Cureggia

Cureggia ; district of Lugano
Coordinates	719 679 / 97611 coordinates: 46 ° 1 '10 " N , 8 ° 59' 3" O ; CH1903: 719 679 / 97611
height	Ø 653 m
surface	0.69 km²
Residents	170 (December 31, 2015)
Population density	246 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation	Apr 4, 2004
BFS no.	519-2012
Post Code	6963

Parish before the merger on April 4, 2004

Footpath from Brè to Cureggia

Cureggia is a district of the city of Lugano in the Lugano Ost district , in the Lugano district in the Swiss canton of Ticino .

geography

It is located on a terrace of Monte Boglia above the core area of Lugano. Until it was incorporated into the city of Lugano on April 4, 2004, it formed an independent political municipality . In 2000 it had 112 inhabitants.

history

Cureggia was first mentioned as Curezia in 1329 . In 1336 the Bishop of Como owned property here. The chapel of San Gottardo dates from 1561. Cureggia lived from mountain agriculture. Many residents fled the poor conditions through emigration.

population

Population development
year	1591	1799	1850	1870	1900	1930	1950	2000	2015
Residents	10 households	62	53	62	47	43	24	112	170

Attractions

Church of San Gottardo, architect: Giacomo Alberti
Holiday home, architect: Franco Ponti
Prayer chapel
Well washing system.

Parish

Parrocchia di Santa Maria Pazzalino Pregassona Cureggia

Personalities

Oskar Brüch (born July 1, 1869 in Vienna , † March 31, 1943 in Melide ), portrait painter
N. O. Scarpi alias Fritz Bondy, (1888–1980), writer, editor, translator
Mario Agliati (1922–2011), writer, local historian
Karlheinz Böhm (1928–2014), Austrian actor
Silvia Banfi (Manassero) (born February 20, 1939 in Milan ), painter, draftsman, photographer
Marzio Banfi (born October 31, 1945 in Bellinzona ), painter, sculptor, serigraph
Katharina Böhm (* 1964), Austrian actress

literature

Bernhard Other: Guida d'Arte della Svizzera Italiana. Edizioni Trelingue, Porza-Lugano 1980, p. 275.
Antonio Gili: Cureggia. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 17, 2017 , accessed December 31, 2019 .
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 295, 326.
Celestino Trezzini : Cureggia. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 8, A. - Maillard. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1934, p. 50 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

Quartier Cureggia at www.lugano.ch
Cureggia: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
Cureggia on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

^ Antonio Gili: Cureggia. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 28, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 326.
↑ Church of San Gottardo (photo)
↑ Parrocchia di Santa Maria Pazzalino Pregassona Cureggia on portal.dnb.de (accessed on November 22, 2016).
↑ Oskar Brüch. In: Sikart
↑ Silvia Banfi (Manassero). In: Sikart
^ Marzio Banfi. In: Sikart

[1] Antonio Gili: Cureggia. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 28, 2016 .

[Martinoli-2] Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 326.

[3] Church of San Gottardo (photo)

[4] Parrocchia di Santa Maria Pazzalino Pregassona Cureggia on portal.dnb.de (accessed on November 22, 2016).

[5] Oskar Brüch. In: Sikart

[6] Silvia Banfi (Manassero). In: Sikart

[7] Marzio Banfi. In: Sikart