Mosogno

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Mosogno
Mosogno coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Locarno districtw
Circle : Onsernone County
Municipality : Onsernonei2
Postal code : 6611
former BFS no. : 5119
Coordinates : 692 654  /  117102 coordinates: 46 ° 11 '56 "  N , 8 ° 38' 20"  O ; CH1903:  692,654  /  117102
Height : 781  m above sea level M.
Area : 8.6  km²
Residents: 51 (April 9, 2016)
Population density : 6 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.onsernone.swiss
Mosogno

Mosogno

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Parish on April 9, 2016 before the merger
View of Mosogno
Regolati residential building
Oratory of San Giacomo in the district of Chiosso

Until April 9, 2016, Mosogno was a political municipality in the Onsernone district , in the Locarno district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland . On April 10, 2016, Mosogno merged with the municipalities of Vergeletto , Isorno and Gresso to form the political municipality of Onsernone .

geography

Mosogno is located in the upper Valle Onsernone . The municipality consists of the three fractions Barione , Chiosso and Mosogno . Neighboring municipalities are Centovalli , Isorno and Onsernone .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1277 as Mosogno . By 1803, Mosogno was one of the five squadrons that had been part of the old valley community of Onsernone since the Middle Ages.

population

Population development
year 1795 1808 1836 1850 1870 1900 1950 1960 2000 2014 2016
Residents 290 284 319 307 365 280 141 73 57 51 51

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 Bernardo
  • Oratorio Beata Vergine Addolorata in the district of Mosogno Sotto
  • Oratory of Santa Maria Nascente in the district of Bairone
  • Oratory of San Giacomo in the district
  • Regolati residential building
  • Painting Madonna di Montaigu
  • Painting Nascita della Vergine (The Birth of Mary)
  • Vanotti house in the Chiosso district

Personalities

  • Tommaso Rima (1775–1843), military doctor in Napoleonic service in Italy
  • Anna Augusta Amalia Blumer-Marcus (* October 12, 1906 in Maccio , † January 15, 1975 in Basel ), painter (murals, tapestries and collages)
  • René Burri (born April 9, 1933 in Zurich ; † October 20, 2014 ibid), von Wahler , photographer, photo reporter, portraitist
  • A. Mario Redaelli (born December 2, 1933 in Lugano; † 2011 in Sorengo), archivist, genealogist, local historian
  • Ivano Facchinetti (born November 18, 1952 in Locarno ), painter, sculptor, draftsman

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vasco Gamboni: Mosogno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 18, 2017 , accessed February 4, 2020 .
  2. List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
  3. a b c d e f g h Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 224–225.
  4. a b c d e f g h Elfi Rüsch: Distretto di Locarno IV. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History , Bern 2013, ISBN 978-3-03797-084-3 , pp. 337–357.
  5. Anna Augusta Amalia Blumer-Marcus. In: Sikart
  6. ^ Martin Gasser: Burri, René. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 21, 2014 .
  7. René Burri (Italian) at ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti (accessed on October 6, 2016).
  8. ^ Mario Redaelli: Bibliography on bsg.nb.admin.ch
  9. Ivano Facchinetti. In: Sikart