Plantetta
The Pflanzetta is a Suste built in 1352 in Visp , in the Swiss canton of Valais . The building complex is classified as a category B object of the Swiss monument protection category and is listed under KGS-No .: 7195 on the list of the Hague Conventions for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict .
history
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The origin of the name is uncertain. On the one hand, it could stand for meadows and arable land, on the other hand, Pflanzetta also appeared as a family name for several centuries.
In 1351 a contract for the building of the Suste, which was to form an episcopal fiefdom of the Platea, was concluded between Johann de Platea and the representatives of the Milanese trading companies. In return, the builder of the Suste should be allowed to raise a penny for every bale of goods that passed the Visp area in the direction of France or Lombardy .
The Suste's first buildings were built around 1352 on what was then Vispertalstrasse. In the 14th century there was brisk mule traffic across the Saas Valley with the Monte Moro Pass and the Antronapass , as well as via Zermatt and the Theodulpass . These indispensable connections between Switzerland and Italy made Visp an important transshipment and market place. The expansion of the mule track over the Atrona Pass around 1440 proves the importance of this route.
In addition to handling goods, the Pflanzetta was also used to accommodate travelers. The water supply was required deep by 30 m, from the Vispa gespiesenen Sodbrunnen ensured.
The Suste changed ownership several times. State governor Jodok Kalbermatter in the 16th century , as well as governor and sack master Heinrich In-Albon and governor Arnold Blatter in the 17th century are mentioned as prominent owners .
In the 17th century , Kaspar Stockalper expanded the route via Lyon , the Simplon Pass and Milan . The newly designed Simplon Pass with a height of 2000 m was now considered more attractive than the route through the Saas Valley. By Napoleon expansion of Simplonstrasse in the 18th century , this fact has been tightened and the traffic on the Saas passports came to a standstill.
During the French occupation in the 18th century , religious received a temporary residence in the Pflanzetta.
Over the years, ownership of the building split into 16 shares.
construction
The building complex, consisting of a residential building and various utility buildings, was once the center of the estate. All around were tree gardens and meadows.
The long eaves tract borders the east-west planting street, which is bordered in the west by a gable-side house from the second half of the 16th century. In the east, a raised structure with a protruding stair tower forms the end. On the St.Jodernstrasse leading past to the west, there is a courtyard entrance with an archway , a three-story residential building, as well as stables and barns to the south .
The Suste is also marked as "L = Flantzeten" on Matthäus Merian's copper engraving by Visp from the 17th century. Stefan Berchtold suspects that the three-story tower dates from the 12th century .
today
The Pflanzetta is located at today's St. Jodernstrasse 7 in Visp . From the south and west, it is bordered by a road.
The main building was restored in the 1980s under the supervision of the cantonal preservation authorities and houses several apartments. Outbuildings and utility buildings are for sale in an unrenovated condition.
The brick Sodbrunnen in the courtyard is filled as before. The association Iischers Visp ( Valais German for Unser Visp ), which among other things has committed itself to the preservation of old buildings, held talks with the owners in 2001 about the restoration of the fountain. At that time, the finances were indicated as the crux of the matter.
The large cemetery in the west of the complex has only existed for about 100 years. However, Gallo-Roman finds such as the bronze statue le petite dieu de viege indicate that there was already a prehistoric cemetery there. The original statue can be seen in a Geneva museum. A copy adorns a fountain near the train station in Visp.
See also
literature
- Marie-Claude Schöpfer Pfaffen: The Valais transport policy of the Middle Ages with a view to the neighboring Bern. In: Blätter aus der Walliser Geschichte , 40/2008/1, pp. 1–120 (here: pp. 60–62). ( Online , PDF)
- Walter Ruppen: Visp VS. Settlement and buildings. Series: Swiss Art Guides. Society for Swiss Art History, Bern 1984. ISBN 3-85782-356-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ B – Objects VS 2018 . Canton du Valais Inventaire PBC, Objets B, État: 1.1.2018 (pas de changements pour 2018) / Kanton Wallis KGS inventory, B objects, status: 1.1.2018 (no changes compared to the previous year). In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP - Department of Cultural Property Protection, January 1, 2018, accessed on December 31, 2017 (PDF; 357 kB, 11 pages, updated annually, no changes for 2018).
- ↑ a b 14. On the square in front of the cemetery and the Pflanzetta (audio). In: Tour of the old town of Visp: virtual tour. www.vispinfo.ch, archived from the original on November 28, 2013 ; Retrieved November 27, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Marie-Claude Schöpfer Pfaffen: The Valais transport policy of the Middle Ages with a view of the neighboring Bern . In: Blätter aus der Walliser Geschichte , 40/2008/1, pp. 1–120 (here: pp. 60–62). ( Online , PDF)
- ^ Walter Ruppen: Visp VS. Settlement and buildings . Series: Swiss Art Guides. 1981, ISBN 3-85782-356-9
- ↑ Sights: the Pflanzetta. www.vispinfo.ch, archived from the original on April 11, 2012 ; Retrieved November 27, 2013 .
- ^ Walliser Bote of March 29, 2001, page 17
Coordinates: 46 ° 17 '15.5 " N , 7 ° 52' 56.6" E ; CH1903: 634198 / 126345