Turtmann

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Turtmann
Turtmann coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ValaisCanton of Valais Valais (VS)
District : Leukw
Municipal municipality : Turtmann-Unteremsi2
Postal code : 3946
former BFS no. : 6114
Coordinates : 620 436  /  127872 coordinates: 46 ° 18 '7 "  N , 7 ° 42' 14"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred twenty thousand four hundred and thirty-six  /  127872
Height : 640  m above sea level M.
Area : 6.8  km²
Residents: 980 (December 31, 2012)
Population density : 144 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.turtmann.ch
Turtmann from the cable car to Oberems

Turtmann from the cable car to Oberems
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Turtmann (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on December 31, 2012
Turtmann waterfall

Turtmann ( Valais German : Turtma ; French Tourtemagne ) is a parish of the deanery Leuk as well as a civic community with a Burgerrat and until December 31, 2012, a municipality of the district Leuk of the German-speaking part canton of Valais in Switzerland . On January 1, 2013, it merged with the municipality of Unterems to form the new municipality of Turtmann-Unterems .

geography

Turtmann is located between Siders and Visp on the southern side of the Rhone Valley at the foot of the Ergischhorn ( 2526  m above sea level ). The Turtmänna touches the village on its western side from the south.

history

Aerial photo (1955)

Turtmann was first mentioned in 1210 as Terra de Thortemanei . The handling of goods in the Sust Turtmann, on the Simplon Route, reached its first high point in the 13th and 14th centuries. With the support of Kaspar Stockalper , trade across the Simplon was greatly intensified in the 16th and 17th centuries and the patrician houses of the merchants were built in the village. The oldest part of the Route du Simplon was built between 1810 and 1820 ; one side of the original 5 km long poplar avenue still exists.

population

Population development
year 1798 1850 1900 1950 2000 2012
Residents 253 433 519 751 992 980

Attractions

  • Turtmann waterfall

Airfield

The former Turtmann military airfield is located in Turtmann and has been included in the inventory of historically important air force infrastructure. This was shut down in 2003 and has been used for civil purposes ever since. The underground hangar was after the end of military operations for the storage of M113 armored personnel carrier of the Swiss Army on.

Today it serves as a multifunctional event location (horse events, motor sports, delta landing area, music events, venue of the Federal Scheller and Trycher meeting 2005, stage location of the Italian Giro Donne, stage location of the Gigathlon, parking lot for the Open Air Gampel ) and was opened in 2014 as part of the Triennale for contemporary art in Valais by Sabine Zaalene with the inscription »THERE IS A MAN« as an object of art.

  • Turtmann SBB station

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Turtmann waterfall on ETHorama
  2. ↑ Triennial in Valais 2014