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State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Friborg Freiburg (FR)
District :	Scythew
BFS no. :	2301i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	1718
Coordinates :	584 869 / 179611 coordinates: 46 ° 46 '3 " N , 7 ° 14' 26" O ; CH1903: five hundred and eighty-four thousand eight hundred sixty-nine / 17961146.767504 7.240552 881
Height :	881 m above sea level M.
Height range :	760-1039 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.30 km²
Residents:	1103 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	151 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.rechthalten.ch
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Rechthalten ( French Dirlaret ; senslerdeutsch Avenge Haute ; Freiburg Patois Drelarè ^?^/^I ) is a municipality in the Sense district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . It is located in the upper Sense district .

geography

Rechthalten is located between the city of Freiburg (8 km) and the tourist town of Schwarzsee and is connected to the public transport network by a bus line ( tpf ). The area of the municipality of Rechthalten totals 732 hectares, of which 130 hectares is forest.

The neighboring communities of Rechthalten are Brünisried , Giffers , Plaffeien , St. Ursen and Tentlingen .

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows three blue lilies on a black background with silver bars. The latter could be reminiscent of the Lords of Helfenstein, who are considered to be the founders of the Church of Rechthalten.

history

In the cath. church

Farmhouses in the town center

The oldest surviving mention of the place name is found in a document dated March 21, 1142 in the Romanic form Drallaris , 1180 as Dreit Laris . The French form Dirlaret is derived from this. The German name is ironically derived from the learned form de Recto Clivo (i.e. at the straight heap ), which was documented in 1173 . In German spelling the name can be found as Rehthalton from 1250 .

These forms of name reveal the history of the place. Keeping right is a foundation of the novels. The name can be traced back to the Gallo-Roman directu laris (straight heather, fallow land heather). The Alemanni took over the area in the 11th or 12th century.

The oldest mention of the parish, which included large parts of the Sense Oberland and belonged to the old landscape (Burgpanner) of the city of Freiburg, dates back to 1228 . The age of the first church is not known, although the patronage of St. German indicates the time before the 11th century.

The participation of a "Reisgesellschaft (Compagnie) Rechthalten" of 46 equipped men is recorded for the Murtenschlacht of 1476. With the Freiburg state reform of 1831/33, the four shot of the old municipality of Rechthalten were divided into the four independent political municipalities of Rechthalten, Brünisried , Oberschrot and Zumholz . In 1848, with the new cantonal constitution, Rechthalten was incorporated into the then newly created Sense District. From an ecclesiastical perspective, the parish lasted until the end of the 19th century. Brünisried belongs to the parish of Rechthalten to this day. Since January 1, 1999, Rechthalten has also been the seat of a Reformed parish that has its church in the hamlet of Weissenstein .

Peat cut

Decauville Railway in Rotmoos

Peat cutting machine in the duck moss

Bühler track excavator

The canton of Friborg , acquired in early 1918 for about 90,000 francs two peat bogs in legal holding, a Decauville train were developed. The Rotmoos had an area of about 12 hectares and the Entenmoos an area of about 6 hectares. In the Rotmoos the maximum depth of the peat was 10.5 m and in the Entenmoos 9 m. The approximate volume of the total was 850,000 m³ of peat. The value of the plants, pipelines, mixers, sheds and Decauville equipment as well as the repair of the access roads etc. amounted to 275,000 francs.

Attractions

The parish church , which was built between 1765 and 1768, like the village center, is under cantonal protection.

population

The municipality of Rechthalten had a total of 1,103 inhabitants on December 31, 2018, 97.8% of whom were Swiss. The vast majority are Roman Catholic.

Personalities

Gérald Rigolet (* 1941), ice hockey goalkeeper
David Bielmann (* 1984), writer
Max Aebischer (1914–2009), politician ( CVP )
Gertrud Lutz-Fankhauser (1911–1995), diplomat

economy

The municipality of Rechthalten offers a total of 248 jobs, with the largest part of the workforce being distributed in the 1st sector (agriculture) with 46%.

25th yodelling festival in western Switzerland

Parade at the yodelling festival

From June 9th to 11th, 2006, the 25th West Swiss Yodelling Festival took place in Rechthalten. Up to 16,000 people attended the festival.

Web links

Commons : Right hold - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the municipality of Rechthalten
Olivier Aebischer: Hold on. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ 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 .
^ The parish of Rechthalten - Aspects from their history and culture, 1991, p. 3.
↑ P.-J. Blaser: Les tourbières de Dirlaret In: Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande. 1918, volume 44, issue 17.
^ The parish of Rechthalten - Aspects from their history and culture, 1991, p. 7.

[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 parish of Rechthalten - Aspects from their history and culture, 1991, p. 3.

[3] P.-J. Blaser: Les tourbières de Dirlaret In: Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande. 1918, volume 44, issue 17.

[4] The parish of Rechthalten - Aspects from their history and culture, 1991, p. 7.