Salgesch

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Salgesch
Salgesch coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ValaisCanton of Valais Valais (VS)
District : Leukw
BFS no. : 6113i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 3970
Coordinates : 610504  /  128742 coordinates: 46 ° 18 '36 "  N , 7 ° 34' 30"  O ; CH1903:  610504  /  128742
Height : 581  m above sea level M.
Height range : 533–2156 m above sea level M.
Area : 11.36  km²
Residents: 1548 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 136 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.salgesch-gemeinde.ch
Salgesch with Pfynwald

Salgesch with Pfynwald
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Salgesch ( fr. Salquenen ) is a civic community with a civic council and a political community of around 1450 inhabitants in the Leuk district and a parish of the Leuk dean's office in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland .

geography

Salgesch is on the language border between Upper and Lower Valais. The natural language border forms the small brook Raspille north of the Rhone between Sierre and Salgesch. The place is best known for its vineyards , its wine and the proximity to the Pfynwald nature reserve , which is the largest contiguous pine forest in the Alps .

history

Aerial photo (1955)

During preliminary explorations for the A9 motorway in the Pfynwald , traces of one of the oldest settlements in the region from around 4700 BC were discovered in the so-called Mörderstein (la Pierre du Meutrier), a prehistoric rock screen .

Salgesch developed from a farming village after the Second World War into today's modern wine village. Over 200 hectares of vineyards and over 40 wineries characterize today's village. The neighboring Pfynwald not only serves the Salgeschern and other surrounding communities as a recreational area , but is also one of the best preserved natural and cultural landscapes in Switzerland. The under nature conservation standing area offers different animal - and plant species , a variety of different and rare habitats for which it is nationally appreciated.

The municipal coat of arms consists of a white cross of St. John on a black background. In 1235 the Order of St. John settled in the village and built a hostel for pilgrims and travelers. In 1655 Kaspar Stockalper bought the Kommende and the hospice belonging to it on the Simplon Pass.

population

Population development
year 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2010 2012 2014 2016
Residents about 250 406 671 1166 1198 1367 1393 1448 1470

Attractions

  • Prehistoric rock screen in the Pfyn near the Mörderstein
  • Pfyn-Finges Nature Park

Personalities

  • Gottfried Zumoffen (1845–1928), archaeologist and professor at the University of Beirut
  • Oswald Mathier (1894–1972), Grand Councilor (1941–1949, 1957–1961), Grand Council President (1960/61)
  • Jean-Michel Cina (* 1963), Grand Councilor (1997–1999), National Council (1999–2005), State Council (2005–2017), President SRG (since 2017)

gallery

  • Oval coat of arms of Salgesch

  • old house

  • old alley

  • House on the old village street

  • Chapel of the Seven Sorrows of Mary

  • Church of St. Johann Baptist

literature

Web links

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

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. ↑ Canton of Valais: Traces of one of the oldest settlements in the region from around 4700 BC ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vs.ch
  3. ↑ Pfyn-Finges Nature Park
  4. ↑ 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).