Saanenland
The Saanenland is a region in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland , delimited from the rest of the canton of Bern by the Obersimmental .
history
Numerous field names indicate a former Celtic settlement . The Germanic immigration first took place in the 5th century through the Burgundians , in the 8th century through the Alamanni . The latter brought the German language to the region.
Like the rest of the Bernese Oberland, the Saanenland belonged to the High Burgundian Kingdom , from the Zähringian period to the German Empire, where it was administered by the Counts of Greyerz .
In the 15th century, the Counts of Gruyères sold their rights through charter due to financial difficulties. Count Franz I von Gruyeres freed the Saaner from all land interest, taxes, tithes and trade and trade restrictions in 1448 for the sum of 24,773 pounds. In 1512, Pope Julius II gave the Saanen region a valuable " Juliusbanner " for the services rendered in the "Great Pavier Campaign" in 1508–1510 to expel the French. After Michaels, the last Count of Gruyère, went bankrupt in 1555, the county was divided: the German and Welsche Saanenland ( Pays-d'Enhaut ) were subject to the Bernese territory and administered by a bailiff from Bern, Freiburg took over the Gruyère region. The Pays-d'Enhaut became the Vogtei Gessenay (old French name for Saanen).
On March 5, 1798, the Saaner repulsed Napoleon's French troops at the Col de la Croix . The Saanenland became part of the canton of Oberland during the Helvetic Republic, but was reunited with the canton of Bern through the act of mediation .
administration
Until 2009, the Saanenland was an administrative district in Bern with the three municipalities of Saanen , Gsteig and Lauenen (see also the Saanen district ). This Bernese district was not to be confused with the Saane district in the center of the canton of Friborg . Today the Saanenland belongs to the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district.
geography
Unlike the rest of the Bernese Oberland, the Saanenland drains via the Saane and thus opens up orographically to the cantons of Vaud and Friborg . The watershed to the rest of the Bernese Oberland is near Schönried .
traffic
The Saanenland is accessible with the Montreux-Berner Oberland-Bahn (MOB) on the one hand in the direction of Montreux and Bulle and on the other hand in the direction of Zweisimmen and Spiez . The Col du Pillon also connects the Saanenland with Aigle via a road .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Winfried Hecht: The Julius banner of the town facing Rottweil. In: Der Geschichtsfreund: Mitteilungen des Historisches Verein Zentralschweiz , 126/7 (1973/4), doi: 10.5169 / seals-118647
Coordinates: 46 ° 29 '28.5 " N , 7 ° 17' 31.7" E ; CH1903: 588751 / 148891