Cresciano

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Riviera district

Circle :

Riviera district

Municipality :

Riviera

Postal code :

6705

former BFS no. :

5283

Coordinates :

720 816 / 126 543 coordinates: 46 ° 16 '46 " N , 9 ° 0' 22" O ; CH1903: seven hundred twenty thousand eight hundred and sixteen / one hundred and twenty-six thousand five hundred forty-three

Height :

259 m above sea level M.

Area :

17.2 km²

Residents:

723 (December 31, 2016)

Population density :

42 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.comuneriviera.ch

Osogna-Cresciano train station

map

Parish before the merger on April 1, 2017

Val Cresciano (rear part)

Infantry bunker Cava Serta A 8131

Cresciano granite

Until April 1, 2017, Cresciano was a municipality in the Riviera district , in the Riviera district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland . On April 2, 2017, Cresciano merged with the former municipalities of Iragna , Lodrino and Osogna to form the new municipality of Riviera .

geography

The municipality is located on the valley floor of the Rivieratal , on the eastern bank of the Ticino River, about 10 km north of the canton capital Bellinzona .

history

Aerial photo (1964)

The village is first mentioned in 978 as Cressianicum . Objects from the Bronze Age were found in the so-called Ladrital in 1874–1875 . In 978, Emperor Otto II (HRR) of the Abbey of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro of Pavia confirmed their possessions in Cresciano. In 1261 the village formed a vicinia ; it belonged to the Gastaldia of Claro TI . In 1355 and 1467 it was subordinated to the Podestà of Claro, but in 1333 it was ecclesiastically and civilly independent.

In 1356 the Archbishop of Milan , Giovanni Visconti , had the canons of Milan transfer the fief of Cresciano to his nephew Bernabò . On November 19, 1434, Duke Filippo Maria Visconti released Cresciano from his tax liability towards Bellinzona and granted him civil independence in 1450.

population

Population development
year	1567	1801	1850	1900	1950	1970	1980	2000	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	213	145	282	595	499	606	468	587	618	640	676	723

Attractions

Parish Church of San Vincenzo mentioned in 1315
Oratory of Saint Charles Borromeo in the Sottosasso district (17th century)
Tower da Corsenca (ruin)
Schalenstein in the district of Ghèisc (680 m above sea level).

Sports

Bouldering

Cresciano is known to sport climbers from all over the world. In addition to the Magic Wood in Ausserferrera and Chironico , it is one of the top spots for boulderers in Switzerland. Due to the nature of the rock in the local gneiss , the climbs are usually technically challenging.

Difficult problems

In Cresciano, the following difficult bouldering problems were among others:

8c / V15:
- The Story Of Two Worlds - Jan 9, 2005 - Dave Graham

8b + / V14:

Confessions - February 14, 2005 - Dave Graham
The Dagger - March 21, 2003 - Toni Lamprecht
Dreamtime - November 2000 - Fred Nicole

Soccer

Juventus Cresciano FC

Personalities

Camillo Jelmini (born September 29, 1925 in Cresciano, † June 16, 1997 in Zurich ), lawyer and notary in Lugano, Ticino Grand Councilor , National Councilor and Council of States

literature

Antonello Ambrosio, Claudio Cameroni, Roberto Grizzi, Renzo Lodi, Nicola Vonarburg: Cresciano Boulder. Ticino Boulder, 2002.
Marina Bernasconi Reusser: Monumenti storici e documenti d'archivio. I “Materiali e Documenti Ticinesi” (MDT) quali fonti per la storia e le ricerche sull'architettura e l'arte medievale delle Tre Valli. In: Archivio Storico Ticinese. 2nd series, number 148, Casagrande, Bellinzona 2010.
Piero Bianconi (Ed.): Cresciano. In: Inventario delle cose d'arte e di antichità. Le Tre Valli Superiori. Leventina, Blenio, Riviera. Grassi & Co., Bellinzona 1948, p. 70.
Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni , Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, ISBN 978-88-8281-353-6 .
Giuseppe Chiesi: Cresciano. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 5, 2017 , accessed January 8, 2020 .
Virgilio Gilardoni : Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 42, 44, 251, 301, 318-319, 472, 483, 507.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 65, 68, 69.
Johann Rudolf Rahn : I monumenti artistici del medio evo nel Cantone Ticino. Tipo-Litografia di Carlo Salvioni, Bellinzona 1894, p. 88.
Agostino Robertini et al. a .: Cresciano. In: Il Comune. Edizioni Giornale del Popolo, Lugano 1978, pp. 105-116.
Celestino Trezzini : Cresciano. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Cavadin - Daegerlen. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1924, pp. 643, 644 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Giuseppe Chiesi: Cresciano. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 3, 2017 .
↑ Gilardoni, 1967, pp. 318-319.
^ ^A ^b ^c Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 68–69.
↑ Bernasconi Reusser, 2010, p. 241.
^ Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni , Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, p. 61.
^ Football Club Juventus Cresciano
^ Fabrizio Panzera: Camillo Jelmini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 7, 2007 , accessed March 25, 2020 .

[1] Giuseppe Chiesi: Cresciano. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 3, 2017 .

[2] Gilardoni, 1967, pp. 318-319.

[Martinoli-3] A ^b ^c Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 68–69.

[4] Bernasconi Reusser, 2010, p. 241.

[5] Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni , Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, p. 61.

[6] Football Club Juventus Cresciano

[7] Fabrizio Panzera: Camillo Jelmini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 7, 2007 , accessed March 25, 2020 .