Preonzo

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Bellinzona district

Circle :

Bellinzona district

Municipality :

Bellinzona

Postal code :

6523

former BFS no. :

5015

Coordinates :

720 578 / 124807 coordinates: 46 ° 15 '50 " N , 9 ° 0' 10" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and twenty thousand five hundred and seventy-eight / 124807

Height :

250 m above sea level M.

Area :

16.44 km²

Residents:

614 (December 31, 2016)

Population density :

37 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.bellinzona.ch

Aerial view of Preonzo

map

Parish before the merger on April 1, 2017

Preonzo ( Lombard Prunz [prunts proːnts proːns] ) is a district of the municipality of Bellinzona in the Swiss canton of Ticino . By April 1, 2017, it formed an independent political municipality that belonged to the then Ticino district .

geography

The village is 268 m above sea level. M. at the foot of the Cima dell'Uomo (2390 m above sea level), on the right bank of the Ticino river , 8 km northwest of the city center of Bellinzona.

Rockslides have been documented in Preonzo since the 17th century. The danger of landslides became acute again in 2002, when 100,000 cubic meters were released. Another landslide occurred on May 15, 2012, this time with 300,000 cubic meters of rock and rubble.

history

Aerial photo (1964)

The village was first mentioned as Prevonzo in 1335 . The place name probably comes from the Latin profundus 'deep' and thus refers to a neighboring deep point or a neighboring eddy or whirlpool of the Ticino river.

In the 14th century it formed a neighborhood (vicinia) with Moleno . In 1335 it was one of the municipalities of the County of Bellinzona. The Bishop of Como had basic rights in Preonzo, which he ceded in 1181 to the Orelli, then Capitanei of Locarno . In 1419 they belonged to the Orelli of Claro .

On April 2, 2017, Preonzo joined the municipality of Bellinzona at the same time as the municipalities of Camorino , Claro , Giubiasco , Gnosca , Gorduno , Gudo , Moleno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo , Sant'Antonio and Sementina .

population

Population development
year	1567	1784	1850	1900	1920	1950	2000	2010	2012	2014	2015	2016
Residents	63 households	402	300	315	320	347	484	556	600	615	618	614

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 Santi Simone and Giuda Taddeo
Rectory with frescoes (17th century)
Oratory of Santa Maria della Cintura with frescoes in the interior (1726)

Personalities

Giovanni Brandi (mentioned 1652 Preonzo, 1655 Preonzo), plasterer
Giorgio Genetelli (* 1960), writer

Sports

Football Club Preonzo

literature

Centro di ricerca per la storia e l'onomastica ticinese dell'Università di Zurigo (ed.): Preonzo. In: Repertorio toponomastico ticinese. 1989.
Giuseppe Chiesi: Preonzo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 5, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Preonzo. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 57-58.
Agostino Robertini et al. a .: Preonzo. In: Il Comune. Edizioni Giornale del Popolo, Lugano 1978, pp. 303-314.
Celestino Trezzini : Preonzo. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5: Pictet - Resti. Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 485 ( digitized version ).

photos

Preonzo from above
Oratory Madonna della Cintura called Capelóno
Parish Church of Santi Simone and Giuda Taddeo
Preonzo with Valegión landslide

Web links

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

Official website of the municipality of Bellinzona
Data from the municipality of Bellinzona
Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Bellinzona
Inventory ISOS: Preonzo (PDF; 1.4 MB)
Preonzo on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 718.
↑ rockslide on erdwissen.ch/2011/02 (accessed on March 19, 2017).
^ Giuseppe Chiesi: Preonzo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 5, 2017 , accessed February 4, 2020 .
↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Simona Martinoli u. a .: 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. 57–58.
↑ Giovanni Brandi. In: Sikart
↑ Angela Mollisi and others: Giorgio Genetelli. In: Arte & Storia. Volume 15, number 65. Edizioni Ticino Management, Lugano 2015, pp. 34–35.
^ Football Club Preonzo

[lsg-1] Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 718.

[2] rockslide on erdwissen.ch/2011/02 (accessed on March 19, 2017).

[3] Giuseppe Chiesi: Preonzo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 5, 2017 , accessed February 4, 2020 .

[4] List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.

[Martinoli-5] Simona Martinoli u. a .: 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. 57–58.

[6] Giovanni Brandi. In: Sikart

[7] Angela Mollisi and others: Giorgio Genetelli. In: Arte & Storia. Volume 15, number 65. Edizioni Ticino Management, Lugano 2015, pp. 34–35.

[8] Football Club Preonzo