Tre Pievi
The tre pievi (German outdated: Drei Pleven ) are a historical territory that consisted of the following three communities on the upper right Lake Como with 21 associated villages:
The area had belonged to the city-state of Como since the early Middle Ages and with this came to the Duchy of Milan in 1335 . The three communities submitted to the rule of the Three Leagues in 1512 after they had conquered Chiavenna , Valtellina and Bormio from the Duchy of Milan. The tre pievi were administered by a bailiff specially appointed for them.
After the defeat of the Confederates in the Battle of Marignano in 1515, the three municipalities declared themselves to be part of the Duchy of Milan again. The leagues did not recognize this decision and occupied the area again, but could no longer establish themselves in the southern part around Dongo and the Musso fortress . Since the area was not mentioned in the "Eternal Peace" between France and the Confederation, the King of France, in his function as Duke of Milan, demanded that the Graubünden surrender the entire territory from 1519 onwards. When the Reformation began to spread in the Three Leagues, the Milanese governor of Musso took this as an opportunity to sweep Sorico and Gravedona, in particular the strategically important area at the mouth of the Adda River into Lake Como.
Since the Catholic places refused to help the Drei Bünden in this conflict known as the Müsserkrieg , the Bünde finally had to forego the tre pievi for good in 1526 . Since then, the area has shared the fate of the Duchy of Milan.
Web links
- Martin Bundi: Tre Pievi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .