Origlio

Origlio

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District :	Lugano districtw
Circle :	Capriasca district
BFS no. :	5208i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	6945
Coordinates :	716 439 / 101413 coordinates: 46 ° 3 '15 " N , 8 ° 56' 35" O ; CH1903: 716 439 / 10141346.0542 8.94317 452
Height :	452 m above sea level M.
Height range :	408–637 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.08 km²
Residents:	1458 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	701 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.origlio.ch
Location of the municipality
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Origlio is a political municipality in the Capriasca district , in the Lugano district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland in the Capriasca Valley and consists of the districts Origlio and Carnago . The Lago di Origlio in the municipality is under nature protection.

geography

The village is 450 m above sea level. M. at the small Origlioseelein and 3 km east of the Taverne train station on the Bellinzona - Lugano - Chiasso line of the Swiss Federal Railways . Neighboring communities are Torricella-Taverne , Ponte Capriasca , Capriasca , Comano , Cureglia and Lamone .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1335 as Orellio. In the Middle Ages there was a fortified tower here. In the first half of the 15th century, the community had to provide the Duke of Milan with 27 soldiers and war material.

Community merger

Efforts to merge with the municipality of Ponte Capriasca were underway; Ponte Origlio was requested as a new community name . The project was dropped in December 2013 after negative votes in the municipalities.

population

Population development
year	1574	1682	1799	1850	1900	1950	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2010	2012	2014	2016	2017
Residents	302	370	203	229	215	220	350	492	941	1177	1260	1355	1405	1461	1466	1471

Attractions

Church of San Giorgio e Santa Maria Immacolata, restored (1977/1995) (architect: Alberto Finzi)
Prayer chapel with fresco Madonna and Child
The oldest house in the village of A ra tur built in 1647, now privately owned
Parish church of San Vittore Mauro in the Carnago district , restored (1987/1988), (1995/1996), (2002/2004)
De Lorenzi house (1982/1983), in the Campia district , architect: Mario Botta
House with fresco San Cristoforo (15th century)
Laghetto di Origlio, a small lake that is under nature protection
Shell stone (marker stone) in the district of Preda piatta di sotto on the border of the former municipalities of Comano TI and Vaglio TI (620 m above sea level)

Paul Bösiger

Sports

Football Club Origlio-Ponte Capriasca

Personalities

Paul Bösiger (1929–1977), actor
Albert Sing (1917–2008), German football player and coach

literature

Federica Bianchi, Scheda n. 32. In: Rudy Chiappini (ed.), Giuseppe Antonio Petrini. catalogo della mostra di Lugano, Milano 1991, pp. 170-171.
Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, ISBN 978-88-8281-353-6 .
Vanessa Giannò: Origlio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 8, 2011 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
Virgilio Gilardoni : Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, p. 470.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 370-372.
Agostino Robertini, Silvano Toppi, Gian Piero Pedrazzi: Origlio. In: Il Comune. Edizioni Giornale del Popolo, Lugano 1974, pp. 239-252.
Celestino Trezzini : Origlio. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5: Neuenschwander - Picot. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 354 ( digitized version ).
Edoardo Villata, Petrini inedito e seriale. Un nuovo Cristo crocifisso al Bigorio. In: Arte & Storia. 11th year, number 49, Edizioni Ticino Management, Lugano 2010.