Pont-en-Ogoz

Pont-en-Ogoz
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Freiburg (FR)
District :	Gruyère
BFS no. :	2122
Postal code :	1643 Gumefens 1644 Avry-devant-Pont 1645 Le Bry
Coordinates :	573 032  /  170728 coordinates: 46 ° 41 '14 "  N , 7 ° 5' 10"  O ; CH1903:  573,032  /  170728
Height :	726  m above sea level M.
Height range :	673–1195 m above sea level M.
Area :	10.16  km²
Residents:	1824 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	180 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.pont-en-ogoz.ch
Castle ruins on the island of Ogoz
Location of the municipality

Parish before the merger on January 1, 1970

Pont-en-Ogoz is a municipality in the Gruyère district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . It was formed with effect from January 1, 2003 from the former parishes of Avry-devant-Pont , Le Bry and Gumefens . This created a new community under an old name. Because the repealed old municipality of Pont-en-Ogoz was merged with Villars-d'Avry to form the municipality of Le Bry in 1970 . The municipality is based in Avry-devant-Pont.

geography

Pont-en-Ogoz is about 8 km north of the district capital Bulle (as the crow flies). The municipality extends on the eastern slope of Mont Gibloux , in the extreme north of the Gruyère region over the western shore of Lake Gruyère .

The area of ​​the 10.0 km² municipal area comprises a small section of the Bulle basin in the foothills of the Friborg Alps . The eastern border is formed by Lake Gruyère, whereby the border does not run in the middle of the reservoir, but along the meander of the Saane (French: Sarine) sunk in the water . The island Île d'Ogoz belongs to the municipality, which was previously surrounded by the Saane in the east. The bank is also divided by a series of small streams that used to flow into the Saane. Their lower valley sections were also flooded by the damming of the lake. The northern boundary is in the area of ​​the Bibou forest , while the area in the south extends to the mouth of the Sionge and Gérignoz streams . From the lakeshore, which is relatively steep and densely forested, especially in the northern part, the community soil extends westward up the slope, includes the ridge of Russille and extends to the ridge of the Gibloux, on which at 1192  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Pont-en-Ogoz is reached. In 1997, 12% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 23% for forests and woodlands and 65% for agriculture.

Pont-en-Ogoz consists of the villages Le Bry ( 737  m above sea level ), Avry-devant-Pont ( 789  m above sea level ) and Gumefens ( 726  m above sea level ). In addition, the hamlet of Villars-d'Avry ( 833  m above sea level ) on the eastern slope of the Gibloux, La Cantine ( 737  m above sea level ) on the peninsula below Avry-devant-Pont as well as numerous farm settlements and individual farms belong to the municipality. Neighboring municipalities to Pont-en-Ogoz are Pont-la-Ville , Hauteville , Marsens , Sorens and Gibloux .

Aerial photo (1964)

population

With 1824 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Pont-en-Ogoz is one of the medium-sized communities in the canton of Friborg. 90.7% of the residents are French-speaking, 6.7% German-speaking and 0.9% speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Pont-en-Ogoz was 1219 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century, the population decreased by 37% due to heavy emigration and reached a temporary low in 1970 with 766 inhabitants. Since then there has been a rapid increase in population combined with almost doubling the number of inhabitants within 30 years.

economy

Until the middle of the 20th century, Pont-en-Ogoz was a predominantly agricultural village. In the 19th century, straw-weaving and the production of straw hats represented a significant income for the residents. Even today, cattle and dairy farming and, to a lesser extent, arable farming play an important role in the income structure of the population.

Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. In the course of the 20th century, smaller companies in the construction and transport industry, the electrical industry, joineries and joineries and the Morard SA distillery set up shop in Pont-en-Ogoz. The shores of Lac de la Gruyère have also been opened up for tourism since the 1990s. There are holiday homes, a campsite and a harbor below Le Bry in various locations. The highly frequented La Gruyère motorway service station, which also includes a hotel, is in a promising location near Avry-devant-Pont. In the last few decades Pont-en-Ogoz has developed into a residential community. Many employed people are commuters who work mainly in the Bulle and Freiburg regions.

traffic

The community has good transport connections. It is located on the old main road from Freiburg to Bulle . The next two connections to the A12 motorway , which has been open continuously from Bern to Vevey since 1981 and crosses the municipality, are each around 6 km from the municipality. Pont-en-Ogoz and its various villages are connected to the public transport network by the Transports publics fribourgeois bus line , which runs from Freiburg via Rossens to Bulle.

history

The municipality of Pont-en-Ogoz was populated very early. The oldest traces of settlement were found near Gumefens, where two graves from the Latène period with rich accessories (weapons and jewelry) were excavated. Remains from Roman times have also been discovered in two different places .

The original core of the municipality was Ogoz Castle , which was founded in the 12th century on a hill surrounded by the Saane (today the island of Ogoz). The small town of Pont-en-Ogoz was built around this castle and existed from around 1230 to 1450. The spot, which belonged to the noble Pont family and was initially under the influence of Freiburg, came under the suzerainty of the House of Savoy in 1250 . He was the center of a rule that also included Avry-devant-Pont, Farvagny, Posat and Orsonnens. Since the beginning of the 15th century, the rulership has changed hands several times and was completely bought up by the city of Freiburg in 1482. After that, Pont became the first bailiwick of Freiburg, to which the area on the northern slope of the Gibloux from Orsonnens in the west to the Saanegraben in the east belonged. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Pont-en-Ogoz first belonged to the Bulle district and from 1848 to the Gruyères district.

The southern part of the municipality with Gumefens was under the administration of Vuippens before 1550 , then came to the Bailiwick of Vuippens-Everdes and belonged to the Farvagny district from 1798 to 1848 before moving to the Gruyère district.

While the village of Pont-en-Ogoz was gradually abandoned at the end of the 15th century and left to decay, the community name Pont-en-Ogoz continued to exist until 1970. At that time, Pont-en-Ogoz merged with the also independent municipality of Villars-d'Avry to form the new municipality of Le Bry , named after the largest hamlet in the area.

In 2002 the voters of the parishes of Avry-devant-Pont and Le Bry voted with a large majority, those of Gumefens only with a slight majority of 52% for the merger of their parishes. With effect from January 1, 2003, the new municipality of Pont-en-Ogoz was created, the municipality of which is located in Avry-devant-Pont.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Pont-en-Ogoz

photos

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  La Gruyère motorway service station

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  Avry-devant-Pont as seen from the La Gruyère motorway service station

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  Farmhouse Route de la Tour 35

Web links

Commons : Pont-en-Ogoz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Pont-en-Ogoz
• Marianne Rolle: Avry-devant-Pont. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Alain-Jacques Czouz-Tornare: Gumefens. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Marianne Rolle: Le Bry. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• François Guex: Pont-en-Ogoz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ the family coat of arms, from which the municipal coat of arms is also derived, can be found in the Zurich coat of arms roll , No. 262 (Runge) or 432 (Bigalski, parchment strips III back 5 )