Thielle-Wavre

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Neuchâtel (NE)

District :

No district division

Municipality :

La Tène

Postal code :

2075

former BFS no. :

6460

Coordinates :

568977 / 207.99 thousand coordinates: 47 ° 1 '20 " N , 7 ° 1' 50" O ; CH1903: 568977 / 207,990

Height :

438 m above sea level M.

Area :

2.09 km²

Residents:

680 (December 31, 2007)

Population density :

325 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.commune-la-tene.ch

map

Parish before the merger on January 1st, 2009

Until December 31, 2008, Thielle-Wavre was a municipality in the Neuchâtel district of the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland . On January 1, 2009, Thielle-Wavre merged with the municipality of Marin-Epagnier to form the new municipality of La Tène . The German names, houses for Thielle and Wabern for Wavre , are no longer used today.

geography

Thielle-Wavre is located seven kilometers northeast of the canton capital Neuchâtel (beeline). The double community extends at the southern foot of the Jura , in the Entre-deux-Lacs region between Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Biel . Thielle is 438 m above sea level. M. on the left bank of the Zihl Canal (French Canal de la Thielle ), while Wavre is at 467 m above sea level. M. is located at the height of the Plateau de Wavre.

The area of the 2.1 km² former municipal area covers a section of the intensively used Zih plain in the Entre-deux-Lacs region. The area extended from the Zihl Canal westward across the plain to the Plateau de Wavre, on which at 475 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality was reached. In 1997, 16% of the former municipal area was settled, 1% forest and woodland, 79% agriculture and a little less than 4% was unproductive land.

Thielle-Wavre consisted of the two districts of Thielle and Wavre and the hamlet of Montmirail with an institute for languages and vocational training. Neighboring communities of Thielle-Wavre were Marin-Epagnier , Saint-Blaise and Cornaux in the canton of Neuchâtel and Gals and Gampelen in the canton of Bern .

population

With 680 inhabitants (at the end of 2007) Thielle-Wavre was one of the smaller communities in the canton of Neuchâtel. 77.2% of the residents are French-speaking, 16.2% German-speaking and 3.6% Italian-speaking (as of 2000).

economy

For a long time, Thielle-Wavre was mainly an agricultural village. The fertile soils in the area of the Zih plain and on the Plateau de Wavre are suitable for arable and fruit growing , in some cases there are also vegetable crops. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters and work in the Neuchâtel region.

traffic

BLS bridge with pedestrian and bicycle footbridge

Thielle-Wavre has good traffic connections. It is located on the A5 motorway , which connects Neuchâtel with Biel / Bienne , and has its own junction. At Thielle, the main road 10 branches off from the A5 to Bern . Thielle-Wavre is connected to public transport by the Neuchâtel city bus network.

There is also the BLS Zihlbrücke stop directly on the Zihl Canal on the Bernese side . However, this is located in the municipality of Gampelen , although the hamlet of the same name is part of the municipality of Gals . It can be reached from Thielle-Wavre via the railway bridge by bike or on foot. Only regional trains stop here (S5 during the day, S20 of the TPF in the evening ). Before the LGV Rhin-Rhône line went into operation , the first TGV connection between two capitals (Paris and Bern) was carried out here .

history

The area around Thielle was already settled in the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. Since the Celtic period in the 1st century BC At Thielle there was an important crossing over the Zihl, a Roman bridge was renewed several times.

The first written mention of the place Thielle took place in 1153 under the names de Tela and Thela , while Wavre was first mentioned in 1179 as Wavra . Both places belonged to the county of Neuchâtel since the 14th century. They were part of the Thielle Burgvogtei, which was responsible for judicial affairs in the region from the 14th century to 1848. From 1648 Neuchâtel was a principality and from 1707 it was linked to the Kingdom of Prussia through personal union. In 1806 the area was ceded to Napoleon I and came to the Swiss Confederation in the course of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 , whereby the kings of Prussia until the Neuchâtel trade in 1857 also remained princes of Neuchâtel. In 1888 the two previously independent communities Thielle and Wavre were merged into an administrative unit. As part of the first Jura water correction in 1894, the Zihl was straightened. An exchange of land was carried out between the cantons of Neuchâtel and Bern, whereby the castle and the former customs house came to be in the canton of Bern (municipality of Gals ). At the beginning of August 1939 the 1st Naturist "Olympic Games" took place in Thielle .

Attractions

Web links

Olivier Girardbille: Thielle-Wavre. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .