Vuippens

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Vuippens
Coat of arms of Vuippens
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of FriborgCanton of Friborg Freiburg (FR)
District : Gruyerew
Municipality : Marsensi2
Postal code : 1633
UN / LOCODE : CH
Coordinates : 572168  /  167706 coordinates: 46 ° 39 '36 "  N , 7 ° 4' 30"  O ; CH1903:  572168  /  167706
Height : 705  m above sea level M.
Area : 1.8  km²
Residents: 246 (late 1997)
Population density : 137 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.marsens.ch
The Philiponna farm on Place Saint-Sulpice is one of the cultural assets of the canton of Friborg

The Philiponna farm on Place Saint-Sulpice is one of the cultural assets of the canton of Friborg
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Vuippens (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2001

Vuippens ( Friborg Patois Vupin ? / I ) is a village and formerly an independent political municipality in the Gruyère district of the canton of Friborg in Switzerland . The former German name Wippingen is no longer used today. On January 1, 2001, Vuippens was incorporated into Marsens . Audio file / audio sample

geography

Vuippens is located at 705 m above sea level. M., four and a half kilometers north-northeast of the district capital Bulle ( linear distance ). The village extends in the Gruyère region, slightly elevated west of the lowland of the Sionge stream , at the southern foot of the Gibloux , west of the Lac de la Gruyère reservoir . The former municipal area was around 1.8 km², not including the lake portion. The area comprised the peninsula of Villars, the valley lowlands of the lower Sionge and part of the plain to the west; the northern border was formed by the Gérignoz brook.

population

With 246 inhabitants (at the end of 1997), Vuippens was one of the small communities in the canton of Friborg before the merger with Marsens.

economy

Vuippens is still today a predominantly agricultural village. The animal husbandry and the dairy industry (for cheese production) and to a lesser extent of agriculture have an important role in the employment structure of the population. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many employed people are therefore commuters who work in the Bulle and Freiburg regions.

traffic

The village has good transport links. It is located on the main road from Freiburg to Bulle. The next connection to the A12 motorway is around four kilometers from the town center. Vuippens is connected to the public transport network through the Postbus course, which runs from Freiburg via Rossens to Bulle.

history

Bailiwick castle

The area of ​​Vuippens was already settled in Roman times. During the construction work on the A12 motorway, the remains of an estate and a vicus were uncovered, which were inhabited until the first invasions of the Alemanni around the year 260 AD.

The place was first mentioned in a document in 855 under the names Uinpedingus and Uipedingus . Later the names Wippens (1228), Wippiggin (1245), the German name Wippingen (1255), Vuipens (1285) and Wippeins (1378) appeared. The place name is probably derived from the Burgundian personal name Winibad and means with the suffix -ens as much as for the people of Winibad. Other sources attribute the origin of the place name to the Germanic Vuitpot .

Since the 12th century, Vuippens was part of the Corbières rule . After the parts of the rulership west of the Saane were split off, the village formed its own rulership from 1225 onwards. The villages of Echarlens , Marsens, Sorens and Gumefens also belonged to the rule of Vuippens ; Feudal lord was the county of Gruyères . In a further inheritance in 1290, the rule Everdes (with the village of Echarlens) was separated from Vuippens. Vuippens was badly affected by the effects of the Grüninger War: the village and the castle were sacked by the Freiburg and Bernese in 1349. In 1359 the rule of Vuippen came under the suzerainty of the House of Savoy .

Since 1479 the rule has been linked to Freiburg by a castle law contract. Due to financial difficulties, the Lords of Vuippens had to sell their area to Freiburg in 1547. This set up the Bailiwick of Vuippens, which was connected to Everdes in 1553 to form the Bailiwick of Vuippens-Everdes, which lasted until 1798. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , the village belonged to the then Bulle district during the Helvetic and the subsequent period until 1848, before it was incorporated into the Gruyères district. On January 1, 2001, the previously politically independent Vuippens was incorporated into Marsens.

Attractions

The Catholic village church of Saint-Sulpice, a single-nave building, was rebuilt in the 18th century on the site of a previous building. A fire made a fundamental renovation necessary between 1859 and 1862. Vuippens has two locks. The old castle was built in the 17th century and later converted into a large farm; the tower could belong to an older building. The New Castle is a mansion built in 1776, which stands on the site of the castle of the Lords of Vuippens.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of Vuippen on marsens.ch (French)
  2. ↑ Vuippens Castle on swisscastles.ch (with pictures)