Moleno

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Bellinzona district

Circle :

Bellinzona district

Municipality :

Bellinzona

Postal code :

6524

former BFS no. :

5012

Coordinates :

719 940 / 125259 coordinates: 46 ° 16 '5 " N , 8 ° 59' 40" O ; CH1903: seven hundred nineteen thousand nine hundred forty / 125259

Height :

270 m above sea level M.

Area :

7.4 km²

Residents:

123 (December 31, 2016)

Population density :

17 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.bellinzona.ch

Moleno

map

Parish before the merger on April 1, 2017

San Vittore Mauro Church

Ripiano bridge

Moleno ( Lombard Mòlon [ˈmɔlon] ) is a district of the municipality of Bellinzona in the Swiss canton of Ticino . By April 1, 2017, it formed an independent political municipality that belonged to the then Ticino district .

geography

Aerial photo (1964)

Moleno is located south of the Leventina on the western bank of the Ticino river , about 8 kilometers north of the center of the canton capital Bellinzona.

history

The village is first mentioned in 1213 as de Moleno (copy from 1588), then in 1256 as a Rivo de Moline . From 1181 onwards, the Capitanei of Locarno owned tithe rights that they had received from the Bishop of Como . Moleno formed a neighborhood (vicinia) with Preonzo in the Middle Ages and had its own statutes; 1335 it is attested as a municipality of the county of Bellinzona.

On April 2, 2017, Moleno joined the municipality of Bellinzona with the former municipalities of Camorino , Claro , Giubiasco , Gnosca , Gorduno , Gudo , Monte Carasso , Pianezzo , Preonzo , Sant'Antonio and Sementina .

population

Population development
year	1567	1784	1850	1900	1920	1950	1990	2000	2010	2016
Residents	150	100	145	111	99	78	76	105	116	123

Attractions

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

Parish Church of San Vittore Mauro
Residential house with fresco Madonna and Child and Saints
Ripiano stone bridge.

literature

Giuseppe Chiesi: Moleno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 5, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
Virgilio Gilardoni : Inventario delle cose d'arte e di antichità. Edizioni dello Stato. Bellinzona 1955, pp. 236-239; the same: Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 301, 374, 385, 435.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Moleno. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 17, 57, 58, 59.
Celestino Trezzini : Moleno. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5: Maillard - Monod. Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 129 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 602. The meaning of the place name is unclear.
^ Giuseppe Chiesi: Moleno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 5th April 2017 .
↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 58.

[1] Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 602. The meaning of the place name is unclear.

[2] Giuseppe Chiesi: Moleno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 5th April 2017 .

[3] List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.

[Martinoli-4] Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 58.