Montvoie

Montvoie
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Law (JU)
District :	Porrentruy
Municipal municipality :	Clos du Doubs
Postal code :	2889
Coordinates :	570644  /  246202 coordinates: 47 ° 21 '58 "  N , 7 ° 3' 0"  O ; CH1903:  570644  /  246202
Height :	700  m above sea level M.
Residents:	35 (1880)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 1882

Montvoie ( German  Vogtsberg ), first mentioned in 1284 as Montvouel , is the name of a hamlet and a ruined castle in the Pruntrut district of the Swiss canton of Jura on the border with French Montancy . The municipality, which was independent until it was united with Ocourt in 1882, also included the settlements of Valbert and La Combe , and since 2009 the whole area has belonged to the new municipality of Clos du Doubs .

The Lomont- Mont Terri chain or Lomont chain (up to 940 m above sea level) forms the northern boundary of the Clos du Doubs region and, at 100 kilometers, the longest Jura chain , which extends from Besançon to Reigoldswil . The Col de Montvoie lies at 858  m at the west foot of the hill «Les Chainions» ( 909  m ) and cuts through the Lomont chain.

The castle on the Lomont hill range was rebuilt in the late Middle Ages . In 1284 the Counts of Neuchâtel in Burgundy lent the permanent home to the knight Richard von Vendlincourt . In the middle of the 14th century the castle passed to the knight Simon von Saint-Aubin and in the 16th century it was expanded with masonry and artillery towers. During the Thirty Years' War the castle was badly damaged and not rebuilt. The remains of a round tower and a curtain wall bordered by a farm are still visible.

Web links

• Jean-Paul Prongué: Montvoie. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swiss Castles: Castle Montvoie / Vogtsburg