Corticiasca

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Lugano district

Circle :

Capriasca district

Municipality :

Capriasca

Postal code :

6958

former BFS no. :

5177

Coordinates :

722 284 / 105297 coordinates: 46 ° 5 '17 " N , 9 ° 1' 11" O ; CH1903: 722,284 / 105297

Height :

1070 m above sea level M.

Area :

2.2 km²

Residents:

136 (December 31, 2007)

Population density :

62 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.capriasca.ch

map

Parish before the merger on April 19, 2008

Corticiasca with the Albumo fraction is a former political municipality in the Capriasca district in the Lugano district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

The village lies at an altitude of 1070 m above sea level. M. in Val Colla (valley) , at the southern foot of Monte Bar (1816 m above sea level) and 18 km north of Lugano .

history

In 1574 the village was first mentioned in writing as Cortizascha. At the end of the 19th century a part of the village was destroyed by a landslide. This part of the village is now called "Corticiasca vecchia" (old Corticiasca) by the locals and, in contrast to the part of the village, Albumo, is only sparsely populated.

Community merger

On April 20th, 2008 it merged with Bidogno and Lugaggia to form the new municipality of Capriasca .

population

Population development
year	1574	1779	1850	1870	1900	1930	1950	1990	2000	2007
Residents	27	127	241	272	226	225	198	87	138	136

Attractions

Oratory of San Fermo and Rustico built in the 17th century
Schalenstein in the district of Monte (1160 m above sea level)

education

Adesso music publisher

Personalities

Ezio Canonica (born June 27, 1922 in Tesserete , † January 5, 1978 in Schlieren ), from Corticiasca, son of John, politician, 1941 commercial school-leaving certificate in Bellinzona ; 1941–1946 editor of the Libera Stampa newspaper and teacher at the commercial vocational school in Lugano ; 1941 Joined the SP. 1941–1946 member of the board of the Socialist Youth in Switzerland; 1968–1978 central president of the SBHV (from 1975 trade union building and wood) in Zurich ; 1971–1978 National Councilor

Amélia Christinat (1926–2016), from Corticiasca, politician, national councilor (SP) and women's rights activist.

Pier (Giorgio) Ceresa (born November 10, 1939 in Corticiasca), painter, sculptor, lecturer

literature

Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, ISBN 978-88-8281-353-6 .
Bruno e Lucio Campana: Villaggi e paesaggi di Val Colla. Associazione Amici della Val Colla, Losone 1983.
Arturo Canonica: Consorzio-Raggruppamento Terreni e Strade Comune di Corticiasca. 1997.
Nicola Canonica: Mariapaelio - C'era una volta Corticiasca: il villaggio dei dimenticati. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 2013.
Antonio Gili: Corticiasca. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 11, 2017 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, p. 382.
Albert Spycher: Magnani - life and work of the Ticino tinkerers, issue 55, Swiss Society for Folklore.
Celestino Trezzini : Corticiasca. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 8, A. - Maillard. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1934, p. 49 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Celestino Trezzini: Corticiasca. Digitized at biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz, page 49.
^ Antonio Gili: Corticiasca. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 11, 2017 .
^ Simona Martinoli et al .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 382.
^ Franco Binda, Locarno 2013, p. 175.
↑ Musikalienverlag Adesso in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 28, 2016.)
^ Markus Bürgi: Ezio Canonica. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 28, 2003 .
^ Pier Ceresa. In: Sikart
↑ Pier (Giorgio) Ceresa in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 28, 2016.)

[1] Celestino Trezzini: Corticiasca. Digitized at biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz, page 49.

[2] Antonio Gili: Corticiasca. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 11, 2017 .

[3] Simona Martinoli et al .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 382.

[4] Franco Binda, Locarno 2013, p. 175.

[5] Musikalienverlag Adesso in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 28, 2016.)

[6] Markus Bürgi: Ezio Canonica. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 28, 2003 .

[7] Pier Ceresa. In: Sikart

[8] Pier (Giorgio) Ceresa in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 28, 2016.)