Meride

Meride

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District :	Mendrisio districtw
Circle :	Riva San Vitale district
Municipality :	Mendrisioi2
Postal code :	6866
former BFS no. :	5255
Coordinates :	717 621 / 83220 coordinates: 45 ° 53 '25 " N , 8 ° 57' 14" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and seventeen thousand six hundred twenty-one / 8322045.89038 8.9539 586
Height :	586 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.47 km²
Residents:	344 (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	46 inhabitants per km²
Website:	mendrisio.ch/quartieri/meride/
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Meride (the name is emphasized on the first syllable: Méride) was until April 13, 2013 a municipality in the Riva San Vitale district , in the Mendrisio district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

The village is 582 m above sea level. M. on the slope of Monte San Giorgio and 7 km from Mendrisio station on the Bellinzona - Lugano - Chiasso line of the Swiss Federal Railways , 7.5 km northwest of Chiasso.

history

Meride is first mentioned in writing in 852 as Melene . Later it appears in documents as Melade (963), Meredo (1443) and Merito (1591). In the Middle Ages it belonged to the parish of Riva San Vitale and thus to the diocese of Como . Meride has been federal since 1517. Well-known plasterers and painters come from this village. They found their jobs in Germany , Russia and France , returned home in the winter months and beautified their homes. A few of her works can still be seen today.

Community merger

On April 13, 2013 Meride was incorporated into the political municipality of Mendrisio .

population

Population development
year	1591	1643	1702	1769	1801	1850	1900	1950	2000	2016	2018
Residents	450	386	394	325	340	415	441	365	293	344	340

Attractions

The village image is classified in the inventory of protected sites in Switzerland (ISOS) as a site of national importance in Switzerland.

The simple parish church of San Rocco stands in the center of the village on Piazza Mastri di Meride and was built in the 17th century; in the interior: painting Santa Lucia (1595) by Giovan Pietro Gnocchi and Sacra Coversazione (around 1850) by Antonio Rinaldi ; Pentecost stained glass (1974) by Roberto Pasotti ; Organ (1841) by Paolo Brambilla.
Museo d'Arte Sacra della Parrocchia di Meride
A little apart and above the village is the church of San Silvestro with frescoes from 1690 by Francesco Antonio Giorgioli (1655-1725). The original Romanesque church was completely redesigned in the 16th century.
Medieval portal
Fossil Museum of Monte San Giorgio Museo dei fossili del Monte San Giorgio

The fossil museum of Monte San Giorgio in Meride mainly shows finds from nearby Monte San Giorgio that have been collected over the last 150 years. The fossils are 240 million years old and date from the time when what was then Mendrisiotto only partially rose from the sea. Mainly marine fossils are shown, but also impressions of the rich fauna from the Middle Triassic . Among others, the palaeontologist Bernhard Peyer made important discoveries.

various

Parish of Santi Silvestro e Giorgio, Meride
Società di Mutuo Soccorso fra gli Operai della Lega dei Tre Castelli di Meride, Arzo e Tremona
Schalenstein (character stone) on the border with Brusino Arsizio and Italy (546 m above sea level)

Sports

Associazione Sportiva della Montagna Arzo-Besazio-Meride-Tremona

Personalities

literature

Stefania Bianchi: Meride. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 29, 2016 .
Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, ISBN 978-88-8281-353-6 .
Emil Kuhn-Schnyder: The fossils of Monte San Giorgio: Guide to the paleontology. Museum Meride (Canton Ticino). Paleontolog. Institute and Museum of the University of Zurich 1979.
Giuseppe Martinola : Lettere dai paesi transalpini degli artisti di Meride e dei villaggi vicini (XVII – XIX). In: appendice: L'emigrazione delle maestranze d'arte del Mendrisiotto oltre le alpi XVI-XVIII. Bellinzona 1963; Idem: Inventario delle cose d'arte e di antichità del distretto di Mendrisio. Bellinzona 1975.
Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007
Celestino Trezzini : Meride. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 4: Maillard - Monod. Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, pp. 83, 84 ( digitized version ).
Mix white : Meride village of stones and dreams. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 21./22. April 1990.