Martisberg

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Martisberg
Martisberg coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ValaisCanton of Valais Valais (VS)
District : East of Raronw
Municipal municipality : Bettmeralpi2
Postal code : 3994
former BFS no. : 6178
Coordinates : 650 877  /  137284 coordinates: 46 ° 23 '6 "  N , 8 ° 6' 0"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred fifty thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven  /  137284
Height : 1367  m above sea level M.
Area : 3.0  km²
Residents: 16 (December 31, 2013)
Population density : 5 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners :
(residents without
citizenship ) 		0.0% (2,011)
Martisberg

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Martisberg (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2014

Martisberg was until December 31, 2013 a municipality in the Ostlich Raron district in the German-speaking part of the Swiss canton of Valais . On January 1, 2014, the municipality merged with Betten to form the new municipality of Bettmeralp .

With only 20 inhabitants, it was one of the three smallest municipalities in Switzerland on December 31, 2007; three years earlier it had 28 inhabitants (1850: 90 inhabitants).

geography

Martisberg is located in Upper Valais on the northern side of the valley high above the valley floor of the Rhone Valley at 1,367 m above sea level. Until December 31, 2013 it was bordered by Lax in the north and east , Grengiols in the south and Betten in the west .

history

First attested in 1311, Martisberg formed its own Kastlanei from 1263 to 1798 . Ecclesiastically, the community, first mentioned in 1351 as “communitas”, first belonged to Mörel , from 1634 to Grengiols and from 1959 to Lax; the chapel of St. Mary and St. Martin, mentioned in 1697 (where the place name comes from), was replaced in 1950/1951 by a chapel dedicated to St. Anthony. In 2014 Martisberg joined the municipality of Betten, which has since been known as “Bettmeralp”, which is better known in tourism circles.

population

Population development
year 1850 1900 1950 2000
Residents 90 86 66 27

Attractions

literature

  • Philipp Kalbermatter: Martisberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2017 .
  • Walter Ruppen: Martisberg. In: Society for Swiss Art History (ed.): The art monuments of the Canton of Valais. The district of Ostlich-Raron, vol. 3 (=  art monuments of Switzerland. 84). Wiese, Basel 1991, ISBN 3-909158-58-7 , pp. 170–177.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population growth continues . Press release. Federal Statistical Office . April 26, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  2. ^ Historical lexicon of Switzerland , sv Martisberg.