Lieffrens

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

Glane

Municipality :

Vuisternens-devant-Romont

Postal code :

1688

former BFS no. :

XXXX

Coordinates :

558 753 / 164 819 coordinates: 46 ° 38 '0 " N , 6 ° 54' 0" O ; CH1903: five hundred fifty-eight thousand seven hundred fifty-three / one hundred and sixty-four thousand eight hundred nineteen

Height :

862 m above sea level M.

Residents:

59 (2002)

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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2003

Lieffrens ( Freiburger Patois Lyèfrin ^?^/^I ) is a town and formerly an independent political municipality in the Glane district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . On January 1, 2003, Lieffrens was incorporated into Vuisternens-devant-Romont together with a number of other communities .

geography

Lieffrens lies at 862 m above sea level. M. , three kilometers southwest of Vuisternens-devant-Romont and six and a half kilometers south of the district capital Romont (beeline). The scattered settlement extends in the valley of the Gotto ( called Fochaux in the lower reaches ), a side stream of the Glâne , at the northwestern foot of the forest hill Bois du Chanex , in the Molasse hill country of the higher Freiburg Central Plateau . The former community area was around 1.8 km². It comprised the upper part of the Gotto catchment area , the Bois de Lieffrens forest , and reached 950 m above sea level above the Joux Dumas farm . M. and extended in the west partially into the valley of the Ruisseau de Chavannes .

population

With 59 inhabitants (2002), Lieffrens was one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. The place consists of several farm settlements and individual farms.

economy

Lieffrens still lives mainly from agriculture , especially from dairy farming (for cheese production) and cattle breeding .

traffic

The place is away from the larger thoroughfares and has no connection to the public transport network.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in the 12th century under the name Luefrens . Later the names Lifreins (1247), Liefrens (1304), Lieffrens and Lyeffrens (1403) and Leiferens (1755) appeared. The place name is derived from the Germanic personal name Leutfred and means with the suffix -ens as much as with the people of Leutfred.

Lieffrens was initially under the influence of the Rue rule . When the Bernese conquered Vaud in 1536, the village came under the rule of Friborg and was assigned to the Vogtei Rue. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Lieffrens belonged to the Rue district during the Helvetic and the following period and was incorporated into the Glâne district in 1848. Lieffrens belongs to the Parish Sommentier.

As part of the municipal mergers promoted by the canton of Friborg since 2000, Lieffrens was incorporated into Vuisternens-devant-Romont with Sommentier , La Magne , Les Ecasseys , La Joux , Villariaz and Estévenens with effect from January 1, 2003 .

Attractions

Web links

Evelyne Maradan: Lieffrens. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .