Visperterminen

Visperterminen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Valais (VS)
District :	Visp
BFS no. :	6298
Postal code :	3932
Coordinates :	635 650  /  123279 coordinates: 46 ° 15 '36 "  N , 7 ° 54' 4"  O ; CH1903:  635 650  /  123279
Height :	1378  m above sea level M.
Height range :	654–3389 m above sea level M.
Area :	51.63  km²
Residents:	1345 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	26 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.heidadorf.ch
Visperterminen
Location of the municipality

Visperterminen ( Valais German pronunciation Tärbinu or [ 'tæːrbinu ]) is a municipality and a civic community of the district Visp and a parish of the deanery Visp in the Swiss canton of Valais . The Swiss mountain village at the entrance to the lower Vispertal became famous for its white wine Heida (a Savagnin ), which grows in one of the highest vineyards in Europe.

Infrastructure

The community has two primary schools, which also house the kindergarten and a community library. However , the young people attend the orientation school in Visp .

history

In the 19th century, the Valais was structurally weak and was far from industrialization in other parts of the country and in Europe outside Switzerland. In Visperterminen, as in many other Valais villages, there was great poverty. As a result, about a quarter of the village population emigrated to Argentina in the 1850s and founded the town of San Jerónimo Norte there . Some residents of San Jerónimo Norte still use the Visperterminer dialect today.

Around 1990, the “Tärberines” - that's what the inhabitants of Visperterminen call themselves - lived following the cycle of farm work from “ bottom to top ”, so depending on the season they were on the move between the valley floor and the high mountain pastures . The traces of this nomadic life can be found everywhere. The landscape is characterized by a multitude of paths and paths, and the infrastructure of the settlements reflects this way of life. For example, you can still find a chapel, a driel (grape press) and a distillery in every hamlet .

population

Population development
year	1798	1850	1900	1950	2000	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	450	511	630	968	1357	1373	1401	1377	1363

Culture and sights

See also : List of cultural assets in Visperterminen

Kapellenweg

The pilgrimage site of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary can be reached on foot from the village . There are ten rosary chapels at regular intervals along the way. Inside the chapels, the life of Jesus Christ is depicted with man-sized figures. At the end of the hike there is a forest chapel.

Residential Museum

The museum, called egga , shows an apartment from 1701 that was inhabited until 1985. As far as possible, the museum wants to show the apartment in its last condition and in its earlier functional diversity.

Visperterminen vineyards in winter. Visp in the background.

Wines

Visperterminen is best known for its highest vineyard north of the main Alpine ridge . Archaeological finds show that the Celts were already involved in viticulture there. The waters of Zermatt ( Matter Vispa ) and Saas-Almagell ( Saaser Vispa ) meet in the nearby Stalden to the common river Vispa . The first vines of the famous vineyard grow on its banks at 660 meters. In short terraces with high dry stone walls , the vineyard overcomes 500 meters of altitude in a very small space. The southern exposure of the slope in the driest area of ​​Switzerland and the large stone surfaces of the walls make the "Rieben" a warming chamber until late autumn. Among other things, the following wines are produced from these vines: Dôle , Fendant , Johannisberg , Pinot noir and Riesling x Silvaner , but also rarities such as Heida , Himbertscha , Mennas and Planscher .

St. Jodern Cellar Cooperative

The St. Jodern Kellerei cooperative was founded in Visperterminen in 1979 with the aim of guaranteeing the high quality of the Vispertal wine . The now more than 500 members of the cooperative produce around 300,000 liters of wine annually, which the St. Jodern Cellar fills in over 400,000 bottles. Incidentally, St. Jodern or St. Theodul is the patron saint of the Visperterminen parish church of the Visp deanery.

tourism

Typical row of houses in Visperterminen

Winter sports area

Giw AG's mountain railways in Visperterminen open up a mountain area with views of the highest mountains in Switzerland. A chairlift leads from the village through coniferous forests up to the ski area at 2000  m above sea level. M. The area is supplied with two drag lifts and a practice lift. Next to the ski slope there is a toboggan run that leads from Giw back to the village. Snowshoeing and ski and snowboard schools are also offered.

Vineyard trail

Every year there are wine tours with tastings. During these wine hikes, 17 information boards also provide information about wines, their grape varieties, forms of upbringing, cultivation methods as well as the country and people.

Hiking trails

Hiking trails lead to Gspon or the Gibidum , the local mountain of Visperterminen.

Sports and music clubs

Several small sports clubs are active in Visperterminen, including a handball club, an ice hockey team and the FC Spycher soccer club , which won the championship title in the top division of the mountain village championship in 2006.

In Visperterminen there are also music associations such as the Musikgesellschaft and the Tambour and Pfeifer Verein Visperterminen.

Personalities

• Leo Stoffel (1910–1992), Grand Councilor (1937–1973), Grand Council President (1956–1957), National Councilor (1951–1967)
• Ignaz Venetz (1788–1859), glaciologist and botanist
• Josef Zimmermann (1939–2018), Roman Catholic clergyman, canon and vicar general in the diocese of Sion

literature

• Alois Grichting: Visperterminen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2014 .

Web links

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

• Visperterminen on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the municipality of Visperterminen
• The Visperterminen dialect as spoken by the older generation

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. ^ Film contribution by Swiss television from April 18, 2013, accessed on May 2, 2013.
3. ↑ The "highest vineyard in Europe" is alive , on swissinfo.ch, as seen on March 7, 2017.