Underwater VS

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VS is the abbreviation for the canton of Valais in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Unterwassernf .
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State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ValaisCanton of Valais Valais (VS)
District : Gomsw
Municipal municipality : Oberwald VSi2 w1
Postal code : 3999 ( Oberwald VS )
former BFS no. : 6066
Coordinates : 669 809  /  153994 coordinates: 46 ° 32 '1 "  N , 8 ° 20' 55"  O ; CH1903:  669 809  /  153994
Height : 1377  m above sea level M.
Area : ? km²
Website: www.oberwald.ch
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Unterwassern VS (Switzerland)
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Unterwassern is a formerly independent municipality in the Swiss canton of Valais . Unterwassern became part of the municipality of Oberwald in 1834 ; this in turn has been part of the newly formed community of Obergoms since January 1st, 2009 . Unterwassern and Oberwald have grown together today and form the last village in Goms .

history

Together with the neighboring towns of Oberwald and Obergesteln , farmers' guilds were formed in Unterwassern in the late Middle Ages. The places together formed the uppermost quarter of Goms . The three villages were destroyed by the Bernese in the Rarn War in 1419 . In this context, the first documented tradition of the place has been preserved.

The village of Unterwassern merged with the neighboring village of Oberwald to form the municipality of Oberwald in 1834. The reason for the merger was the consequences of the devastating flood of 1834, which exceeded the financial resources of the community of Unterwassern. Unterwasser was hit by a flood as early as 1706. The place Oberwald is north of the Rotten , while Unterwassern is south of it.

Unterwassern has never been an independent parish , but always with Oberwald together in the same parish. The Christopherus Chapel of Unterwassern is first mentioned in 1610.

literature

Walter Ruppen: Underwater . In: Society for Swiss Art History (Hrsg.): Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz (=  vol. 64 ). Das Obergoms vol. 1. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1976, ISBN 3-7643-0728-5 , p. 181-193 .

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