Onnens FR

FR is the abbreviation for the canton of Friborg in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Onnens .

Onnens (FR)

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Freiburg (FR)

District :

Saane

Municipality :

La Brillaz

Postal code :

1756

former BFS no. :

XXXX

Coordinates :

569 050 / 181 432 coordinates: 46 ° 47 '0 " N , 7 ° 2' 0" O ; CH1903: 569050 / one hundred and eighty-one thousand four hundred and thirty-two

Height :

719 m above sea level M.

Residents:

454 (1997)

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2001

Onnens (FR) ( Freiburger Patois Ounin ^?^/^I ) is a town and formerly an independent political municipality in the District de la Sarine (German: Saanebezirk) in the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . The former German place names Onning and Onningen are no longer used today. On January 1, 2001, Onnens merged with Lentigny and Lovens to form the new municipality of La Brillaz .

geography

Onnens is 719 m above sea level. M. , ten kilometers west-southwest of the canton capital Friborg (beeline). The farming village extends from a panoramic location on the eastern roof of the La Brillaz ridge , north of the Bagne valley , in the Molasse hills of the Freiburg Central Plateau north of the Glânetal . The former municipality area was around 3.6 km². The area reached from the gently undulating high plateau with the forests of Les Boennes and Les Possessions northwards over the headwaters and the valley of the Bagne to the ridge of La Brillaz (up to 760 m above sea level ) and into the forest of La Buchille on its northern slope.

population

With 454 inhabitants (1997), Onnens was one of the small communities in the canton of Friborg before the merger. Some individual farms belong to Onnens.

economy

Onnens was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Even today, the have farming , the fruit production , the dairy industry and animal husbandry an important role in the employment structure of the population. Other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in construction companies and in a winery. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many workers are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Freiburg region.

traffic

The village is located off the main thoroughfares on a connecting road from Chénens to Avry . Onnens is connected to the public transport network by the Transports publics Fribourgeois bus route from Freiburg to Lentigny.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1137 under the name Unens . Later the names Uneins (1228) and Onens (1578) appeared. The German version of Onningen has been handed down from 1755. The place name goes back to the personal names Una or Oni and means with the suffix -ens as much as with the people of Una / Oni.

Onnens belonged to the Montagny domain in the Middle Ages . The village came under the rule of Freiburg through purchase in 1442 and was assigned to the old landscape (Neustadtpanner). After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Onnens belonged to the Friborg district during the Helvetic and the following period, before it was incorporated into the Saane district with the new cantonal constitution in 1848.

As part of the community mergers promoted by the canton of Friborg since 2000, the residents of Onnens, Lentigny and Lovens decided to merge their communities. With effect from January 1, 2001, the new municipality of La Brillaz was therefore formed.

Attractions

The parish church of Lentigny in its present form dates from the 19th century. Onnens owns two country estates that were built in the late 18th century: the Château d'en haut (also called Château de Weck), which now houses the primary school, and the Château d'en bas (also called Château d'Affry).

Web links

Official website of the municipality of La Brillaz (French)
Aerial views of the village
Marianne Rolle: Onnens (FR). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .