La Tour-de-Peilz
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 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Vaud (VD)
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| District : | Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut |
| BFS no. : | 5889 |
| Postal code : | 1814 |
| Coordinates : | 558 219 / 146 140 |
| Height : | 385 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 372–508 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 3.26 km² |
| Residents: | 11,828 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 3628 inhabitants per km² |
| Unemployment rate : | 4.5% (May 31, 2,015) |
| Website: | www.la-tour-de-peilz.ch |
 Boat port of La Tour-de-Peilz |
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La Tour-de-Peilz [ ˈtuʁdəˌpɛ ] is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .
geography
La Tour-de-Peilz is located at 385 m above sea level. M. , 1.5 km southeast of the district capital Vevey (air line). The city extends on the north-eastern shore of Lake Geneva , also known as the Riviera vaudoise , and on the adjacent slopes, at the foot of the Les Pléiades mountain , in the tourist region of Vevey-Montreux.
The area of the 3.3 km² municipal area comprises a section on the north-eastern shore of Lake Geneva (around 3 km of the lakeshore line). The La Becque peninsula juts out into the lake to the south of the old town . The community soil extends from the lakeshore over a relatively flat edge of the bank to the gently sloping slopes below Blonay . On the terrace of Villard is 506 m above sea level. M. the highest point of La Tour-de-Peilz reached. The area is bounded in the southeast by the Burier stream, in the northeast by the A9 motorway and in the north by the Ognona stream. The Crêt Richard vineyard hill ( 486 m above sea level ) north of the Ognona is also part of La Tour-de-Peilz. In 1997, 61% of the municipal area was in settlements, 4% in forests and woodlands, 34% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.
La Tour-de-Peilz includes the former hamlet of Burier ( 390 m above sea level ) and several wineries. The neighboring municipalities of La Tour-de-Peilz are Montreux , Blonay , Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz and Vevey .
history
During Roman times, the military road from the Great Saint Bernard to Aventicum (Avenches) ran through the municipality of La Tour-de-Peilz . Some traces have also been discovered from the Gallic and Burgundian epochs.
The first written mention of the place took place in 1228 under the name Turris de Peil and latinized Turris Peliana . In the 13th century the name Turris Viviaci ( Tour de Vevey ) was also used. The origin of the place name has not been properly clarified. Peilz could be derived from the Roman surname Pellius or from the earlier name Peys for the La Becque peninsula.
The area of La Tour-de-Peilz belonged in the 12th century to the Bishop of Sion , who enfeoffed the Counts of Geneva . They had the fortification tower built and the fiefdom administered by a family of servants who took the name of the place. In 1251 Peter of Savoy first took part and later the entire area. Count Philip of Savoy gave the place city rights in 1282. La Tour-de-Peilz was one of the most important trading ports on Lake Geneva and an important transshipment point from ship to land transport. As a result, the city achieved a certain level of prosperity early on. On June 8th 1476 the town and the castle were sacked by the Bernese.
With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, La Tour-de-Peilz came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Vevey . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , the city belonged to the canton of Léman from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic , which then became part of the canton of Vaud when the mediation constitution came into force . In 1798 the city was assigned to the district of Vevey . Thanks to its location on the Vaudois Riviera between Vevey and Montreux, La Tour-de-Peilz also experienced an economic boom at the end of the 19th century and the city developed into a tourist destination .
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1850 | 1035 |
| 1870 | 1627 |
| 1900 | 2417 |
| 1910 | 3348 |
| 1930 | 4266 |
| 1950 | 5015 |
| 1960 | 6820 |
| 1970 | 8864 |
| 1980 | 9411 |
| 1990 | 10,197 |
| 2000 | 10'230 |
| 2019 | 11,879 |
Population development
The population of La Tour-de-Peilz increased markedly, especially between 1940 and 1970. Since then the trend has slowed down considerably, but is still pointing upwards. The settlement area of La Tour-de-Peilz has now merged seamlessly with those of Vevey and Montreux.
languages
With 11,828 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), La Tour-de-Peilz is one of the largest municipalities in the canton of Vaud; it is the third largest city in the Vevey-Montreux region. Of the residents, 83.0% are French-speaking, 5.9% German-speaking and 2.9% Italian-speaking (as of 2000).
coat of arms
Blazon : "Split of silver and red, inside a four-pinned gate with an open portal set in natural stone and two-sided adjoining three-pinned flank towers with two black windows lying one below the other in mixed colors."
Infrastructure
economy
Until the end of the 19th century, La Tour-de-Peilz was a farming and wine-growing town. At the beginning of the 20th century, thanks to its mild climate and attractive location on Lake Geneva, it developed into a resort and holiday destination. At the same time, it became a preferred residential suburb of Vevey.
Today the city offers around 2500 jobs. Around 4% of this is attributed to the primary sector, 11% to the industrial sector and 85% to the service sector (as of 2001). On the southern slopes of the terrace of Villard and Crêt Richard, as well as between the upper residential areas of La Tour-de-Peilz, viticulture is practiced on numerous disjointed areas . The fertile soil and the favorable climate are also suitable for agriculture and vegetable growing .
The city has a number of commercial and trading companies, including the horticultural specialist Brunner Frères, the Société de gestion EVGE SA and laboratories and offices of Nestlé AG. The industry is heavily geared towards tourism. La Tour-de-Peilz is also the location of the Center d'enseignement secondaire supérieur de l'est vaudois (a school and education center), as well as numerous other schools.
In recent decades, La Tour-de-Peilz has developed into a residential community with extensive residential and single-family quarters. Many employees commute to work in Vevey, Montreux or Lausanne .
traffic
The community is very well developed in terms of transport. It is located on the main road 9 , which leads from Lausanne along the lakeshore via Vevey and Montreux into the Valais . The next motorway connection (Vevey) to the A 9 (Lausanne – Sion) opened in 1970 is around 3 km from the city center.
On April 2, 1861, the Lausanne-Villeneuve section of the railway line from Lausanne to Sion was opened with a station in La Tour-de-Peilz. There is also the SBB Burier stop in the municipality . From 1888 the tramway Vevey – Montreux – Chillon – Villeneuve , an electric tram , ran along the lake . It was the first electrically operated railway in Switzerland and was replaced in 1957 by the Vevey – Villeneuve trolleybus , which is now operated by the Transports publics Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve (VMCV) company.
Culture
Museums and leisure
La Tour-de-Peilz Castle on the lakeshore has been home to the Swiss Game Museum ( Musée Suisse du jeu ) since 1987 . Right next to the castle is the port, an important trading port before the age of the railways, now converted into a sports boat port. The lakeshore from the border with Vevey to the La Becque peninsula is designed as a recreation and leisure zone.
Attractions
The core of the reformed parish church of Saint-Théodule dates from the 14th century, but was remodeled between 1792 and 1796. The church tower used to be the city gate. Furthermore, part of the former city wall from the 13th century is integrated into the church and today forms the north wall of the nave and the sacristy; the glass windows were made in the 1960s. The fountain of freedom (Fontaine de la liberté) stands in front of the church.
La Tour-de-Peilz Castle was built in 1251–1257 under Peter of Savoy . It stands directly on the lake shore, on the north side of the former trading port. After its destruction by the Swiss, the castle remained in ruins for a long time and was not repaired until the middle of the 18th century. It was acquired by the municipality of La Tour-de-Peilz in 1979, has been a listed building with its two round towers, the surrounding wall and the residential wing since 1973 and houses the Swiss Games Museum .
The Hugonin House, a former manor house, which today houses the municipal administration, dates mainly from the 18th century. Sully Castle (built in 1882), currently owned by Shania Twain, stands on a hill near the lake . On the slope above La Tour-de-Peilz is the Domaine de la Doges manor house (named after the Doges family), which was built in 1711. In the garden there is a tower that is probably older than the country estate and used to be a watch and signal tower or a windmill.
The British writer Bryher , her partner, the poet HD (Hilda Doolittle) and Bryher's husband, the writer Kenneth Macpherson lived from 1929 in the Villa Kenwin , Chemin de Vallon 19, built by Alexander Ferenczy and Hermann Henselmann in the Bauhaus style , which is an ideal There should be space for living and working, for creative work, concerts and parties.
The wreck of the Hirondelle in front of La Tour-de-Peilz lies at around 40 to 60 meters below the surface of the water . The paddle steamer sank after it hit a rock formation on June 10, 1862. Today the wreck is a popular destination for wreck divers .
partnership
The community has been sibling with Ornans in the French Doubs department since 1982 , where Gustave Courbet, who died here, was born.
Personalities
- Gustave Courbet , French painter (born June 10, 1819 in Ornans near Besançon , † December 31, 1877 in La Tour-de-Peilz, where he had spent the last years of his life)
- Alice Perrin (1867–1934), writer
- Jacques Piccard (1922–2008), oceanographer, lived and died in La Tour-de-Peilz
- Maria Emanuel Margrave of Meißen , Duke of Saxony (born January 31, 1926 in Regensburg, † July 23, 2012 in La Tour-de-Peilz)
- Derib (* 1944 as Claude de Ribaupierre ), comic artist, born in La Tour-de-Peilz
Residing in Tour-de-Peilz:
- Jean-Claude Biver (* 1949), entrepreneur and manager in the watch industry
- Ursula Zeller (* 1958), director of the Alimentarium Foundation, Vevey
- Jacqueline de Quattro (* 1960), politician (FDP), State Councilor for the Canton of Vaud
- Manuela Maleeva (* 1967), former Bulgarian-Swiss tennis player
- Robert John "Mutt" Lange (* 1948), South African music producer
- Shania Twain (* 1965), Canadian country singer, lived with Lange in La Tour-de-Peilz until 2008
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of La Tour-de-Peilz (French)
- Elisabeth Salvi: La Tour-de-Peilz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Aerial views of the city
Individual evidence
- ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Demandeurs d'emploi, chômeurs et taux de chômage par commune. ( XLS , 115 kB) Statistique Vaud, Département des finances et des relations extérieures (Statistics Vaud, Department of Finance and Foreign Affairs), accessed on June 14, 2015 (French).
- ↑ Isabelle Roland: L'église de La Tour-de-Peilz. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 505). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1992, ISBN 978-3-85782-505-7 .
- ↑ Hirondell (CH). wracktauchen.ch, accessed June 11, 2011
- ^ Diving sites in Western Switzerland , Marco Kohmann, accessed: June 11, 2011
- ↑ Website of the municipality - Jumelage La Tour-de-Peilz - Ornans , accessed on January 23, 2018
Blonay | Chardonne | Château-d'Oex | Corseaux | Corsier-sur-Vevey | Jongny | Montreux | Rossinière | Rougemont | Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz | La Tour-de-Peilz | Vevey | Veytaux
Former municipalities: Montreux-Châtelard | Montreux Planches
Canton of Vaud | Districts of the canton of Vaud | Municipalities of the canton of Vaud