Collina d'Oro

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Collina d'Oro
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Ticino (TI)
District :	Lugano district
Circle :	Paradiso district
BFS no. :	5236
Postal code :	6919 Carabietta 6925 Gentilino 6926 Collina d'Oro 6926 Montagnola 6927 Agra
Coordinates :	714 237  /  92182 coordinates: 45 ° 58 '18 "  N , 8 ° 54' 45"  O ; CH1903:  714 237  /  92182
Height :	469  m above sea level M.
Height range :	270–655 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.14  km²
Residents:	4895 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	797 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.collinadoro.com
The Collina d'Oro hill from Agno
Location of the municipality

Collina d'Oro is a municipality in the Paradiso district , in the Lugano district in the Swiss canton of Ticino .

Community merger

Aerial photograph by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)

The municipality was created on April 4, 2004 from the merger of the previously independent districts of Agra , Gentilino and Montagnola . On April 1, 2012, the previously independent Carabietta was also incorporated.

Factions

• Agra: ex municipality;
• Al Guasto: fraction of the ex municipality of Montagnola;
• Arasio: fraction of the ex municipality of Montagnola;
• Bigogno: fraction of the ex municipality of Agra;
• Cadepiano: fraction of the ex municipality of Montagnola;
• Carabietta: ex municipality;
• Certenago: fraction of the ex municipality of Montagnola;
• Gentilino: ex municipality;
• Montagnola: ex municipality;
• Pian Roncate: fraction of the ex municipality of Montagnola;
• Scairolo: fraction of the ex municipality of Montagnola;
• Viglio: fraction of the ex municipality Gentilino;

population

Population development
year	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2017
Residents	2600	2954	3685	4047	4363	4441	4526	4558	4330	4439	4670	4656	4911

economy

The sanatorium for tuberculosis patients , known as the German House and operated from 1913 to 1969, is located in Agra . Montagnola is a popular travel destination for tourists, partly because Hermann Hesse lived here. Montagnola is also home to a 25-house boarding school run by The American Schools in Switzerland.

Foundations

• Since 2006 the seat of the Foundation Ursula e Gunter Böhmer, Gentilino has been in the Casa Albisetti in the “Barca” part of the municipality of Collina d'Oro.
• Fondazione Circolo Franchi Liberali e Filarmonica Liberale-Radicale Collina d'Oro
• Fondazione Culturale della Collina d'Oro

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Collina d'Oro

Church of Sant 'Abbondio in Collina d'Oro

• Parish church of Sant'Abbondio with ossuary and Chapel of the Cross
• Prayer Chapel of San Pietro
• Oratorium della Presentazione (presentation)
• Detached house, Via ai Canvetti, architect: Tita Carloni
• Detached house, Via ai Grotti 12, Architects: Mauro Buletti , Paolo Fumagalli
• The graves of Hugo Ball and his wife Emmy Hennings , Ursula and Gunter Böhmer , Hermann and Ninon Hesse and the family grave of Bruno Walter are located in the cemetery across from the Sant'Abbondio church
• Casa Camuzzi in Montagnola .

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  Church of Saint Abbondio in Gentilino

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  Camuzzi house

Personalities

→ Main article : List of personalities from Collina d'Oro

literature

• Katja Bigger: Collina d'Oro. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 869, Series 87). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2010, ISBN 978-3-85782-869-0 .
• Sebastiano B. Brocchi: Collina d'Oro - I Tesori dell'Arte. IKEA 2004.
• Virgilio Gilardoni : Il Romanico. Arte e monumenti della Lombardia prealpina. Istituto grafico Casagrande, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 174-175, 202, 329, 474.
• Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 336-338.
• Chiara Orelli: Collina d'Oro. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 11, 2017 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
• A. Mario Redaelli, Mario Agliati: Storia e storie della Collina d'Oro. Note di storia e d'arte. 2 volumes, Gaggini-Bizzozero SA, Lugano 1977.
• Michele Selvini and others: Bruno Walter [combination of media]: la porta dell'eternità. Fondazione Culturale della Collina d'Oro, Montagnola 2001.

Web links

Commons : Collina d'Oro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Collina d'Oro on the ETHorama platform
• Website of the municipality of Collina d'Oro
• Data from the municipality of Collina d'Oro
• Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Collina d'Oro
• Collina d'Oro: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
• Federal inventory of ISOS: Chiesa di Sant'Abbondio
• Montagnola on elexikon.ch
• Gentilino on elexikon.ch

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} Collina d'Oro TI. Retrieved on August 12, 2018 (German). 
3. ↑ Chiara Orelli: Collina d'Oro. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 21, 2016 .
4. ↑ Incurable German - one day , accessed on April 15, 2010
5. ^ Museo e Fondazione Hermann Hesse Montagnola - Welcome. Retrieved August 12, 2018 . 
6. ^ TASIS The American School in Switzerland: The Campus. Retrieved August 12, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Fondazione Circolo Franchi Liberali e Filarmonica Liberale-Radicale Collina d'Oro on portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 29, 2016.)
8. ↑ Fondazione Culturale della Collina d'Oro on portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 29, 2016.)
9. ↑ Parish church of Sant'Abbondio with ossuary and Stations of the Cross chapel (PDF; 52 kB)
10. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 336–338.
11. ↑ cemetery (PDF; 9 kB)
12. ↑ Camuzzi house
13. ^ Katja Bigger: Collina d'Oro. in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 29, 2016.)