Birgian

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Valais (VS)

District :

Brig

Municipal municipality :

Naters

Postal code :

3903

former BFS no. :

6001

Coordinates :

639 387 / 129601 coordinates: 46 ° 19 '0 " N , 7 ° 57' 0" O ; CH1903: six hundred thirty-nine thousand three hundred and eighty-seven / 129601

Height :

1093 m above sea level M.

Area :

5.7 km²

Residents:

253 (December 31, 2012)

Population density :

44 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.birgisch.ch

Alpine meadow near Birgisch

map

Parish before the merger on December 31, 2012

Birgisch is a place in the municipality of Naters in the Brig district in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland .

Until the merger with the municipality of Mund to form the municipality of Naters on January 1, 2013, Birgisch was an independent political municipality .

history

Birgisch was first mentioned in 1232 as Burginse (a Chono de Burginse ). The hillside settlement above the right bank of the Rhone includes numerous hamlets. On the so-called Kocherbiel by the chapel there are remains of a medieval castle. Birgisch shared the political fortunes of Zenden Brig. Birgisch belongs to Naters in church to this day . A chapel (patronage of John the Baptist), owned by the Johanniter in 1379 and connected to a hermitage , was rebuilt in 1687 and rebuilt in 1905 ( crucifix from the 14th century, baroque altar, various relics from the 18th century). Up until the beginning of the 19th century, there were two communities, Upper and Lower Mountain (mentioned as a community in 1320) with common commons and the Alps. The parish hall dates from approx. 1550 (renewals 1592, 1920-21). The brotherhood of St. John, mentioned in 1548, was incorporated into the school fund around 1850. Opened from 1953–73 by a cable car , Birgisch has been connected to the valley by a road since 1970 and to Mund since 1977 . In 1990, three quarters of those in employment worked outside Birgisch.

population

Population development Birgisch
year	1821	1850	1900	1950	1970	2000	2012
Residents	122	191	252	238	152	217	253

Attractions

Nesselalp chapel
Historic Suone Nessjeri (7,5 km)
Historical bisse Oberschta
Old bakery
Birgisch lies in the area of the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn mountain region, which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002 .

BLN area Aletsch-Bietschhorn (1984)

literature

Louis Carlen: Birgish. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2017 .

Web links

Commons : Birgisch - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of Birgisch

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