Visp

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Visp
Coat of arms of Visp
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ValaisCanton of Valais Valais (VS)
District : Vispw
BFS no. : 6297i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 3930
UN / LOCODE : CH VIS
Coordinates : 634 225  /  126852 coordinates: 46 ° 17 '32 "  N , 7 ° 52' 58"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred thirty-four thousand two hundred and twenty-five  /  126852
Height : 658  m above sea level M.
Height range : 637–1589 m above sea level M.
Area : 13.20  km²
Residents: 7950 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 602 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.visp.ch
Visp in the plain of the Rhone Valley, in the background the Vispertal

Visp in the plain of the Rhone Valley, in the background the Vispertal
Location of the municipality
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Visp ( French Viège , Valais German Fischp ) is a municipality in the canton of Valais in Switzerland . It is located at the entrance of the Vispertal at the mouth of the Vispa in the Rotten . The small town is the capital and largest municipality in the Visp district .

history

Engraving by Matthäus Merian
Aerial photo from 100 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925)

A small Gallo-Roman statue "Le Dieu de Viège" found on Visper territory has survived from the turn of the century . A copy is attached to the fountain on Bahnhofplatz.

In 1276, traffic over the Macugnaga and Antrona passes was relieved of all customs duties. Visp was a great beneficiary, built Susten and became a market town.

On December 23, 1388, the Visper defeated an army of the Savoy by artificially freezing the old town and then attacking the incapable of maneuvering attackers with large blocks of stone.

In 1518 a large fire destroyed numerous buildings around the castle hill.

French revolutionary troops looted large parts of Visp in 1799. In 1810, Visp and the Valais were annexed by France and, as a result of the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna , came back to Switzerland in 1815 with Valais, which was now a canton.

The name “Visp” was mentioned for the first time in 1847, while the names “Vispach”, “Vispbach” and “Fischbach” were in use before.

In 1855 Visp was hit by an earthquake. In 1860 there were major floods in central and upper Valais. As a result, the major Rhone correction project was tackled.

In 1972 the former municipality of Eyholz merged with Visp.

In 2011 there was a major forest fire in the Eyholzer Forest.

In 2013 the fire brigades of the municipalities of Visp, Ausserberg, Baltschieder and Eggerberg merged to form the base fire brigade of the Visp region.

population

Population development
year 1798 1802 1850 1900 1950 2000 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2019
Residents 412 359 529 934 2727 6550 7014 7281 7498 7726 7950 7940

climate

Climate table

Visp, 1981-2010
Climate diagram
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57
 
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source:
Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Visp, 1981–2010
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 2.7 6.0 12.2 16.1 20.8 24.2 26.7 25.9 21.5 16.2 8.3 3.2 O 15.4
Min. Temperature (° C) -5.4 -3.9 0.1 3.1 7.2 10.1 11.9 11.6 8.4 4.2 -0.7 -4.2 O 3.6
Temperature (° C) −1.3 0.9 5.9 9.7 14.2 17.3 19.3 18.5 14.7 9.9 3.7 -0.4 O 9.4
Precipitation ( mm ) 53 43 50 46 55 44 42 46 41 57 57 62 Σ 596
Rainy days ( d ) 6.7 5.2 6.2 5.5 7.5 7.2 7.0 7.7 6.1 7.0 7.0 7.3 Σ 80.4
Humidity ( % ) 79 72 62 59 61 62 69 63 77 74 77 81 O 69.7
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politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council
Political party 2013-2016
 		 2017–2020
election on October 16, 2016
CVP 4th 4th
ABP / CSP 3 2
FDP 1 1
SVP 1 1
SP - 1
total 9 9

In the 2019 Swiss parliamentary elections, the proportion of voters in Visp was: CVP ( incl.CSPO ) 51.8%, SVP 29.0%, SP 8.7%, Greens 5.1%, FDP 3.3%, glp 1.9 %.

economy

In 1909 Lonza AG , founded twelve years earlier in Gampel , chose Visp as its new location, where it started producing fertilizers . As a result, Visp developed into an important center for the chemical industry . With around 2,700 jobs, Visp is still the largest Lonza site today.

Visp is the economic center of the German-speaking Upper Valais and, together with Brig-Glis, forms a metropolitan area. Together with the chemical industry and other smaller companies, the village is the center of Upper Valais industry and has around 1,300 commuters from neighboring communities.

traffic

The Visp railway station is a major hub of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn , the 2003 from the merger of Brig-Visp-Zermatt , and the Furka-Oberalp railway was built. The Lötschberg base tunnel was opened when the timetable changed in December 2007 . Since then, Visp has been an important transfer station for the New Railway Alpine Transversals (NEAT) on the Lötschberg line Bern – Lötschberg – Brig to the Simplon line Lausanne – Brig – Domodossola . The travel time to Bern has thus been reduced to 55 minutes.

Visp is known as the eye of the needle in Upper Valais. In road traffic, longer traffic jams can be observed on Hauptstrasse 9 on both sides of the city at rush hour . A solution to the problem was created in the 1970s, but repeatedly discarded due to political squabbles. Since 2001, work has been carried out on the 8.8 km long four-lane Visp southern bypass with the Eyholz tunnel and the Visp tunnel . A section of the A9 national road was opened on April 13, 2018. The full expansion is expected to be completed in 2021. The planned costs will amount to around CHF 1,775 million.

media

The radio station Radio Rottu Oberwallis is located in Visp .

Sports

The ice hockey club EHC Visp , founded in 1939, became Swiss champions in national league A in 1962 and Swiss champions in national league B in 1960, 2011 and 2014 . Since 1999 the club has been playing in the National League B again . The club has 14 teams: 3 active, 1 women, 1 senior, 9 youngsters. 300 active players are playing (as of August 2011).

Sights and culture

Several Roman Catholic church buildings and chapels characterize the town and landscape. The main church is St. Martin. Visp has also had a reformed church since 1951 .

One of the cultural centers of the Upper Valais is the La Poste - culture and congress center in the city center. Its facade is clad with Kalpetran quartzite from St. Niklaus and Embd .

photos

  • Martinskirche, in the lower part of the building the Brother Klaus Chapel, in the lower right the rectory

  • The choir of the Martinskirche

  • Courthouse on Martiniplatz

  • La Poste culture and congress center . Its facade is clad with the famous quartzite from St. Niklaus - Embd .

  • Rectory of St. Martin

  • Parish Church of St. Martin

  • Meier tower or Lochmatterturm from the 12th century

  • Purchase place

  • railway station

  • Burgerkirche Holy Three Kings with burger archive. On the left in the front the In-Albon house

  • Assumption Chapel in Eyholz

Associations and religious communities

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There are many sporting, musical, literary, religious and other cultural associations in the city.

In Visp there is a civic community with a civic council and a Catholic parish of the Visp deanery .

There is very good contact and exchange between the Albanian Cultural Center Visp and its mosque , which is located in the east of the city, and the Forum Migration Oberwallis . The majority of the Albanian-speaking diaspora community in Visp comes from the North Macedonian city ​​of Tetovo and its region. This Albanian- Muslim community has around 220 members and is Sunni in character. The mosque was built with the help of some regional parishes, the Visp municipality and donations from the emigrant community. Today around 1000 Muslims live in Visp and the surrounding communities.

Personalities

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Panorama over Visp, looking south

literature

Web links

Commons : Visp  - 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. ↑ Visp - Statistics. Retrieved August 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Climate table. In: meteoschweiz.admin.ch. meteoschweiz, accessed on December 6, 2018 .
  4. ↑ http://visp.ch/dokumente/artikel/gr2016internet.pdf
  5. ^ Federal Statistical Office : NR - Results parties (municipalities) (INT1). In: Federal Elections 2019 | opendata.swiss. August 8, 2019, accessed August 1, 2020 .
  6. ^ Lonza website: Company History. Retrieved September 15, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Lonza website: Visp, Switzerland. Retrieved September 15, 2016 .
  8. ↑ The conductor of the Visper. In: Tages-Anzeiger of September 13, 2012