Deisch

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Deisch
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ValaisCanton of Valais Valais (VS)
District : East of Raronw
Municipal municipality : Grengiolsi2 w1
Postal code : 3993
Coordinates : 650 986  /  136535 coordinates: 46 ° 22 '42 "  N , 8 ° 6' 5"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred fifty thousand nine hundred and eighty-six  /  136535
Height : 1000  m above sea level M.
View in west direction to Ober- and Unterdeisch (groups of houses on the slope on the right) with the main road and railway

View in west direction to Ober- and Unterdeisch (groups of houses on the slope on the right) with the main road and railway
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Deisch , formerly also written Teisch , is a town in the canton of Valais in Switzerland . Deisch is located on Deischberg or Teischberg and consists of the two hamlets of Oberdeisch and Unterdeisch . Politically, the place belongs to the municipality of Grengiols , but in contrast to Grengiols, it is on the opposite southern slope. Deisch is located on the eastern border of the district Raron east to the district of Goms .

history

The Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland (1910) derives the name of the village Deisch from Deischberg and sees its name origin in a Latin Mons Dei , "Gottesberg". Legend has it that the apostle James preached to the people of Goms on Mons Dei .

However, according to a study by the Romanist Johann Ulrich Hubschmied (1938), it is rather the name of the mountain that derives from that of the town of Deisch. According to Hubschmied, Deisch, Teisch “initially emerged from * Döiš through rounding”; In this context, Hubschmied also refers to the French form of the name Doeys (1368) and the earlier name of the Deischberg Döisel (1351). The name goes back to a Gallic expression for "on the heights". The linguist and Celtologist Julius Pokorny (1948) interprets the name quite differently . According to Pokorny, Hubschmied's derivation is incorrect and Deisch can be explained using an identical word for “ cow dung ” that is common in Switzerland and southern Germany and goes back to Old High German theisk, deisk .

In 1910 Deisch was a "group of 7 houses" and had 42 Catholic residents. The Heiligkreuz chapel, mentioned in 1735, was located on the old valley road in Unterdeisch until 1941. After being devastated by the French invasion in 1799 , it was restored at the beginning of the 19th century and renovated again in 1898. In June 1941 the chapel was demolished when the Talstrasse was being expanded. Your altar, which comes from the workshop of Anton Sigristen von Glis and was repaired around 1807 by the so-called master of the Niedererner side altars , is now in the parish church of Grengiols. Two projects by the well-known church architect Adolf Gaudy for a new chapel from 1941 and 1944 were not implemented .

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Deisch is known for the “Deischerkehre”, a spiral tunnel on the Furka-Oberalp Railway . Although it is located directly on the railway line and on 19 main Swiss road , Deisch has neither a train station nor any other regular public transport connection. Only early in the morning does a bus stop in the direction of Brig and in the direction of Fiesch in Oberdeisch (as of 2015). Deisch can be reached on foot from Grengiols in 45 minutes via a steep hiking trail. However, the route to the neighboring town of Lax to the east is shorter ; The Geographical Lexicon wrote, "The residents mostly attend church services in the more easily accessible church of Lax."

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de géographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 6: Tavetsch Val - Zybachsplatte, supplement - last additions - appendix . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1910, p. 4, keyword Teisch or Deisch .
  2. ↑ a b Maps of Switzerland . Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Topography swisstopo. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ Martin Zumthurm, Joseph Zumthurm: From the history of Grengiols (PDF; 564 kB) Grengiols community. P. 3. Accessed April 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b Johann Ulrich Hubschmied: Linguistic witnesses for the late extinction of the Gallic . In: Vox Romanica . tape 3 , 1938, pp. 98 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-5517 .
  5. ↑ Julius Pokorny: On Celtic naming and etymology . In: Vox Romanica . tape 10, 1948/1949 . Francke Verlag, Bern 1949, p. 240 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-11844 .
  6. ^ A b Walter Ruppen: The Eastern Raron district . In: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Valais (=  The Art Monuments of Switzerland . Volume 84 ). tape 3 . Wiese, Basel 1991, ISBN 3-909158-58-7 , p. 148 .
  7. ↑ Walter Ruppen: The district of Eastern Raron . In: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Valais (=  The Art Monuments of Switzerland . Volume 84 ). tape 3 . Wiese, Basel 1991, ISBN 3-909158-58-7 , p. 149 .
  8. ↑ Walter Ruppen: The district of Eastern Raron . In: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Valais (=  The Art Monuments of Switzerland . Volume 84 ). tape 3 . Wiese, Basel 1991, ISBN 3-909158-58-7 , p. 158 .