Menzberg

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Menzberg
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton lucerneCanton lucerne Lucerne (LU)
Constituency : Willisau
Residential municipality : Menznaui2
Postal code : 6125
Coordinates : 642452  /  210 097 coordinates: 47 ° 2 '26 "  N , 7 ° 59' 50"  O ; CH1903:  642452  /  two hundred and ten thousand and ninety-seven
Height : 1016  m above sea level M.
Residents: 600
Menzberg coat of arms

Menzberg coat of arms
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Menzberg village center

Menzberg is a mountain village in the Napf area (Lucerne hinterland). It belongs to the political municipality Menznau in the Willisau office of the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .

geography

The highest village on the Napf is 1016  m above sea level. M. in the southern part of the municipality of Menznau. In the north the Flüebach , in the south and east the Kleine Fontanne form the outlines of the Menzberg. Individual farms and hamlets shape the picture outside the village center. The hilltops are mostly covered with grassland, the cuttings along the streams are forested.

history

At the time the Confederation was founded , Menzberg belonged to the Wolhusen bailiff and was a popular hunting ground ( falconers ) for the Lords of Wolhusen, which the sparrowhawk stands for on the Menzberg coat of arms .

After the Battle of Sempach , Menzberg passed to Lucerne . In this context, the Zibershus and Oberlehn farms were first mentioned as former Wolhusen man fiefs . A man fiefdom directory from 1595 names other farms in Menzberg, some of which still exist today.

As a result of the founding of the parish in 1810, the actual village center with a schoolhouse (completed in 1820) and taverns developed from the extensive scattered settlement , and the population also increased significantly. In 1823 the church and parish buildings as well as some houses in the village center burned down and were rebuilt in the following years. The church was also significantly enlarged in 1910–1911.

After the establishment of the Kurhaus (today Landgasthof Hotel Menzberg) in 1834, Menzberg became a flourishing whey and climatic health resort . Menzberg has around 600 inhabitants and is primarily agricultural.

Attractions

  • Roman Catholic Church of St. Theodul
  • Gerislehn Chapel
  • Chapel of St. Joder
  • Oberlehn lookout point
  • Steinhalden / Ober Bergbüel lookout point
  • Fuchsloch circular route

  • Menzberg parish church

  • Country inn Hotel Menzberg

literature

  • Hermann Riedweg: The Menzberg. The history of Menzberg, with special consideration of the parish on its 150th anniversary. Riedweg, Langnau ZH 1960.
  • Xaver Vogel: Menzberg. Time image. With experiences from the Napf area in the Lucerne hinterland. Self-published, 1991. ISBN 9783909221141 .
  • Xaver Vogel: From the founding history of Menzberg. In: Heimatvereinigung Wiggertal. No. 68, 2011, pp. 184-189. e-periodica.ch
  • Waltraud Hörsch: Menzberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 15, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2019 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Xaver Vogel: From the founding history of Menzberg . In: Heimatvereinigung Wiggertal . No. 68 , 2011, p. 186 f . ( e-periodica.ch ).
  2. ↑ Xaver Vogel: Menzberg story. In: Menzberg with foresight. Retrieved July 19, 2019 .
  3. ^ Waltraud Hörsch: Menzberg. In: HLS. March 15, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Xaver Vogel: From the founding history of Menzberg . In: Heimatvereinigung Wiggertal . No. 68 , 2011, p. 188 f . ( e-periodica.ch ).
  5. ↑ Xaver Vogel: Menzberg story. In: Menzberg with foresight. Retrieved July 19, 2019 .
  6. ^ Waltraud Hörsch: Menzberg. In: HLS. March 15, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2019 .