Bitsch VS

VS is the abbreviation for the canton of Valais in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Bitsch .

Bitsch
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Valais (VS)
District :	East of Raron
BFS no. :	6173
Postal code :	3982
Coordinates :	643 842  /  131810 coordinates: 46 ° 20 '11 "  N , 8 ° 0' 29"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred forty-three thousand eight hundred forty-two  /  131810
Height :	692  m above sea level M.
Height range :	684-2055 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.79  km²
Residents:	974 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	168 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.bitsch.ch
Location of the municipality

Bitsch municipality (1921)

Bitsch is a political municipality and a civic municipality with Burgerrart in the district of Ostlich Raron in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland . The village has with Mörel-Filet a common parish .

history

First mention finds the Bisse "Bitscheri" which is still in operation today, in the year 1408. The chapel of the Virgin Mary in the small hamlet of Wasen was built 1657th The burger house in Wasen was built in 1703. In 1730, the pilgrimage chapel "Mariae 7 Sorrows", Zen Hohen Flüehen, was built.

In 1799 there was a battle against the French near the old Massabrücke in Massaboden . Archaeological finds of national importance were made in 1951/52 and 2002 in a 10,000 m² area.

Bitsch and Ried were a political municipality until 1889 . The Hennebique Canal, the oldest concrete structure of its kind in Switzerland, was built in 1898. In 1915/16 the Massaboden power plant was built in Massaboden .

When the Electra-Massa power plant was built in 1964, the Gibidum reservoir was created . The dam is 120 meters high. From 1975 the construction of holiday homes boomed. Today these are mostly inhabited by locals. In 1977 the Brother Klaus Church was built in Massaboden.

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	2000	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	158	527	320	747	852	852	866	932

Personalities

• Marcel Mangisch (* 1954), Grand Councilor (2001–2013), Grand Council President (2005–2006)

literature

• Walter Ruppen: Bitsch . In: Society for Swiss Art History (Hrsg.): Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz (=  Vol. 84 ). The art monuments of the canton of Valais. Der Bezirk Östlich-Raron Vol. 3. Wiese Verlag, Basel 1991, ISBN 3-909158-58-7 , p. 283-313 .
• Philipp Kalbermatter: Bitsch. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2004 .

Web links

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

• Bitsch VS on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the municipality of Bitsch

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. ↑ The "Hennebique" channel. In: www.bitsch.ch. Bitsch community, archived from the original on August 28, 2009 ; Retrieved September 18, 2011 .