, 2009 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
  • Rolando Gandolfi: Ricerche micropaleontologiche e stratigrafiche sulla Scaglia e sul Flysch cretacici dei dintorni di Balerna (Canton Ticino). Milano, 1942.
  • Giuseppe Martinola (Ed.): Invito al Mendrisiotto. Lions Club del Mendrisiotto, Bellinzona 1965, pp. 34-37; Idem: Inventario d'arte del Mendrisiotto. Volume I, Edizioni dello Stato, Bellinzona 1975, pp. 33-72.
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007.
  • Nicoletta Ossanna Cavadini (ed.): Il cimitero monumentale di Balerna. Comune di Balerna, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2009.
  • Celestino Trezzini : Balerna. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 1: Ardutius - Basel. Neuenburg 1921, p. 545 ( digitized version ) (accessed June 15, 2017).

Web links

Commons : Balerna  - 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. ↑ a b Stefania Bianchi: Balerna. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 8, 2009 .
  3. ↑ ECSA Centonze Group in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: June 2, 2016)
  4. ↑ a b c d Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 451-465.
  5. ↑ Thomas Bitterli: Pontegana. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 28, 2010 .
  6. ↑ Balerna on biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz, page 545, (accessed on May 31, 2017).
  7. ↑ Museo del Caffè
  8. ↑ Associazione dei Librai of Lugano (ALSI)
  9. ^ Associazione Cultura Popolare
  10. ^ Sports Club Balerna
  11. ↑ Rolando Gandolfi: Ricerche micropaleontologiche e stratigrafiche ... in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: June 2, 2016)