Morlens

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

Glane

Municipality :

Ursy

Postal code :

1674

former BFS no. :

XXXX

Coordinates :

553 663 / 166 709 coordinates: 46 ° 39 '0 " N , 6 ° 50' 0" O ; CH1903: five hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred sixty-three / one hundred sixty-six thousand seven hundred and nine

Height :

725 m above sea level M.

Residents:

34 (1990)

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 1991

Morlens is a hamlet and a formerly independent political municipality in the Glane district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . On January 1, 1991 Morlens was incorporated into Vuarmarens , which in turn merged with Ursy on January 1, 2012 .

geography

Morlens is 725 m above sea level. M. , eight kilometers southwest of the district capital Romont (linear distance ). The hamlet extends in a hollow of the village brook of Vuarmarens, east of the Broye valley , in the Molasse hill country of the Freiburg Central Plateau . The former municipal area comprised the Mulde von Morlens, surrounded by the forest heights Contour ( 837 m above sea level ) in the east, Riondbochet ( 834 m above sea level ) in the north and En Ardra ( 783 m above sea level ) in the west.

population

With 34 inhabitants (1990), Morlens was one of the smallest communities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. In 1850 the community still had 62 inhabitants.

economy

Morlens still lives from agriculture , especially from dairy farming and cattle breeding , and there are also smaller arable land .

traffic

The hamlet is away from the major thoroughfares, but is easily accessible from Vuarmarens . Morlens has no connection to the public transport network; the next bus stop is in Vuarmarens, around 1 km from Morlens.

history

The area of Morlens was settled very early, which was confirmed by the discovery of a tumulus from the Hallstatt period and Roman coins. The place was first mentioned in a document in 996 under the name villa Morlingis . The names Mollens (1179) and Morllens (1668) appeared later , while the current name Morlens (1111) was first handed down. The place name is derived from the Burgundian personal name Maurila and means with the suffix -ens as much as the people of Maurila .

In the High Middle Ages, Morlens was owned by the Saint-Maurice Abbey , which probably founded a parish near the town between the 7th and 9th centuries, which is one of the oldest in the canton of Friborg. When the Bernese conquered Vaud in 1536, Morlens came under the rule of Friborg and was assigned to the Vogtei Rue. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to the Rue district during the Helvetic and the following period and was incorporated into the Glâne district in 1848. The parish, renamed Ursy-Morlens since 1668, was moved to Ursy in 1869. On January 1, 1991 Morlens was incorporated into Vuarmarens due to its financial difficulties.

Attractions

The Saint-Maurice-et-Médard church was consecrated in 1493 and restored in 1678.

Web links

Laurence Margairaz Dewarrat: Morlens. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .