Cimadera

Val Colla ; district of Lugano
Coordinates	724 393 / 104320 coordinates: 46 ° 4 '44 " N , 9 ° 2' 48" O ; CH1903: 724 393 / 104320
height	Ø 1100 m
surface	21.75 km²
Residents	127 (December 31, 2015)
Population density	6 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation	Apr 14, 2013
BFS no.	519-2027
Post Code	6951

Parish before the merger on April 13, 2013

Cimadera was until April 13, 2013 municipality in the county Sonvico , district Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

The former municipalities of Bogno , Certara , Cimadera and Valcolla now belong to the new Lugano district of Val Colla .

geography

The former municipality is located at 1087 m above sea level. M. on the left side slope at the top of Val Colla and 11 km north of Lugano and borders Italy .

history

The first documentary mention is for the year 1422. The village was called Cima d'Era . Originally it was only inhabited during the period when the farmers of Treciore (hamlet of Sonvico ) drove their cattle to the Alps. As a result of the plague of 1525, the population finally settled here. Cimadera belonged to the municipality and vicinia of Sonvico. It was separated from both by a decree of May 9, 1878.

population

Population development
year	1880	1900	1950	2000	2005	2010	2015	2019
Residents	201	271	161	100	108	132	127	187

Attractions

The village image is classified in the inventory of protected sites in Switzerland (ISOS) as a site of national importance in Switzerland.

Chapel of Sant'Antonio in Padua (17th century)
House of prayer (oratory) for Sante Maria and Elisabetta from 1670

literature

Antonio Gili: Cimadera. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 17, 2017 , accessed January 7, 2020 .
Flavio Maggi: Patriziati e patrizi ticinesi. Pramo Edizioni, Viganello 1997.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Cimadera. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. (Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, p. 383.
Celestino Trezzini : Cimadera. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Cavadini - Daegerlen. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1924, p. 589 ( digitized version ).
Benedetto Vannini: Appunti per una storia della Val Colla. In: Valli di Lugano. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1990, pp. 105–126.
Fernando Zappa (Ed.): Cimadera. In: Valli di Lugano. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1990.

Web links

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

Cimadera: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
Federal inventory ISOS: Cimadera (PDF; 4.2 MB)
Cimadera on the ETHorama platform
Cimadera on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

^ Antonio Gili: Cimadera. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 3, 2017 .
^ Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Bioggio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 11, 2017 , accessed December 31, 2019 .
↑ Population of Cimadera at the end of 2019 on statistica.lugano.ch/site/demografia/
↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
^ ^A ^b Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. (Hrsg. GSK), Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 383.

[1] Antonio Gili: Cimadera. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 3, 2017 .

[hls-2] Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Bioggio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 11, 2017 , accessed December 31, 2019 .

[3] Population of Cimadera at the end of 2019 on statistica.lugano.ch/site/demografia/

[4] List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.

[Martinoli-5] A ^b Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. (Hrsg. GSK), Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 383.